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June is not an easy month to be a college football fan.
College football news is rare, and you're stuck right in the middle of the offseason.
You'll do anything to help your college football needs, whether it be watching highlights of your favorite team from last year, making your own preseason rankings, or predicting the week-by-week locations for ESPN's morning college football preview show, College GameDay.
Chances are, if you're a college football fan, you're also a fan of College GameDay.
If not, well, it's basically a show where three guys drive a bus around the country (well, they actually fly, but they bring a bus) and preview college football games each Saturday from a location that is typically hosting the day's biggest game. The show is always live and lasts the whole season.
So, without further ado, here are my predictions of where College GameDay will be stopping each week for the 2009 season.
September 5
The first Saturday of the season has a surprisingly solid slate of games. Oklahoma State will get a chance to show how good they really are as they face a Georgia team that will be experiencing life after Stafford and Moreno.
2009 is supposedly the year that Baylor finally breaks through and gets to a bowl; can the Bears make a statement and upset Wake Forest on the road?
How will Missouri fare without Daniel, Maclin, and Coffman? Find out as the Tigers battle an Illinois squad that had a disappointing 2008 season.
Oklahoma will get a decent early season test against the Cougars of Brigham Young, and a Cal team with potential to win the Pac-10 will get Maryland at home in what could be an interesting game.
But the biggest game of the day will be in the Georgia Dome as two top 10 teams collide with conference pride—and much more—on the line. Alabama vs. Virginia Tech in Hotlanta. It doesn't get any better. The GameDay crew heads to Atlanta for the third time in 372 days.
Location Prediction: Atlanta, GA (Alabama vs. Virginia Tech)
September 12
After a great week 1, week 2 doesn't look so great.
The only game that will draw any national attention is USC vs. Ohio State, Part 2.
Heck, even if there were any other good games on today, I don't think the crew would miss out on Columbus. This has potential to be game of the year.
Location Prediction: Columbus, OH (Southern Cal at Ohio State)
September 19
Week 3 should be exciting.
Games like Texas Tech-Texas, Florida-Tennessee, Florida State-BYU, Oregon-Utah, Nebraska-Virginia Tech, North Carolina-East Carolina and Oregon State-Cincinnati grace the schedule.
The two games that will likely get the most attention are Texas Tech at Texas and Tennessee at Florida.
However, since Florida-Tennessee is scheduled to be on CBS while Texas Tech-Texas is scheduled to be on prime time ABC, I'm thinking that ESPN is going to give itself a little self-promotion and hit up Austin, especially since both teams are more than likely both going to be undefeated at this point.
Location Prediction: Austin, TX (Texas Tech at Texas)
September 26
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