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 ESPN College GameDay heading to Washington for Week 7 matchup vs. Oregon

Alex Weberby:Alex Weber•10/07/23

The ESPN College GameDay crew is officially headed to Seattle for the Oregon vs. Washington game in Week 7, they announced on Saturday morning’s Week 6 edition.

“Love that scene, love that matchup, top-10 matchup and they can’t stand each other. Yeah, that’s fun,” said Kirk Herbstreit of the tremendous contest he and the other GameDay members will be in attendance for next weekend.

“Right. You talkin’ about good ol’ fashioned hate. Ooh wee,” added Desmond Howard. Then, Rece Davis offered his own bold take on the rivalry:

“Just as much as these two hate each other,” Davis remarked of Texas and Oklahoma, “Oregon and Washington, they HATE each other too.”

Of course, the ever-excited Pat McAfee was thrilled about the prospect of traveling to the state of Washington. “I cannot wait to get up into that state!” he declared. “That state really likes me!”

The Washington football Twitter account also broke the news with this graphic:

McAfee, Corso butt heads with other Washington school

During Week 4’s edition of ESPN’s College GameDay, Lee Corso dubbed Washington State vs. Oregon State the ‘Nobody Wants Us Bowl,’ after becoming the only two teams not to find a conference after the unofficial disbanding of the Pac-12 Conference.

Former WSU star Ryan Leaf was offended by Corso, and co-host Patt McAfee’s reaction toward the two teams playing. Current Cougars coach Jake Dickert also took exception to CGD host’s comments despite taking the victory 38-35 over the Beavers last week.

When given the opportunity during this week’s CGD, Pat McAfee blasted both of them, name-dropping Leaf in particular while verbally stomping all over Washington State’s parade.

“Ah, who cares! Were you guys showing this flag when they were 1-11 in 2009?” McAfee asked after CGD showed Ol’ Crimson for the 292nd consecutive week. “How about 2-10 in 2010? You were? That’s wild. So when they sucked, [College GameDay] was showing them every single week on the biggest college football show? Wow! Handle success, Ryan Leaf!

“I want a West Virginia flag flying up there every single time. We don’t get it, Washington State gets it, and all of a sudden, Washington State’s going, ‘Now Big Beav’s up there!’ Like, shut up! Washington State, [I’m] about sick of you! Waste of time on this show.”

McAfee was his usual, animated self while cutting this promo and his co-hosts Rece Davis and Kirk Herbstreit were laughing along with him