Izzo's Insights: ESPN's College GameDay "100 percent" would have been in Albuquerque had Bison not lost

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – There s no debate any more. ESPN s College GameDay wanted to be here today. Two sources that were on the ground in Salt Lake City this morning for GameDay s show previewing the Houston - Utah matchup, spoke with some ESPN production associates that said it was 100% chance they would have been in Albuquerque had North Dakota State not lost to UNLV two weeks ago. Source added that the production people were "actively cheering" for NDSU to win that game. GameDay host Rece Davis spoke it into existence a few weeks ago on his podcast when chatting with Pete Thamel and Dan Wetzel two weeks prior to the game when he said I m not saying GameDay is going to New Mexico. But I m not saying we re not. UNLV intervened with a 13-7 win over the Bison on Oct. 10, handing NDSU its first FBS loss. As it is, there are still several national outlets here for the game, including The Athletic s Chris Vannini along with a tandem from CBS Sports. The GameDay