As we first reported in our latest podcast, “Utes get an
ugly win”, ESPN has been actively pursuing Salt Lake City and the University of
Utah to host their college football show GameDay on October 27th - 29th. We can
confirm, through multiple sources, that ESPN has been in contact with the University
as well as many different businesses in the Downtown area, and that Salt Lake
City is a finalist to host the famous college football show.
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ESPN has been instructing those involved this is not a guarantee.
As we have learned, ESPN will choose a few locations they are interested in to
host their broadcast, then after the current games play out ESPN will choose which
city and school to visit next.
Utah’s chances are very good at having GameDay return to
Salt Lake City for 4th time. To better solidify Salt Lake's chances of being
the host city, it will be advantageous if both Utah and Washington win their
games this week thus keeping their current rankings or better yet moving higher
in the national polls
Although at this point it’s not a guarantee ESPN will be
rolling their trucks into town the fact that they are seriously considering returning
to our state and school two years in a row shows just how far Utah football and the brand has come over the years.
