‘Magic Happens’: BYU Fan Takes Signs To Disney World For College Gameday
Aug 24, 2019, 8:45 AM | Updated: 9:22 am
Desmond Howard and Rece Davis film the ESPN College GameDay show at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
ORLANDO, Fla. – College Football is back!
Week Zero slate of college football games kick off this evening and the highlight game is Miami vs. Florida in Orlando.
ESPN’s College Gameday is in Orlando to kick off the season and they are at Walt Disney World in Orlando.
College Gameday has become a pre-game staple in the college football world in large part because they go on location to the biggest games and fans can be part of the show.
Gameday always has fans bringing signs, flags, and other items to represent their team behind the Gameday hosts.
Earlier this month, it was announced that Gameday would be televising their Week Zero show from the happiest place on earth, Disney World. But it came with a catch. No signs or flags were going to be allowed at the show.
College GameDay at Disney World will feature zero signs or flags and a $100 entry fee https://t.co/FMmsiSdFWM
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) August 14, 2019
Then later in the month after College Football fans were upset with the decision, the decision to not have signs was reversed. BYU fan Andrew Bangerter capitalized on the rule change to represent his team.
@Mitch_Harper @CriddleBenjamin BYU getting some representation on college Gameday! #MagicHappens pic.twitter.com/hNClE3V4qB
— Coltron (@theweeksauce) August 24, 2019
Bangerter held up a sign featuring BYU’s Oval Y logo and another sign that read, “Magic Happens’ in the same script that the Disneyland logo is in.
The amusement parks that Disney has to offer are no stranger to BYU fans. Head Coach Kalani Sitake took a summer vacation earlier this year to Disneyland and Sitake said it basically should have been a BYU Fan Fest.
@Mitch_Harper @CriddleBenjamin @Spencer_Linton Here is the College Game Day Y fan, Andrew Bangerter! pic.twitter.com/rbbBXlo0Jc
— NM_Blue (@NM_BlueCoug) August 24, 2019
BYU opens their 2019 football season on Thursday, August 29th, in Provo at LaVell Edwards Stadium against the No. 14 Utah Utes. Kickoff is set for 8:15 p.m. (MDT).
Mitch Harper is a BYU Insider for sports.ksl.com and host of the Cougar Tracks Podcast and Cougar Sports Saturday (Saturday from 12-3 pm) on KSL Newsradio. Follow him on Twitter: @Mitch_Harper.
