'College GameDay' Made the Right Call in Picking Notre Dame Football at Temple

After stringing along two fanbases for more than 24 hours, the production made by ESPN in making its Halloween Day call for a GameDay site should be nominated for an Academy Award. There was that much drama in the official announcement at 12:41 p.m., Eastern Time, on Monday.

The crew made the correct call in picking Temple and downtown Philadelphia, as the site and made a whole lot of Washington State fans on the West Coast saltier than ever.

@CollegeGameDay do you guys hate the west coast or something

— Rach ☀️ (@rach_wanderer) October 26, 2015

In reality, the call was a no-brainier. Temple is 7-0 for the first time in its history, ranked No. 21, and is facing a Top-10 team in No. 9 Notre Dame. The show will serve to pump the ratings for the prime time game on ABC, which is the parent network of ESPN. Washington State  was the other choice but, upon closer scrutiny, should not have even been in the running. The Cougars barely beat former Temple Big East rival Rutgers, and are 5-2 with a loss to FCS member Portland State. Losing to a FCS team should automatically disqualify a so-called Power 5 team from a GameDay visit.

Since there is construction on the main campus of Temple, the production crew felt the best backdrop would be Independence Hall, so that’s where the broadcast will originate from on Saturday morning. The site is rich in history since it is where both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were ratified. There is also some college football history connected with the game as it probably be the biggest game in modern Philadelphia college football history. Two ranked teams have not played in Philadelphia since No. 6 Penn played No. 2 Army to a 13-13 tie in the 1943 season.

No one knows who will win this modern day ranked matchup just yet, but without a doubt the first winner is College Football GameDay for making the right call.

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