College GameDay At Utah Reached 2.7 Million Viewers In Final Hour
Oct 31, 2023, 3:00 PM
SALT LAKE CITY – It’s no secret the Utah campus put on a show for College GameDay last weekend and the talent is still raving about the effort from the Utes.
ESPN PR announced College GameDay reached a peak audience of 2.7 million viewers in its final hour- up 12% from week nine’s show last season in 2022.
The overall show averaged a little over 2 million viewers through its entirety.
Week 9 of @CollegeGameDay delivered another impressive episode live from @utahathletics
🏈 2M avg. viewers
🏈 2.7M final hour viewers
🏈 Up 12% over ’22’s Week 9 pic.twitter.com/40TmbHtr8o— ESPN PR (@ESPNPR) October 31, 2023
Pat McAfee Still Talking About First-Ever Visit To Utah
All eyes were on the state of Utah as College GameDay rolled in to watch the Utes host the Oregon Ducks and ESPN’s Pat McAfee can’t stop raving about it.
Yes, the game itself was unimpressive for the Utes, but the community showed out with passion, enthusiasm, energy and of course and amazing backdrop that left a big impression on McAfee.
The ESPN talent chatted with Adam Schefter about his first-ever experience in Utah and how he needs to come back to the Beehive State to visit soon.
Utah is AWESOME and I can’t wait to get back#PMSLive #TakeNote pic.twitter.com/0kQ6gUBFSx
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) October 30, 2023
“I’m not a skier or really do the snow stuff so I never really had a chance to go to Utah for any reason,” McAfee said. “I need to go back. It is awesome. People were so kind- obviously everybody there was so kind to all of us. We get put in these ridiculous situations where people are normally going to be nice to us, but there were other situations- everybody was nice. The views were insane. The weather was fantastic. I thought about picking up some ski poles to go skiing up there just so I could be a part of the Salt Lake community. I loved it Schefty. I didn’t expect that.”
Michelle Bodkin is the Utah Utes Insider for sports.ksl.com and host of both the Crimson Corner Podcast (SUBSCRIBE) and The Saturday Show (Saturday from 10 a.m.–12 p.m.) on The KSL Sports Zone. Follow her on X, Instagram, and Threads: @BodkinKSLsports
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