‘GameDay’ picks UGA-Bama

Tempe, Ariz. — ESPN’s popular College GameDay show will air from Athens on Saturday morning, an ESPN spokesman said today.

The two-hour college-football pregame show — with host Chris Fowler and analysts Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit and Desmond Howard — travels around the country, giving a sort of signature to each week’s Big Game.

And Georgia-Alabama in Sanford Stadium on Saturday is big.

Both teams are unbeaten (4-0), and both are ranked in the nation’s top 10.

Georgia, which defeated Arizona State 27-10 Saturday night, is No. 3 in both the Associated Press media poll and the USA Today coaches’ poll. Alabama, which beat Arkansas 49-14 Saturday, is No. 8 in the AP poll and No. 10 in the coaches’ poll.

ESPN spokesman Michael Humes said Sunday afternoon that details aren’t available yet about where on the Georgia campus the GameDay set will be located. There are some logistical issues to be worked out.

ESPN likes to have the stadium as the backdrop for its set. But ongoing building construction around Sanford Stadium makes that almost out of the question.

Georgia has proposed the Reed or Myers Hall quadrangles but neither offers a stadium vista.

The show, sponsored by Atlanta-based Home Depot, airs from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturdays.

ESPN also will televise the Georgia-Alabama game Saturday night. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:45 p.m.

Staff writer Chip Towers contributed to this article.