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Well, it’s not a sure thing. But it’s not a bad bet, either.
According to a spokesman for ESPN, the Utes-Horned Frogs showdown is one of several games under consideration to host the Nov. 6 edition of “College GameDay.”
Clearly, we’re getting a little ahead of ourselves. ESPN won’t decide where to take its traveling roadshow until Sunday, Oct. 31.
And, clearly, whether Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso and Chris Fowler make the trek to Utah all depends on how the Utes and the Horned Frogs fare in the next few weeks. Both teams will be favored in their games between now and then, although both will have to beat No. 23 Air Force.
It’s a virtual certainty that if neither Mountain West Conference team loses, they will both be in the top 10 by Nov. 6. And that day there’s only one other possible matchup that could be anywhere near as attractive — current No. 12 Arkansas at No. 10 South Carolina.
(And Arkansas could lose at No. 7 Auburn this week.)
The only other game on Nov. 6 that features two teams currently in the rankings is No. 17 Arizona at No. 14 Stanford. On that date, no other team ranked by the AP this week is scheduled to face an opponent with fewer than two losses already.
There’s some precedent here. “GameDay” made it's first appearance in the state of Utah for the BYU-at-Utah game in November 2004. The popular saturday college football host show was in Provo a year ago for the TCU-at-BYU game. And then in Fort Worth three weeks later for the Utah-at-TCU game.
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