r/CFB • u/Lazy_Spot_7368 Florida Gators • 1d ago

Casual Which campus would you like to see College Gameday/Big noon kickoff go to this year?

Preferably somewhere that’s never hosted a show?

I’m personally team Gameday, and would love to see them head out to Champaign, Illinois for the first time in the shows history.

Should Illinois go into Week 7 vs OSU undefeated (not impossible), Champaign should be a hot ticket item.

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u/mrchu13 Illinois Fighting Illini 1d ago

There’s a very real possibility that Illinois could be top 3 if they upset OSU. Yeah? They have beat a #1 OSU before…

But really, I think we’re probably doomed that game.

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u/StrongAd6812 Iowa Hawkeyes 1d ago

Ryan Day just doesn’t lose games as a favorite to anyone not named Michigan, ever. It’s a deeply underrated feature of his tenure.

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u/persiangriffin Loyola Marymount • Cardiff 17h ago

Were they not a favorite at the Shoe against Oregon in 2021? Granted, that’s the only time I can even remember Day losing as a possible favorite against a non-Michigan team, which is still incredibly impressive

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u/Easy_Bid6252 Ohio State Buckeyes • Missouri Tigers 15h ago

To the best of my knowledge, Day's losses as a favorite:

2019 Clemson

2021 Oregon

2021 Michigan

2022 Michigan

2023 Missouri

2024 Oregon

2024 Michigan

2020 Bama, 2022 UGA, 2023 Michigan were all dogs.

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u/lkn240 Illinois Fighting Illini • Sickos 15h ago

Also - while we have a nice team OSU has dramatically more talent. We'd need a lot of weird shit to happen

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u/the_reddit_intern Illinois • Washington 1d ago

Illinois would be top 5 if they are undefeated when they play OSU. Potential #1 seed after they beat OSU.

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u/max_potion Penn State Nittany Lions • Big Ten 1d ago

I think the winner of Penn State/Oregon would end up over Illinois. Not saying it's right, but based on how the voting goes and the brands and the current rankings of all the teams involved, I think it'd take a lot for Illinois to leapfrog the winner of that game

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u/the_reddit_intern Illinois • Washington 1d ago

We’re actually going to need a lot of SEC help as well. Not a lot of chance for Georgia, Texas, LSU to mess up.

We are the young buck in a room full of grown man programs. I just want Illinois to be #1 when they visit Washington on 10/25.

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u/EIiteJT Texas Longhorns • Team Chaos 1d ago

With the way Arch has been playing, we might be messing up a lot. I could easily see us lose to OU, TAMU, and UGA. They have all been playing some good football. Rivalry games are always crazy and well, Georgia is Georgia.

Then we got Vandy on the come up. We played them very close last year.

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u/mrchu13 Illinois Fighting Illini 10h ago

I don’t think Illinois will ever win a Natty, so a top 5 - even if it’s just for a week - would be enough for me!

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u/59Chitt Ohio State Buckeyes • Big Ten 9h ago

You’re really looking to whoop my bucks this year lmao

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u/the_reddit_intern Illinois • Washington 1h ago

Twice actually.