ESPN’s College GameDay Built by The Home Depot returns for the 2023-24 college football season with a trip to Charlotte, N.C., before the South Carolina Gamecocks face the North Carolina Tar Heels in the Duke’s Mayo Classic on Saturday, Sept. 2. The three-hour show (9 a.m. ET) will be live from Romare Bearden Park in uptown Charlotte to kick off GameDay’s 37th season and 30th year of road shows, which have become synonymous with college football Saturdays over the past three decades.
The Week 1 trip marks College GameDay’s 440th road show all-time – and the first-ever visit to a South Carolina-North Carolina game. The Gamecock’s last GameDay appearance was 2014, while the Tar Heels appeared in 2010. This is the third trip to uptown Charlotte for College GameDay in recent years.
Check below for all the information you need to know about attending tomorrow’s event:
Event Schedule
Show Highlights & Guests
- Comin’ to Your City – announced earlier this week, GameDay is celebrating its 30th anniversary of being on the road by launching a refresh of its iconic opening anthem. After 16 years, Big & Rich have passed the mic to The Cadillac Three, Darius Rucker and Lainey Wilson. The new open debuts at the start of Saturday’s Week 1 show (9 a.m.).
- Guest Picker – in addition to being part of the refreshed anthem, Darius Rucker will join the set as the Week 1 guest picker. A South Carolina alum and ardent Gamecocks fan, Rucker is a longtime supporter of GameDay. He previous appeared as a guest picker in 2012.
- Head coaches Mack Brown (UNC) and Shane Beamer (South Carolina) will both join the GameDay desk ahead of their Duke’s Mayo Classic showdown.
- Tennessee quarterback Joe Milton will speak with the GameDay crew live from the field in Nashville before the Vols play Virginia in the ‘Wired’ segment.
How to Get in the Pit
Students and fans have the opportunity for up-close view of the show by standing in the pit immediately adjacent to the stage. Selection is on a first-come, first-serve basis for all fans. Students admitted to the pit are encouraged to wear school colors and should have a numbered wristband. Participants are subject to ESPN security procedures and policies.
Pit Policy
The following items are prohibited in the pit: bags (of any kind), food and drinks, pens, pencils, markers or dry erase boards and signs on sticks. Throwing objects is strictly prohibited in the pit. A number of sign regulations are required as well.
Sign Regulations
No vulgar signs, .com, .net, .org, political or religious signs are allowed. For fans entering the pit, signs cannot be on poles or oversized. All signs brought to Saturday’s taping will be inspected before entry and must abide by College GameDay’s sign policies or will be removed.
Site Map
How to Watch
College GameDay airs at 9 AM ET – Noon ET on ESPN and ESPNU throughout the football season and is available for streaming through the ESPN App. ESPN’s social and digital pre-pre-game show Countdown to College GameDay begins at 8:30 AM ET weekly and is available to watch on Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and the ESPN App.
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