HCA: Looking back at WSU’s last appearance on ESPN GameDay

This Saturday, GameDay will broadcast from Pullman for the first time in the history of the show. It’s going to be a party on the Palouse to say the least.

While it is a momentous occasion, it’s not the first time Washington State has been the focus of ESPN’s premiere college football pregame show. The program was broadcast live from the Rose Bowl in 1998 where Washington State took on Michigan.

But we all know that ‘College GameDay’ isn’t ‘College GameDay’ unless it comes from a true campus environment. And on September 14, 2002, Washington State got a taste of that as well.

Before the 11th ranked Cougars took on the 8th ranked Ohio State Buckeyes, Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit and Chris Fowler…