 
GameDay to be on hand for Texas-Texas Tech
Oct. 25, 2008
ESPN College GameDay is set to cover the Longhorns for the third time in four weeks and the 11th time in its history when No. 1 Texas meets No. 8 Texas Tech in Lubbock on Saturday. GameDay has also been present for the Longhorns' 45-35 win over No. 1 Oklahoma in Dallas on Oct. 11, and the 56-31 win over No. 11 Missouri in Austin on Oct. 18. It is just the second time in the history of the show that one school has been featured three times in a four-week stretch. Ohio State also accomplished that in 2006. This will be GameDay's first-ever trip to Lubbock and the second time it has covered a game in the series. The first came in 2005 when No. 2 Texas defeated No. 10 Texas Tech, 52-17, in Austin. It is also the second time it has covered a true road game for the Longhorns. The other was in 2005 for the first-ever matchup between Texas and Ohio State, when the No. 2 Longhorns defeated the No. 4 Buckeyes, 25-22, in Columbus, Ohio. Overall, Texas is 7-3 with the GameDay crew in attendance. It has visited Austin on five occasions, including the Oct. 18 game against Missouri; the 2005 game against the Red Raiders; 2006 when No. 1 Ohio State defeated No. 2 Texas, 24-7; 2003 when No. 13 Texas defeated No. 16 Kansas State, 24-20; and 1999 when No. 18 Texas upset No. 3 Nebraska, also by the score of 24-20. GameDay has been to Dallas three times, including the Oct. 11 game; 2001 when No. 3 Oklahoma defeated No. 5 Texas, 14-3; and 2002 when No. 2 Oklahoma defeated No. 3 Texas, 35-24. GameDay was also in attendance for the 2005 BCS National Championship Game when No. 2 Texas defeated No. 1 USC, 41-38. This year will mark the 15th consecutive season College GameDay will originate from the site of the day's best game (generally announced the Monday before the game). Chris Fowler hosts the popular Saturday morning news and analysis show with analysts Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit.
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