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‘The Bear’, ‘The Grid’ and ‘The Flag’: How ESPN’s College GameDay finally made it to Pullman

Every year, a College GameDay producer pulls up Washington State’s schedule, removes his pen cap and marks any home Cougar games that could be appealing for the traveling road show. Finally, it's coming to fruition.

PULLMAN – At the end of each season, Chris Fallica – if you know college football, you know him as “The Bear” – takes a few weeks to unwind. Since 1996, he’s been on the road with ESPN’s award-winning College GameDay show, which means Fallica has spent 15 to 18 weeks each of the last 22 seasons hopping from site to site as GameDay seeks out the country’s most intriguing storylines and juiciest matchups.