Nearly 14,000 Husker fans provided the Memorial Stadium backdrop for ESPN's College GameDay Built by Home Depot earlySaturday morning before the Nebraska football team's national showdown with No. 1 USC.
Huskers.com provides you with an in-depth look at Saturday's festivities, along with a behind-the-scenes photo gallery from Friday's preparation for the show.
College GameDay last appeared at Memorial Stadium during the 2001 season. A College GameDay record of more than 15,000 fans attended the show before the Notre Dame game on Sept. 8. The show aired prior to the Huskers’ 2001 victory over <?xml:namespace prefix="st1" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"?>Oklahoma.
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The appearance by College GameDay marks the sixth time the show has visited Lincoln, and the first time since 2001. College GameDay first came to Lincoln for 1994 games against UCLA and Colorado, then returned for Nebraska’s 1998 game with Washington. In 2001, College GameDay was on hand for Nebraska’s games against Notre Dame and Oklahoma. More than 15,000 fans converged on Memorial Stadium for the College GameDay show against Notre Dame on Sept. 8, 2001.
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Nebraska football fans came out in droves early Saturday morning for ESPN's College GameDay Built by Home Depot. Along with the thousands of fans on the field behind the GameDay main stage, Husker fans nearly filled the lower level of the West Stadium seats. Nebraska's beloved inflatable ambassador of cheer Lil' Red was on hand for the ESPN GameDay festivities on Saturday morning, along with Herbie Husker and thousands of other Husker fans. Lil' Red officially earned an invitation for induction in the Mascot Hall of Fame on Saturday morning. The thousands of Husker fans who attended the ESPN GameDay Saturday morning version of the Sea of Red came with plenty of signs in hand to show their support for Nebraska. Members of the Nebraska Cheer Squad arrived early at Memorial Stadium to help provide plenty of background noise during ESPN's College GameDay Built by Home Depot. The Nebraska Cornhusker Marching Band was also in attendance at the festivities. ESPN's GameDay crew of Chris Fowler, Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit enjoy a light moment on camera in front of the thousands of Husker fans at Memorial Stadium on Saturday morning.
The Official College GameDay Built by the Home Depot luxury coach arrived early Friday morning. Construction on the main stage that will be used for Saturday morning's live broadcast began on the field level concourse on the west side of the stadium on Friday morning. The crew also set up a smaller stage in the southeast corner of the stadium that will serve as the set for pregame, halftime and postgame updates from Memorial Stadium. Kirk Herbstreit and Lee Corso film a segment once the set is complete early Friday afternoon. Chris Fowler joins Corso and Herbstreit to give the show its full crew. The trio filmed a segment for SportsCenter midway through Friday afternoon. Once the crew was done filming in the southeast corner, they turned their attention back to the main stage waiting to be assembled in West Stadium.