Excitement For 'College Game Day' At Western Michigan Reaches Fever Pitch

KALAMAZOO (CBS Detroit) ESPN's "College GameDay" is coming to Western Michigan for the first time this weekend, just the second time the popular TV show has been held at the campus of a Mid American Conference school.

And the excitement is building to a fever pitch.
This is what it looked like when the Game Day bus arrived on campus.

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And this is how some other locals threw out the welcome mat.

Just like the throngs of fans, Broncos' head coach P.J. Fleck can hardly wait.

"It's historic," he told 97.1 The Ticket last Thursday morning, "I'm not going to lie. It's a historic day in Mid American Conference history, it's a historic day for Western Michigan University, the city of Kalamazoo, the state of Michigan."

The 10-0 Broncos, ranked No. 21 in the latest College Football Playoff poll, host Buffalo at 3:30 p.m. at Waldo Stadium. Fleck is calling for a record-setting turnout.

"We're going to pack the city. It's not just pack the stadium – that's a given, we're going to sell this thing out – but pack the city. We want to have more people than GameDay's ever seen. To do that, they're going to have to bear some cold, maybe bear some snow on Saturday but get here early, dress warm, and enjoy the day."

Saturday's forecast in Kalamazoo calls for morning showers with a low of 35 degrees. But it would take conditions far worse than those to spoil an unprecedented event.

"Just think of the kids in the community, little kids around Kalamazoo and the surrounding areas," Fleck said. "How cool is it to be able to have GameDay right here? You can come with your dad and your mom and just show up and see (Kirk) Herbstreit and the boys. I think it's going to be a historic day."

"This team understands that if they're not humble, anybody can beat them if they don't play their best," Fleck said. "But if they're confident enough, and there's a balance of that, they can beat anybody in the country if they're at their best.