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<\/p>\nCollege football\u2019s premier pregame show to preview first CFP Top 10 matchup between Big 12 opponents since 2021
\nTexas Tech head coach Joey McGuire joins the set live
\nFan-favorite Pat McAfee\u2019s Kicking Contest makes Lubbock debut<\/p>\n
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ESPN\u2019s\u00a0College GameDay Built by The Home Depot will be live from Lubbock, Texas ahead of the Big 12 game of the year, as No. 8 Texas Tech hosts the undefeated seventh-ranked BYU Cougars. The premier college football pregame show will originate from outside Jones AT&T Stadium on the west side green space beginning at 9 a.m. ET on ESPN, ESPNU and Disney+. The show moves inside the stadium for the final hour beginning at 11 a.m.<\/p>\n
College GameDay heads to Lubbock for the second time in the show\u2019s history. The previous visit was in 2008, when the No. 6 Red Raiders beat No. 1 Texas 39-33 behind Michael Crabtree\u2019s last-second touchdown. The Cougars will make their fourth appearance on College GameDay and are in search of their first win when the program has originated from a BYU game.<\/p>\n
Host Rece Davis\u00a0is at the helm for his 11th season, joined at the desk by GameDay analysts Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard,\u00a0Pat McAfee\u00a0and Nick Saban.\u00a0College football insider\u00a0Pete Thamel, college football betting analyst \u2018Stanford Steve\u2019 Coughlin\u00a0and reporters\u00a0Jen Lada\u00a0and\u00a0Jess Sims\u00a0round out the\u00a0GameDay\u00a0cast for the 2025 college football season.<\/p>\n
Show Highlights & Guests<\/p>\n
Texas Tech head coach Joey McGuire joins College GameDay live on set ahead of the Red Raiders\u2019 Top 10 showdown with the undefeated Cougars (noon, ABC). The show and offerings are free for fans and early arrival is suggested for these exclusive offers. For onsite information, please visit\u00a0College GameDay\u2019s Hub\u00a0HERE<\/a>. The Week 11 celebrity guest picker will be announced Friday.<\/p>\n Features:<\/p>\n Cougars, Tiger & Bear\u2026 oh my! \u2013 At the beginning of the season, BYU quarterback Bear Bachmeier was turning heads for his given name and his #47 jersey number.\u00a0But eight games and zero losses later, Bachmeier has taken college football by storm for a different set of reasons.\u00a0The five-time Big 12 Freshman of the Week transferred into BYU from Stanford alongside his brother, Tiger.\u00a0 Now both are playing key roles in what the Cougars hope is a Big 12 title and a College Football Playoff berth. Jen Lada reports. ESPN\u2019s Expansive Digital Coverage All of ESPN. All in One Place.<\/p>\n ESPN offers its full suite of networks and services directly to fans within\u00a0the ESPN App. Designed to give fans more choice, flexibility and access to all of ESPN, the ESPN App provides a unique viewing experience that includes integrated game stats, multiview options, a\u00a0synchronized two-screen feature,\u00a0a vertical video\u00a0feature called\u00a0Verts\u00a0and a personalized\u00a0SportsCenter For You, as well as ESPN BET\u00a0information, ESPN Fantasy sports, commerce, and more. These new features are available to all fans who watch on the ESPN App on mobile and connected TV devices, whether they subscribe directly or through a traditional pay TV package. Bundling options available for fans include a limited time offer for the\u00a0ESPN DTC Unlimited plan with Disney+ and Hulu\u00a0for $29.99\/month for the first 12 months.\u00a0For more visit\u00a0stream.espn.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"College football\u2019s premier pregame show to preview first CFP Top 10 matchup between Big 12 opponents since 2021…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40583,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-40582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nPat McAfee\u2019s Kicking Contest \u2013\u00a0Back for its third season, the fan-favorite Pat McAfee\u2019s Kicking Contest will offer an exclusive competition during the live show. Fans who arrive early will have a chance to be chosen from the \u2018pit\u2019 onsite with the opportunity to attempt a 33-yard field goal. McAfee has given out more than $4 million of his own money in prizes and charity donations across his time on the show. Full details, including official rules, can be found\u00a0here<\/a>.
\nCoach\u2019s Film Room \u2013 Nick Saban, the seven-time National Champion and legendary college football head coach, goes inside the film room to break down critically important late-game strategy decisions that head coaches face each week, as the season enters the home stretch where one mishandled situation could make the difference between a team making or missing the College Football Playoff.
\nNavy-Notre Dame All-Access \u2013 College GameDay takes viewers inside this week\u2019s preparations of both Navy and No. 10 Notre Dame before they meet on Saturday. Navy head coach Brian Newberry and Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman are both wired for sound.<\/p>\n
\nTo protect and serve \u2013 Larry Pickett Jr. is a safety for the Army football team and a sophomore at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.\u00a0Following the Black Knights\u2019 season opener this fall, Pickett and his family came across the scene of a single vehicle accident shrouded in downed power lines. The driver was unconscious.\u00a0What happened next was a decision made by cadets and veterans alike since the beginning of their sacrifice for our country \u2013 to protect and serve. Marty Smith reports.
\nWreck \u2018em Tech! \u2013 There are college towns and then there is Lubbock. This is where Zach Thomas leveled ball carriers. Where Patrick Mahomes and Wes Welker honed the skills that earned a drawer full of Super Bowl invitations. Where Spike Dykes challenged the Lone Star football superpowers and Mike Leach challenged\u2026well, everything. So, let those tortillas fly. And Wreck \u2018Em. It\u2019s football time in West Texas. Ryan McGee reports.
\nA couple of defenders \u2013 Jacob and Emma Rodriguez are a couple of elite defenders, in two completely different fields.\u00a0Jacob is a senior linebacker for the Texas Tech Red Raiders and their relentless defense, while his wife Emma is a Blackhawk helicopter pilot for the US Army. Jess Sims reports.<\/p>\n
Back for their fourth season together,\u00a0Christine Williamson,\u00a0Harry Douglas\u00a0and\u00a0Harry Lyles Jr. co-host ESPN\u2019s social and digital pre-pregame show,\u00a0Countdown to GameDay Presented by Dr Pepper. Countdown kicks off college football Saturdays with fun, fresh insights into the full weekend slate of games. The show is available across ESPN on YouTube, Facebook and the ESPN App at 8:20 a.m. weekly.<\/p>\n