College Gameday is Missing the Boat this Week

Shower Thought - October 13, 2025

There are strict rules in broadcasting this time of year, specifically during election season. There has to be equal opportunity for all candidates to access the airwaves. If the mayor wants to come on, that is good, but whoever is running against the mayor gets equal time on the radio or on TV. That started in the Communications Act of 1934. Legislators did not want Herbert Hoover getting all of the air time on the late night talk shows. There was supposed to be evenness, even if one of the candidates is the sitting mayor or president. Equal time.

Whoever wrote that law needs to write to College Gameday. College Gameday has been to the following places this year: Columbus, Ohio; Norman, Oklahoma; Knoxville, Tennessee; Miami, Florida; State College, Pennsylvania (where we struggle at playing football); Tuscaloosa, Alabama; and Eugene, Oregon. That is six of seven SEC or Big Ten sites. There was one ACC site, but they were playing an SEC opponent. What is the deal? This week, they will be in Athens, Georgia, for the historic rivalry between Georgia and Ole Miss. 'It just means more.' Give me a break. There is nothing that means more in college football this week than Utah versus BYU. There will be no better atmosphere in college football this week than in Provo, Utah. Fox has it right, bringing 'Big Noon' to the Beehive State for the second time this year. ESECPN is missing the boat and they don't realize it!