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Origins with James Andrew Miller

C2: ESPN / Ep 3: College Game Day: Two Audiences As One

Origins with James Andrew Miller

Audacy Podcasts

Performing Arts, Tv & Film, Arts

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2018

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

More than 30 years after its launch, College Game Day continues to draw big crowds on screen and campus — begging the question: What is its secret? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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There was one that I had a real internal debate on during the show.

0:05.0

There was a sign in the front row that was being held by an Asian male.

0:10.0

And it's holding up a very simple sign and said said I'm Asian. I was thinking to myself I was

0:15.4

like I really want to say that's offensive but it's not like it's an Asian

0:20.7

college you know holding up a, it's I'm Asian.

0:23.7

So we ended up taking it.

0:26.5

The kid loved it.

0:28.2

The next week, wherever we go,

0:30.9

another Asian person, front row row I'm also Asian we show that two weeks later we're

0:37.8

somewhere there's a white kid in the front row with a sign that says I'm Caucasian.

0:47.0

Several years ago a friend asked me to autograph a copy of those guys have all the fun for his

0:51.5

grandmother who he said was still a doting fan of

0:54.0

ESPN at the age of 81.

0:56.6

When I asked him how much time she spent watching the network, he said,

0:59.7

actually she only watches college game day on Saturday mornings.

1:03.0

Turns out Granny rarely even hung around to watch the games themselves.

1:06.0

She preferred seeing the various college campuses, the crazy signs,

1:10.0

the interactions between the game day regulars,

1:12.0

and all the other attendant hoopla.

1:14.3

Note to programming file.

1:15.9

If you've got a sports show that's watched by people who don't care much about sports,

1:19.9

you've got a real winner on your hands.

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