Here in Michael Hesitand’s twice weekly press release column, we find this:

On tap: ESPN’s College GameDay preview show has viewer interaction — like when fans in the crowd behind the set use their cellphones to call buddies to find out where to move to get in TV camera shots.

But starting Saturday, there will be new, more formalized interactive elements. Analyst Desmond Howard will be chatting online throughout the show — except when he goes on-air — and viewers can vote in online polls whose results will be shown on-air. Also, viewers can vote via text messages for the games they want ESPN’s analysts to predict.

I don’t want to hear Desmond talk in the first place; why on earth would I want him to chat with me during Gameday? He adds nothing to the show. Come to think of it, neither does Corso—he should retire and they should just let Fowler and Herbstreit handle the whole thing.

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