ESPN’s College GameDay Built by The Home Depot, will televise live from the West Virginia University Mountainlair Plaza on Saturday, Nov. 1.

 

Tapings for various ESPN shows will begin on Friday, Oct. 31, at 9 a.m., from the GameDay set and will continue periodically throughout the day until the conclusion of College Football Live, which begins at 2:30 p.m. ESPN will televise the show on Saturday morning from 9 a.m. - noon.

 

Fans will be allowed into the GameDay compound on Saturday beginning at 7 a.m. All fans are invited to attend the tapings on both days.

 

Access to the GameDay set will be prohibited from the interior of the Mountainlair Building.

 

ESPN College GameDay will have final approval on all signs and apparel that are permitted in and around the set.

 

The following are prohibited in the pit area directly behind the College GameDay stage: alcohol, food, drinks, footballs, hard helmets, signs on sticks or polls; no signs with profanity, religious or political connotations; no bags and backpacks. All signs must be hand-held.

 

Fans wishing to hold appropriate signs and flags on sticks or poles will be permitted to outside of the pit area.

 

Due to the set’s central location on the WVU downtown campus, several parking and traffic restrictions will be in place.

 

Parking on Prospect Street will be prohibited beginning on Wednesday, Oct. 29, through Saturday at 5 p.m.

 

Maiden Lane will be closed to vehicle traffic and parking beginning at 5 p.m. on Friday, with normal traffic set to resume at 5 p.m. Saturday.

 

North High Street parking will be prohibited beginning at 5 p.m. on Friday until 5 p.m. Saturday. The street will be closed to vehicle traffic on Saturday from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m.

 

The PRT will run on Saturday from 8 a.m., until one hour after the game. There is no charge for PRT service on game days.

 

The Spruce Street and University Avenue parking garages will be open on Saturday. The rate is 75 cents per hour at both garages. There will be paid parking available at various locations downtown.

 

This weekend marks the second time ESPN’s popular traveling college football show has selected WVU. No. 20/22 Mountaineers will take on No. 10 TCU on Saturday in a national telecast that will air on ABC (Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit & Heather Cox) and will kick off at 3:30 p.m.

 

The TCU game, presented by Change the Future WV, is being designated WVU’s first-ever “True Blue” Game. Mountaineer fans are encouraged to wear Blue to the game at Milan Puskar Stadium.

 

Editor's Note: Photos from GameDay's 2012 visit to Morgantown taken by Ben Queen of www.benqueenphotography.com.