ESPN College GameDay is coming back to Austin for Texas versus Georgia

ESPN College GameDay is coming to town as the Texas Longhorns host the Georgia Bulldogs in one of the biggest SEC matchups of the season.
Sep 10, 2022; Austin, TX, USA; UT cheerleaders arrive for ESPN   s    College GameDay before the start of the UT vs. Alabama game on Saturday, September 10, 2022.
Sep 10, 2022; Austin, TX, USA; UT cheerleaders arrive for ESPN s College GameDay before the start of the UT vs. Alabama game on Saturday, September 10, 2022. / Austin American-Statesman-USA TODAY NETWORK
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The Georgia Bulldogs are coming to town and so is ESPN College GameDay. For the Week 8 SEC matchup, the weekly college football show is returning to Austin as two of the top teams in the nation get ready to clash.

While in Eugene for the Oregon versus Ohio State game, Rece Davis announced that he and the crew would be in town for the Longhorns' biggest game yet. Here's a brief history of College GameDay's visits to Texas' capital.

ESPN College GameDay at Texas

The Longhorns have hosted College GameDay in Austin nine times in the past and walked away with five of the wins.

  • Oct. 23, 1999 – No. 18 Texas defeated No. 3 Nebraska, 24-20
  • Oct. 4, 2003 – No. 13 Texas defeated No. 16 Kansas State, 24-20
  • Oct. 22, 2005 – No. 2 Texas defeated No. 8 Texas Tech, 52-17
  • Sept. 9, 2006 – No. 2 Texas lost to No. 1 Ohio State, 28-10
  • Oct. 18, 2008 – No. 1 Texas defeated No. 11 Missouri, 56-31
  • Sept. 19, 2009 – No. 2 Texas defeated Texas Tech, 34-24
  • Sept. 7, 2019 – No. 10 Texas lost to No. 6 LSU, 45-38
  • Sept. 10, 2022 – Texas lost to No. 1 Alabama, 20-19
  • Nov. 12, 2022 – No. 18 Texas lost to No. 4 TCU, 17-10

Davis, Kirk Herbstreit, Nick Saban, Desmond Howard, Pat McAfee, and hopefully Lee Corso will roll into town as the Dawgs take on the Horns.

Most recently, Texas has gone on a losing streak with College GameDay in town, two of the losses going to SEC opponents. Texas and Georgia are scheduled to kick off at 6:30 p.m. CT in the top-five matchup of the ages.

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