As a fan who covers his favorite team, I try to stay as unbiased as possible. With that said, I don’t think I’m being an out of line “fan-boy” when I say that it’s ridiculous that ESPN hasn’t shown up at the KFC Yum! Center for a College Gameday since the venue opened in 2010.

Not only does Louisville have the nicest college basketball arena in the country, but the program has won more games than any other team over the past three years. You would think that the four letter network would see the Yum! Center as one of the best destinations for College Gameday.

Over the years we’ve heard excuses as to why Louisville wasn’t a destination, such as last year’s American Athletic Conference schedule. If we’re being honest with ourself, despite coming off of a national championship season, there weren’t a lot of marquee games on the schedule that would have been worthy of a Saturday night appearance from ESPN.

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With Louisville now in the ACC there are plenty of opportunities for the Cardinals to host a big time opponent on the main stage. When Louisville hosts Duke on Jan. 17., there is a good chance that you’ll have two top five opponents. There is also a good chance that Mike Krzyzewski will be aiming for his 1,000th career win.

Sounds perfect, right?

Well unfortunately the folks at ESPN do not agree. Earlier today, it was announced that on Jan. 17 (the same day as Lou vs. Duke) College Gameday would be at Ames, IA, for Iowa State’s match-up with Kansas.

There’s still a chance that Louisville could host Gameday at some point this year, but I’m not sure if there will be a better opportunity than Jan. 17.

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