By Mike Stowe

ESPN College Gameday will be at the top 25 matchup between the 12th ranked Michigan Wolverines and the 15th ranked Wisconsin Badgers this Saturday. It should be a good game and a decent atmosphere. Both teams are pretty good. This is an elimination game. Each team already had 1 loss and 1 more loss certainly knocks the loser out of College Football Playoff contention.

You ready, Ann Arbor? Next up, we're coming to your city for Wisconsin vs. Michigan! pic.twitter.com/7WP8Go7Eu3 — College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) October 7, 2018

So did College Gameday make the right choice? Did they pick the most intriguing matchup of the week as the location for their world famous college football preview show?

Of course not. The game of the week is taking place in Baton Rouge, Louisiana at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday as the 2nd ranked Georgia Bulldogs take on the 13th ranked LSU Tigers. It will be the biggest test of the year so far for Georgia and even though LSU is coming off of its first loss of the season to Florida, it’s fair to say that Georgia is better than any team LSU has faced this season.

Georgia wants to go on the road and prove that they can take out an SEC West team. For all of Kirby Smart’s accolades, he has had two disastrous road trips to play SEC West opponents (Ole Miss in 2016, Auburn in 2017). LSU is desperate to win the remainder of their SEC games. They know their margin for error is gone after taking their first SEC loss this past weekend. These are two great defenses that include two of the best defensive backs in the nation in Georgia’s DeAndre Baker and LSU’s Greedy Williams. Both teams have multiple weapons at the running back position. Nick Brousette is one of the best backs in the conference. UGA’s multi-headed rushing attack of Swift, Holyfield, Cook, and Herrien is a physical force that is almost impossible to completely shut down.

This will be the most entertaining and interesting game of the week. CBS knew it and made it their marquee 3:30 p.m. SEC matchup. So what’s up, ESPN? You guys already make plans to be at Alabama/LSU in a few weeks and don’t want to do multiple LSU games within that span? Worried about your viewers getting SEC fatigue? Is Danny Kanell scheduling your locations? Whatever the reason may be, you dropped the ball here. You’ll be in Ann Arbor with Harbaugh’s boys who never make the playoffs in the Big 10 as they play a Wisconsin team that lost to BYU. More eyes across the college football world will be glued to the SEC cross divisional war between Georgia and LSU.