ESPN College GameDay will open 2024 season in Dublin for FSU-Georgia Tech
ESPN College GameDay is going overseas. The show will broadcast live from Dublin, Ireland to kick off the 2024 season, it was announced on Saturday.
The show will be in town for the Florida State vs. Georgia Tech game, which is scheduled for Aug. 24, 2024 from Aviva Stadium.
GameDay is wrapping up the 2024 regular season this week with the annual Army-Navy rivalry game.
A little more than eight months from now, it will be previewing another college football season.
ESPN College GameDay broadcasting from Dublin, Ireland will mark the first time the show will originate from outside of the United States.
In addition to College GameDay being shown on ESPN, the Florida State vs. Georgia Tech game will also air on an ESPN platform.
“Traveling College GameDay overseas and sharing the excitement and traditions of college football with sports fans from other countries is something we’ve always wanted to do,” ESPN vice president and executive producer Seth Markman said in a statement. “Ireland is an amazing country known for having very passionate sports fans, so we expect an incredible atmosphere and experience for this first-ever international show in Dublin.”
College GameDay is currently in its 30th season.
Florida State will head into 2024 with momentum after an outstanding 2023 season. The Seminoles are currently 13-0 and ACC champions heading into the Orange Bowl matchup vs. Georgia.
Georgia Tech also has momentum ahead of the 2024 season. The Yellow Jackets are currently 6-6 in Year 1 under Brent Key ahead of the Gasparilla Bowl vs. UCF scheduled for Dec. 22.
Dabo Swinney sympathizes with FSU players, coaches after College Football Playoff snub
Florida State being left out of the College Football Playoff was a controversial decision. However, ESPN College GameDay analyst Kirk Herbstreit believes the committee made the right decision.
During the College Football Playoff Selection Show, Herbstreit emphasized the drop-off in quarterback play between Florida State’s starter Jordan Travis and his backup quarterbacks.
“I think if Tate [Rodemaker] went out and lit it up, it would be a lot like what Cardale Jones did for Ohio State,” Kirk Herbstreit. “I think the committee evaluated based on what they saw.”
Herbstreit also emphasized that what Florida State has done is impressive, including after Travis went down with his injury. However, he pointed to the injury as being the justification to keep the Seminoles out of the Playoff and that this problem would not have been unique to Florida State if it happened to someone else.
“And by the way, what Florida State did at the Swamp was impressive. I called that game. That was a tough environment. I don’t care what Florida‘s record was, that game was impressive for them to be able to get out of that game with a backup quarterback, but when you’re looking at what they did the last two games and you’re evaluating it all the way to the third guy, a freshman, this is nothing against Mike Norvell. I think we’re all proud and so happy to see that Florida State brand back from where it was three, four, five years ago to where it is now. It has sustainability and it’s gonna be around with Mike and they’re gonna do a great job,” Herbstreit said.
“To me, if you took JJ McCarthy off of Michigan, we’d be saying the same thing right now about Michigan. If you took Michael Penix off of Washington the last two games and they were struggling with a backup quarterback, we wouldn’t be looking at the totality of Washington’s season. We’d be looking at the last two games.”