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College Gameday To Visit Pitt Football For Backyard Brawl

ESPN's flagship college football show will make a special stop for the Pitt Panthers' week one game against West Virginia.

Stephen Thompson

College Gameday To Visit Pitt Football For Backyard Brawl
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PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers and West Virginia Mountaineers are reviving their bitter rivalry in week one and as kick-off inches closer, the anticipation is building. ESPN is taking note of the hype and sending their A-team to Pittsburgh to cover this opening week blockbuster. 

The game will air nationally on ESPN and the station announced on Thursday that its biggest college football personalities will come to the newly-named Acrisure Stadium for a special midweek edition of College Gameday. 

'The show will be making its third visit to Pitt and the special Thursday episode marks the 422nd road show,' a press release from ESPN said. 'The College GameDay crew will be live from inside Acrisure Stadium ahead of the “Backyard Brawl” rivalry game, and will rejoin the telecast during halftime of the game.'

Hosted by Rece Davis and staffed by analysts Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard and David Pollack, this Thursday edition of College Gameday will begin an 6 p.m on ESPN and run right up to the game's 7 p.m. kick-off.

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Stephen Thompson
STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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