The sound is the first thing that gets you. It carried across campus, starting from the RV lots and floating into the air across College Hill. A dull roar of excitement and energy, punctured by loud bass, that built as you walked through campus, smacking you in the face as you reach a sea of crimson flags and thousands of your closest friends, many of which you probably didn’t even know.
It was 4:45 a.m. in Pullman, and a TV show had come to town. It only took 15 years for it to get here.
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There were quiet worries in the week between College GameDay announcing it was finally coming to Pullman and the show itself on Saturday.