re: No College Gameday for LSU-BAMA game:

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Good for ESPN finally they do something right!!! If the complaining hippies don't understand why they would do this please talk to a Veteran. What difference does it make in the world where ESPN College Gameday televises from? At least they are honoring these great young men that have not only volunteered to serve this country after the football season is complete but also entertain you on Saturday's. Don't be a douchebag!

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come on. so the service academies automatically get gameday every time they play each other? if not, this particular matchup is the worst possible one. why not wait for army/navy? that's the one with by far the most tradition.

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At least they are honoring these great young men that have not only volunteered to serve this country after the football season is complete but also entertain you on Saturday's.



well said. CBS has the LSU/Bama game, no reason for ESPN to go

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ESPN hates the SEC

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That's why they spent a gazillion dollars to get everything SEC that CBS doesn't have.

This is a Disney/ABC call. I guarantee it. I think it's a bad call because it trivializes what College Gameday had become.

The only flip side is whether there's a national backlash about the SEC getting so much attention. The SEC matchups week-in, week-out mean that Gameday would spend most weekends in the South.

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How by broadcasting from there?

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Here's a little perspective. I taught at USAFA for three years. The cadets are up every morning before 6 (how many of you did that as an undergrad?) After breakfast, they have class pretty much all day, except for a mandatory noon meal formation when they have to march to lunch, even if it's 20 degrees out. After class they have mandatory intramurals, then dinner and four hours of mandatory study hall before lights out. Every other weekend (except for freshmen) they might even get to leave campus. In return for putting up with all this for four years, they get a job that separates them from their families for months at a time working half-way around the world in either 120-degree heat or freezing cold, surrounded by people who would rather see them dead.

One morning, in their whole four years, (Gameday hasn't been there since '03, and who knows when they'll be back) they get to wake up, walk outside their dorms, and act like idiots in front of the GameDay set.
It's a small consolation.

Going to one of the service academies is not a prerequisite for military enlistment.

Well, I just hope that they each get the koozie that will be given away on "Game Day" by AAFMAA.com at the game that day!

who cares, last time the game was IN baton rouge and they talked about LSU for maybe a combined 3 minutes, so if it were in tuscaloosa why would it be any different

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The cadets are up every morning before 6 (how many of you did that as an undergrad?) After breakfast, they have class pretty much all day, except for a mandatory noon meal formation when they have to march to lunch, even if it's 20 degrees out. After class they have mandatory intramurals, then dinner and four hours of mandatory study hall before lights out. Every other weekend (except for freshmen) they might even get to leave campus. In return for putting up with all this for four years, they get a job that separates them from their families for months at a time working half-way around the world in either 120-degree heat or freezing cold, surrounded by people who would rather see them dead.




All true. But also remember, it's their choice to do that.

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And thank goodness ,ESPN has chosen to celebrate their choice.

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Here's a little perspective. I taught at USAFA for three years. The cadets are up every morning before 6 (how many of you did that as an undergrad?) After breakfast, they have class pretty much all day, except for a mandatory noon meal formation when they have to march to lunch, even if it's 20 degrees out. After class they have mandatory intramurals, then dinner and four hours of mandatory study hall before lights out. Every other weekend (except for freshmen) they might even get to leave campus. In return for putting up with all this for four years, they get a job that separates them from their families for months at a time working half-way around the world in either 120-degree heat or freezing cold, surrounded by people who would rather see them dead.

One morning, in their whole four years, (Gameday hasn't been there since '03, and who knows when they'll be back) they get to wake up, walk outside their dorms, and act like idiots in front of the GameDay set.
It's a small consolation.

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Cry me a river. They have their pick of 6-figure jobs waiting for them as soon as their service is over. They volunteered to go to service academies.