ESPN's College GameDay to Visit Big Ten Championship in Indianapolis

ESPN's COLLEGE GAMEDAY Built by The Home Depot - college football's longest-running and most-celebrated pregame show - will make its third appearance in four years from Pan Am Plaza in Indianapolis for the Big Ten Championship on Saturday, Dec. 3. THE WEEKLY SHOW airs from 9 a.m.-noon on ESPN and is in advance of the title matchup showcasing No. 6 Wisconsin vs. No. 7 Penn State.

The six-time Emmy Award-winning show is hosted by Rece Davis, who is joined by analysts Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard and David Pollack, as well as contributors Chris 'The Bear' Fallica, Jen Lada, Samantha Ponder, Tom Rinaldi, George Whitfield and Gene Wojciechowski.

College Football Live will air from the set on Friday with Ponder, Howard and Pollack (1:30 p.m., ESPN). Jeannine Edwards will be onsite reporting for SportsCenter.

Corso Facts:
Corso began making his entertaining end-of-show headgear pick of the team he thinks will win the game at the GameDay site, marking 20 years this season. Week 14 will be headgear number 289 for Corso, as he is 191-97 all-time in headgear picks. The phenomenon began on October 5, 1996, prior to the Ohio State-Penn State game in Columbus, Ohio, when he put on OSU's "Brutus Buckeye" mascot head to show his pick to win the game - watch here.

• He has picked Wisconsin four times, including in the 2010 upset win over Ohio State in Madison. He is 2-2 when picking the Badgers and has picked against the Badgers eight times going 5-3 in those picks.
• He has picked Penn State three times and is 2-1 when picking the Lions. He has picked against Penn State ten times and is 8-2 when picking against the Lions.

'The Bear' COLLEGE GAMEDAY Fun Facts:

• This is the third time GameDay has been to the Big Ten Championship - was also in Indianapolis last year and in 2013.
• This is the third time this season GameDay has been at the site of a Wisconsin game - and the 15th time overall. The Badgers are 5-9 with the show present.
• This is also the 15th time GameDay has been at the site of a Penn State game - and the first time since November 13, 2010. Penn State is also 5-9 with GameDay

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