College Gameday

[ut_vol03]

Can anyone tell me why Hampton (5-4) vs. Florida A&M (7-3) is this week's College Gameday game of the week?! Both teams are mediocre D-1AA teams. I understand that there aren't alot of great games this week but I could understand them staying in the studio or going to a game with drama like South Carolina vs. Florida.

I know this is random and doesn't affect the Vols but I thought it was confusing.

 

[vader]

Welcome to the board. Look for this in the "Around the NCAA" forum later.

 

[ut_vol03]

Sorry! I'm a newb!

 

[CICEROMESSIAH]

im sure espn also has a deal with division 2 and has to show however many games per year. hampton is also a team with alot of nfl talent. a big percent of their roster is transfers from d1 schools. im sure the florida team is the same way.

 

[give_him 6]

They usually do one game late in the year at some odd location like this. Didn't they also do Lehigh vs. Lafayette or some other ridiculous setting a few years ago? FAMU will become the first historically-black college or university to host the program on its campus.

One of the backstories if not the backstory is the Rattlers new no-nonsense coach, Joe Taylor, was a championship coach at Hampton for years before accepting the job at Fam last December 31st.

 

[kkep48]

Hampton, home of Lamarcus Coker.

 

[hmanvolfan]

Obama?