With ESPN’s College GameDay setting up on the Memorial Quad for the Saturday broadcast, the University of Oregon becomes the first school in the program’s history to host the traveling broadcast for five consecutive years. The three-hour show of news and analysis will air live from Memorial Quad on the campus of the University of Oregon on Saturday, Oct. 26 from 6 a.m. – 9 a.m. Hosted by Chris Fowler, GameDay features analysts Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard and David Pollack. GameDay visited Eugene for the eighth time on Nov. 17, 2012, when the second-ranked Ducks lost to No. 13 Stanford.
Students will be allowed into the GameDay perimeter beginning at 3 a.m., on Saturday morning, and the kickoff against the UCLA Bruins is set for 4 p.m.
Construction for GameDay is seen on the Memorial Quad from the ninth floor of the Prince Lucian Campbell Hall. ESPN’S College GameDay will be in Eugene this weekend to feature Saturday morning’s pre-game show, as No. 3 Oregon take on No. 12 UCLA. Oregon has hosted GameDay for a record five straight years. (Michael Arellano/Emerald)
John Calner, part of the set-up crew, suspends himself over a camera tower while setting up. ESPN’S College GameDay will be in Eugene this weekend to feature Saturday morning’s pre-game show, as No. 3 Oregon take on No. 12 UCLA. Oregon has hosted GameDay for a record five straight years. (Taylor Wilder/Emerald)
A member of the ESPN setup crew works on the game day TV display. ESPN’S College GameDay will be in Eugene this weekend to feature Saturday morning’s pre-game show, as No. 3 Oregon take on No. 12 UCLA. Oregon has hosted GameDay for a record five straight years. (Andrew Seng/Emerald)
University students headed to morning classes were joined by the ESPN road crews, hard at work assembling the GameDay setup. ESPN’S College GameDay will be in Eugene this weekend to feature Saturday morning’s pre-game show, as No. 3 Oregon take on No. 12 UCLA. Oregon has hosted GameDay for a record five straight years. (Michael Arellano/Emerald)
A member of the IATSE local 675 stagehand union, subcontracted through ESPN to help with the GameDay construction, unloads scaffolding from the equipment truck in front of the Lillis Business Complex. ESPN’S College GameDay will be in Eugene this weekend to feature Saturday morning’s pre-game show, as No. 3 Oregon take on No. 12 UCLA. Oregon has hosted GameDay for a record five straight years. (Michael Arellano/Emerald)
Local contractors were assist to help the traveling ESPN road crew of some 75 people. ESPN’S College GameDay will be in Eugene this weekend to feature Saturday morning’s pre-game show, as No. 3 Oregon take on No. 12 UCLA. Oregon has hosted GameDay for a record five straight years. (Michael Arellano/Emerald)
Support beams for the GameDay stage are hauled toward the build site in the center of the Memorial Quad. ESPN’S College GameDay will be in Eugene this weekend to feature Saturday morning’s pre-game show, as No. 3 Oregon take on No. 12 UCLA. Oregon has hosted GameDay for a record five straight years. (Michael Arellano/Emerald)
ESPN sets up at the Memorial Quad in preparation for Saturday’s pre-game show. ESPN’S College GameDay will be in Eugene this weekend to feature Saturday morning’s pre-game show, as No. 3 Oregon take on No. 12 UCLA. Oregon has hosted GameDay for a record five straight years. (Andrew Seng/Emerald)
Equipment is unloaded by the ESPN traveling road crew. ESPN’S College GameDay will be in Eugene this weekend to feature Saturday morning’s pre-game show, as No. 3 Oregon take on No. 12 UCLA. Oregon has hosted GameDay for a record five straight years. (Michael Arellano/Emerald)
As the morning fog burned off, the center stage for GameDay begins to take shape on the Memorial Quad. ESPN’S College GameDay will be in Eugene this weekend to feature Saturday morning’s pre-game show, as No. 3 Oregon take on No. 12 UCLA. Oregon has hosted GameDay for a record five straight years. (Michael Arellano/Emerald)
The “O” on the front of the Lillis Business Complex was originally applied for ESPN’s College GameDay in October of 2011. ESPN’S College GameDay will be in Eugene this weekend to feature Saturday morning’s pre-game show, as No. 3 Oregon take on No. 12 UCLA. Oregon has hosted GameDay for a record five straight years. (Taylor Wilder/Emerald)
The ESPN road crew gets to work in the early morning fog as they began work at 8 a.m. ESPN’S College GameDay will be in Eugene this weekend to feature Saturday morning’s pre-game show, as No. 3 Oregon take on No. 12 UCLA. Oregon has hosted GameDay for a record five straight years. (Michael Arellano/Emerald)