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ESPN College GameDay Returns to Texas A&M

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ESPN College GameDay Returns to Texas A&M

Photo of Rachel Margolis Siegal Rachel Margolis Siegal Follow on Twitter September 6, 2012

For the second consecutive week, ESPN’s College GameDay Built by The Home Depot will originate from the Lone Star State – taking the weekly road show to College Station, Texas, on Saturday, Sept. 8, in advance of the Florida at Texas A&M matchup (3:30 p.m., ESPN & ESPN Radio). The game will mark the first-ever SEC contest for the Aggies.

Fresh off the Cowboys Classic in Arlington, Texas, GameDay will travel less than 200 miles south with the set located on the Simpson Drill Field on the south side of Kyle Field. The weekly show airs 9-10 a.m. ET on ESPNU and 10 a.m.-noon on ESPN.

Segments on this week’s show include:

  • Gene Wojciechowski reports on the price big-time schools pay to less prominent programs;
  • Tom Rinaldi explores the anticipation and expectation surrounding the first season for Texas A&M and Missouri in the SEC;
  • Chris Fowler sits down with Texas A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin;
  • Samantha Steele travels to College Station to speak with players and coaches about redshirt freshman quarterback Johnny Manziel.

Late last week, College GameDay debuted a new “Midnight Yell” spot that was filmed at Texas A&M this summer.

This is the third visit to College Station for ESPN’s popular college football pregame show, now in its 26th season. The two previous visits: Nov. 4, 2006 (No. 18 Oklahoma def. No. 21 Texas A&M, 17-16) and Nov. 11, 2000 (No. 1 Oklahoma def. No. 24 Texas A&M, 35-31). Florida will be making an all-time high appearance in a game that GameDay is featuring (31).

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Photo of Rachel Margolis Siegal Rachel Margolis Siegal Follow on Twitter September 6, 2012
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Rachel Margolis Siegal

A part of the Internal Communications team at ESPN, I began with the network in 2010 as part of the College Sports PR team. Always an avid sports fan and not an athlete – I grew up a huge fan of the Hartford Whalers, while also watching my brother compete at different levels. I became the manager of several high school sports teams and continued that hobby into college. While at Quinnipiac, I worked in the Sports Information Department, which led me to a summer internship at the New Haven Ravens, a AA baseball team, and an eventual job with the Athletic Communications Department at the University of Connecticut. After my five-year stint at Connecticut, I spent six years as Director of Communications at the BIG EAST Conference in Providence, R.I. before joining ESPN.
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