College Gameday To Visit Pitt Football For Backyard Brawl
PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers and West Virginia Mountaineers are reviving their bitter rivalry in week one and as kick-off inches closer, the anticipation is building. ESPN is taking note of the hype and sending their A-team to Pittsburgh to cover this opening week blockbuster.
The game will air nationally on ESPN and the station announced on Thursday that its biggest college football personalities will come to the newly-named Acrisure Stadium for a special midweek edition of College Gameday.
'The show will be making its third visit to Pitt and the special Thursday episode marks the 422nd road show,' a press release from ESPN said. 'The College GameDay crew will be live from inside Acrisure Stadium ahead of the “Backyard Brawl” rivalry game, and will rejoin the telecast during halftime of the game.'
Hosted by Rece Davis and staffed by analysts Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard and David Pollack, this Thursday edition of College Gameday will begin an 6 p.m on ESPN and run right up to the game's 7 p.m. kick-off.
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