ESPN College GameDay coming to Utah


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SALT LAKE CITY — ESPN College GameDay returns to the University of Utah Saturday as the No. 10 Utes take on the No. 24 Cal Golden Bears.

Hey @Utah_Football, we'll see you in a week. https://t.co/F6OToi2DUJ — College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) October 4, 2015

Saturday's game will be the third time in school history that Utah has welcomed College GameDay to campus, with the last time being in 2010 when No. 4 TCU met up with No. 6 Utah in a Mountain West Conference showdown. Utah's first College GameDay experience came in 2004 against BYU ahead of the Fiesta Bowl and first undefeated season.

Host Rece Davis will be joined by college football analysts Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso, Desmond Howard and David Pollack in addition to other ESPN personalities. The show will run from 7 a.m. MT until 10 a.m. MT.

ESPN will begin broadcasting different shoes and segments at 10 a.m. MT on Friday at the Presidents Circle. A live show is currently scheduled at noon that will include sponsor promotions, food sampling, games and a GameDay sign-making competition.

Overnight camping will be permitted by the University beginning at 6 p.m. Friday night in the Presidents Circle. All camping gear must be removed by 4 a.m. Saturday, a half-hour before fans are allowed at the GameDay site. The GameDay set's pit area will include 300 people, claimed on a first-come, first-served basis.

Admittance to the show is free for all to attend, with the Rice-Eccles Stadium lot opening up at 6 a.m. Utah is expected to kickoff against Cal at 8 p.m. Saturday on ESPN.

Crimson Club tailgate passes may begin entering Guardsman Way at 10 p.m. Friday night or when the lot is clear. Saturday morning will also include free parking for the general public at the Merrill Engineering lot.

College GameDay encourages fans of all teams to attend the early-morning pre-game show with fun, creative signs. Some of the most recent signs include:

Low blow. pic.twitter.com/gWnCsYnpSA — College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) September 26, 2015

> Someone please help this poor kid. [pic.twitter.com/f3PKXyv1vw](http://t.co/f3PKXyv1vw) > > — College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) [September 26, 2015](https://twitter.com/CollegeGameDay/status/647781621416923136)

> Big, if true. [@Beyonce](https://twitter.com/Beyonce)? [pic.twitter.com/L5rgiEvGtn](http://t.co/L5rgiEvGtn) > > — College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) [September 26, 2015](https://twitter.com/CollegeGameDay/status/647765639713701888)

> Such a weird thing to brag about. [pic.twitter.com/juSWsIGiYZ](http://t.co/juSWsIGiYZ) > > — College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) [October 3, 2015](https://twitter.com/CollegeGameDay/status/650331406577569793)

> Merciless stiff arm. [pic.twitter.com/TEhd0cv3ZQ](http://t.co/TEhd0cv3ZQ) > > — College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) [October 3, 2015](https://twitter.com/CollegeGameDay/status/650314202503114756)

> Joaquin not impressed by Miami on Thursday. [pic.twitter.com/JBGxrbpSdz](http://t.co/JBGxrbpSdz) > > — College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) [October 3, 2015](https://twitter.com/CollegeGameDay/status/650307331918557184)

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