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ESPN has officially confirmed a new college football show that will accompany "College GameDay."
"Bussin' & Pate on Campus" is a new show combining Taylor Lewan and Will Compton, hosts of the podcast "Bussin' With the Boys," and analyst Josh Pate.
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As the name suggests, the trio will be traveling to campuses across the country "that would sometimes, but not always, double as that week’s College GameDay location," details Sam Neumann of Awful Announcing.
The show will air at 2 p.m. ET on Fridays throughout the 2026 college football season, with the first two locations already announced.
On Sept. 4, "Bussin' & Pate" will be in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a battle of the Tigers: Clemson and LSU.
That matchup will surely be one of the biggest of the early season given the storylines involved.
Not only is Clemson looking to recover from a historically disappointing 2025 campaign, but they'll start this season against one of the most hyped teams in the country in LSU, helmed by the newly hired Lane Kiffin.
For week two, "Bussin' & Pate" will be in Ann Arbor, Michigan, for a huge nonconference matchup.
The Michigan Wolverines will be hosting the Oklahoma Sooners, another clash of college football blue bloods that could potentially play a role in determining who makes the College Football Playoff later this year.
Preparing for the Season
Pate, Compton and Lewan won't be coming into this college football season unprepared.
The trio has already been working together for ESPN ahead of their show's announcement, including an appearance in ESPN's "Get Up" earlier Thursday morning.
The three joined "Get Up" virtually from the titular bus.
It's unclear if that bus will be part of "Bussin' & Pate on Campus," but the origin as podcasters is certainly something the trio is leaning into.
Pate spoke with Front Office Sports earlier this year and detailed how Pat McAfee laid the groundwork at ESPN.
“You look at Pat, namely, and you look at what a trailblazing few years this has been. What a game-changing few years this has been,” Pate said. “And then you look at yourself and say, ‘All right, well, I’ve got an opportunity now.’ Like, what a shame if I drop the ball with my little portion in my little lane over here because there could be 50 people down the road that maybe benefit from what we do, carrying the college football flag on a network like ESPN.”
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