History is in the making as Virginia Tech becomes the host of the legendary ESPN’s College GameDay — making it the first ever in ACC women’s basketball history.

While College GameDay coming to Virginia Tech is exciting for students and the university, it is also exciting for the local businesses.

Kirk Herbstreit and Chris Fowler are in the game.

ESPN announced that the iconic show, covered by State Farm is headed to Blacksburg as the No. 12 Virginia Tech women’s basketball team takes on North Carolina on Sunday, Feb. 25.

Nick Saban is joining ESPN’s “College GameDay," the long-running Saturday pregame road show he appeared on as a guest so frequently during his 17 seasons as Alabama coach.

FILE - ESPN College Game Day's Rece Davis gestures while talking on the set in College Station, Texas before the start of an NCAA college football game between Clemson and Texas A&M, in this Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018, file photo. ESPN has re-signed Rece Davis to a multiyear contract that will keep him in place as the host of the networks popular Saturday college football pregame show. (AP Photo/Sam Craft, File)ESPN has re-signed Rece Davis to a multiyear contract that will keep him in place as host of the network’s popular Saturday college football pregame show. “And for me I still very much wanted to host ‘College GameDay’ and to still have the opportunity to host some significant events along with that from time to time. Davis will also continue to host ”College GameDay” for basketball, along with the network’s coverage of the NFL draft on ABC and the men’s Final Four.

MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez says the total number of positive COVID-19 cases within the Badgers’ football program has increased to 22. Alvarez told ESPN’s “College GameDay” on Saturday that 12 football players and 10 staffers have tested positive. School officials updated that number Thursday by saying two more staffers and one additional player had tested positive. The Thursday update indicated the football program had a total of 16 active cases, and that 15 of them had come since Oct. 24. School officials also said Saturday that the 22 active cases include seven confirmed positive tests (five players, two staffers) since that Thursday update.

ESPN's College GameDay is in. Augusta National announced Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020, more changes to a Masters tournament that will be unlike any of the previous 83. ESPN's “College GameDay” is in. Augusta National announced Tuesday more changes to a Masters tournament that will be unlike any of the previous 83. The most notable was in 2017 when “College GameDay” was held in Times Square.

Before Miami won easily last year, the ‘Canes and ’Noles played five straight games decided by five points or fewer. A pandemic-altered college football season has helped put FSU-Miami in the spotlight again this weekend. The Big Ten and Pac-12 are still at least a month away, but the college football menu is starting to fill up. 7-6 — Lane Kiffin's record in his one SEC season as coach at Tennessee. ___Follow Ralph D. Russo at https://twitter.com/ralphDrussoAP and listen at http://www.westwoodonepodcasts.com/pods/ap-top-25-college-football-podcast/___More AP college football: https://apnews.com/Collegefootball and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25

For millions of college football fans, couch potato Saturdays begin with ESPN's College GameDay." If there is college football there will be College GameDay. Period," said ESPN's Lee Fitting, who oversees all the network's college studio shows and remote programs. Absolutely not.Fitting conceded the show could even originate from a studio in Bristol, Connecticut, for the first time since the week college football returned after the 9/11 attacks. The streak will live on! said CJ McCoy, one of the network of Washington State alumni responsible for getting Ol' Crimson to the GameDay site each week. ___Follow Ralph D. Russo at https://twitter.com/ralphDrussoAP and listen at http://www.westwoodonepodcasts.com/pods/ap-top-25-college-football-podcast/___More AP college football: https://apnews.com/Collegefootball and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25

- A college football fan who held up a sign on national TV asking for beer money says he's giving the thousands of dollars he raked in to a children's hospital. He scrawled his Venmo account details on the sign for the nation to see. The children's hospital is next to the Hawkeyes' Kinnick Stadium. We're going to match your donation to University of Iowa. King said those interested in donating to the Stead Family Children's Hospital can also do so directly through the hospital's website.

Marty Smith, a Giles County native and now popular ESPN reporter and correspondent for "College GameDay" releases his first book Tuesday, Aug. 6. Smith, 43, graduated from Radford University and covered sports for daily newspapers for the Roanoke area before joining NASCAR.com, then ESPN in 2006. Currently Smith is one of ESPNs most popular and recognized reporters and host covering college football, basketball, the NFL, NBA, NASCAR and more. Smith launched his own show, "Marty Smiths America" in August 2017 on ESPN2. You can purchase his book on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Target and more.