KIRK Herbstreit has revealed he is leaving College GameDay early in Week 7.
The ESPN analyst is heading to Eugene, Oregon, for the Saturday morning show.
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Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit are usually both regulars on the hit ESPN show[/caption]
He will be joined by Pat McAfee, Rece Davis, Chris Fowler, Nick Saban and Co on the broadcast.
They will be in front of a wild crowd for the Ohio State Buckeyes and Oregon Ducks game.
The clash will see the number two and three ranked teams in the country go at it.
But Herbstreit has announced that while he will be on College GameDay, it won’t be for the whole show.
He mixes his time up with also being a color commentator on ESPN.
And he has to head off to call the huge ‘Red River Rivalry game’
That will see the Texas Longhorns take on the Oklahoma Sooners.
They are the number one and 18th ranked teams in college, respectively.
Herbstreit will be in the booth with play-by-play commentator Flower.
Holly Rowe and Laura Rutledge will be on sideline reporting duties for the showdown.
It is around 2,000 miles between Eugene and the Cotton Bowl stadium in Dallas, Texas.
This will mean he will need to leave around an hour early, to make the 3.30pm ET time kick-off.
“Ironically, Chris Fowler, I’m leaving GameDay like an hour early, in the middle of the show,” Herbstreit said.
“I’m going to have to make it, because our OU-Texas game starts at 3:30.
College football top 25 rankings
BELOW are the top 25 rankings of college football’s best programs after Week 5
- Texas (5-0)
- Ohio State (5-0)
- Oregon (5-0)
- Penn State (5-0)
- Georgia (4-1)
- Miami (6-0)
- Alabama (4-1)
- Tennessee (4-1)
- Ole Miss (5-1)
- Clemson (4-1)
- Iowa State (5-0)
- Notre Dame (4-1)
- LSU (4-1)
- BYU (5-0)
- Texas A&M (5-1)
- Utah (4-1)
- Boise State (4-1)
- Kansas State (4-1)
- Indiana (6-0)
- Oklahoma (4-1)
- Missouri (4-1)
- Pittsburgh (5-0)
- Illinois (4-1)
- Michigan (4-2)
- SMU (5-1)
“So I’m going to leave GameDay and hopefully make it.”
Meanwhile, someone who is feared not to be on the College GameDay panel for Week 7 is Lee Corso.
The 89-year-old was absent from the show last weekend due to an unknown illness.
It is understood he will not be on the broadcast once again, having not recovered.
Fans are growing concerned for his long-term future on the ESPN program.
They have called for him to retire, having been a regular on it for around 35 years.
