ESPN College Gameday

[run&blade]

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Wins in the ncaa tournament two years in a row would be a big step. If you want to become a team everybody knows it takes consistent tournament winning.

High light wins once every decade plus only goes so far.

[panther-state]

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Do people even remember there is an Appalachian State football team? I'll be honest, I've forgotten about them now that they have left FCS and are in the Sunbelt.

[panther-state]

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Wins in the ncaa tournament two years in a row would be a big step. If you want to become a team everybody knows it takes consistent tournament winning.

High light wins once every decade plus only goes so far.

I agree.

Wait...what the hell? This can't be

[Newsbreaker]

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Look at tomorrow. Football is over. NBA on break. UNI at Missouri State is the only top-25 game on at the time, and therefore basically the only major sporting even on at the time.

That's not nothing.

[UNIdad]

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You're only focusing on ESPN. The average NDSU win gets exactly as much ESPN attention as our weekly win in the MVFC. The GameDay thing is nice, but it's presented as exactly what it is - a novelty (particularly when their opponent sounds like a punchline). A segment on our win ending their streak is nice, but don't overstate the reach of 2-3 airings of SportsCenter. And it's always also presented as what it is. A subdivision. 90% or more of college football fans just don't care. Almost none of the non-football fan public even notices. Such is life in the subdivision.

Meanwhile, UNI is the #12 team at the highest level of the college sport. Every game scrolls across the bottom line 1,000 times per night. We've been prominently featured on every major sports site in the country, and usually multiple times. We've had nationally televised games. Every sports talk station and bracketologist is or has been talking about us. And that's not even the main course, or the call-backs to the KU game. Every college basketball fan on earth is well aware of us. Non-fans who don't actually care about the game will be filling out brackets, remembering us, picking us, and watching us.

I don't think it's close, in my opinion. We're all speculating, of course, and I might be wrong, but I think you guys are viewing it through football-centric glasses where everything on the gridiron is de facto bigger than basketball.

Great post. Can't wait to read the police report about the purple streaker.

Gameday in Wichita would be great. Their fanbase has shown that they deserve it. Hopefully, it will encourage ours to continue to grow.

The win over KU in the tournament was huge for UNI. A deep run in the NCAA would be fantastic for the program.

[UNIpanther99]

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Gonzaga, VCU, Wichita State... They were all great one hit wonder stories until they proved they had staying power as a relevant non-major conference program. This year is UNI's chance to prove it belongs in that group.

(Please Shocker fans, no history lessons needed here)

[Newsbreaker]

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No Gameday for us. Would've been a nice little shot of pub, but being the second game of the day on ESPN isn't bad.

[panther1]

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No Gameday for us. Would've been a nice little shot of pub, but being the second game of the day on ESPN isn't bad.

Based on the full schedule for ESPN on the 28th, I don't think it is entirely certain Gameday will not appear in Wichita. I interpret (maybe incorrectly), that ESPN is hedging their bets still between KU and WSU. Texas' loss and a UNI win tonight might help a lean toward WSU... The chances are still slim, but not zero, IMO.

[Purrrrrfect]

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there is a lot of different storylines that go with the game on the 28th. I was just reading on shockernet..(with 2 games to go before the 28th for them) that Tekele Cotton is 34 pts shy of 1000 for a career. So he'd have a great shot at breaking that, plus it's senior night, plus it could be for the conference title...and possibly gameday. this is insane.

[Cannic88]

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there is a lot of different storylines that go with the game on the 28th. I was just reading on shockernet..(with 2 games to go before the 28th for them) that Tekele Cotton is 34 pts shy of 1000 for a career. So he'd have a great shot at breaking that, plus it's senior night, plus it could be for the conference title...and possibly gameday. this is insane.

I thought the real big competitor was Arizona vs. Utah...since they are going to Arizona/UCLA this weekend we should be in the prime running?

[kochrab]

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Found this interesting. Someone posted this on shockernet.

I don't see this going down nearly the way any of you do. To me, the possibility of Gameday is VERY real based off what I am reading.

This is the way it shapes up on Feb. 28 on ESPN:
10 a.m. - College Gameday
11 a.m. - Louisville @ Florida State
1 p.m. - UNI @ Wichita State
3 p.m. - College Gameday
4 p.m. - Texas @ Kansas
6 p.m. - Syracuse @ Duke
8 p.m. - Arizona @ Utah

[achrist70]

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If that is really the schedule for the day, then clearly they are going to Kansas, hopefully we play a 5 OT classic and don't allow for them to preview what really isn't that good of a game.

[Panther AC]

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After the Wichita-Southern Illinois game on TV last night, Gregg Marshall was interviewed and sounded very confident Gameday would be in Wichita, if we both keep winning. Almost sounded as if he had some "inside" info.

[panther1]

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After the Wichita-Southern Illinois game on TV last night, Gregg Marshall was interviewed and sounded very confident Gameday would be in Wichita, if we both keep winning. Almost sounded as if he had some "inside" info.

That's why it is my opinion that they might be hedging between WSU and KU. If us and/or WSU lose a game this week, not happening. The other possibility is a split Gameday between Lawrence and Wichita, only 163 miles apart...

[Newsbreaker]

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Two things.

1. ESPN has yet to take Gameday to anywhere other than the school hosting their Primetime game for that night. That says it will either be Duke or, less likely, Utah.

2. The schedule posted above does not have room for the 1 hour "Gameday" pregame before the Primetime game. If they aren't doing an evening show, it's possible they go somewhere other than the destination of the primetime game.