ESPN’s College GameDay Coming To Berkeley

ESPN's College GameDay built by The Home Depot pregame show will originate from Berkeley on Oct. 5 before the California football team hosts Miami at California Memorial Stadium. It will be College GameDay's first-ever appearance in Berkeley.

The Bears and Hurricanes will kick off Saturday at 7:30 p.m. The game will be televised by ESPN.
 
College GameDay, ESPN's wildly popular pregame show, travels to a different college campus or game site each week of the season. It airs on ESPN and ESPNU from 6-9 a.m. PT.
 
Saturday's show in Berkeley will be staged at Memorial Glade in the center of campus. Fans interested in attending in person are encouraged to arrive early.

"We are thrilled that ESPN’s College GameDay will be coming to the Berkeley campus this week," UC Berkeley Chancellor Rich Lyons said. "A college football Saturday brings together our community, and we welcome the wonderful opportunity ESPN’s College GameDay provides to show what Berkeley is all about."
 
Cal (3-1, 0-1 ACC) enters the game after its first bye week of the season following a 14-9 defeat at Florida State on Sept. 21 in the program's first conference game as a member of the ACC. Miami (5-0, 1-0 ACC) was ranked No. 7 in the most recent Associated Press top 25 and is coming off a 38-34 win over Virginia Tech on Friday at Hard Rock Stadium. 

 
"We couldn't be more excited to welcome ESPN’s College GameDay to Cal," Cal Director of Athletics Jim Knowlton said. "It's a great reward for everyone associated with our football program, and I know our Cal Family will savor this incredible opportunity to have our student-athletes, University and the city of Berkeley showcased on the national stage."

Cal has made three previous appearances in games from which College GameDay originated, going 1-2 in those contests.
 
Previous Cal College GameDay Appearances:
Oct. 9, 2004 - No. 7 Cal at No. 1 USC (23-17 L)
Sept. 29, 2007 - No. 6 Cal at No. 11 Oregon (31-24 W)
Oct. 10, 2015 – No. 23 Cal at No. 5 Utah (30-24 L)