Cal fans break through ESPN's 'College GameDay' barricades ahead of Miami showdown

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Cal fans couldn’t incorporate their excitement for the first-ever sojourn of ESPN’s "College GameDay" up of the Golden Bears’ archetypal location ACC clash, breaking done the gates astir Memorial Glade connected field earlier the authoritative opening. 

Video shared connected societal media showed the chaos that ensued aboriginal Saturday morning. 

ESPN College GameDay set

Desmond Howard, left, Rece Davis, Pat McAfee, Nick Saban, Lee Corso, and Kirk Herbstreit unrecorded broadcast during ESPN Gameday adjacent Williams-Brice Stadium successful Columbia, S.C. (IMAGN)

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"The Cal assemblage waiting successful enactment for College GameDay has breached done the gates earlier the authoritative opening," Avinash Kunnath of "Write For California" wrote successful a station connected X. 

"Complete chaos in Berkeley. There is not capable information to signifier the crowd." 

Kunnath shared a 2nd video showing a "second wave" of fans breaking done the fences, estimating the assemblage size to beryllium successful the "thousands" astatine astir midnight. 

Cal Fans

The California Golden Bears pupil conception anterior to a crippled betwixt the UC Davis Aggies and the California Golden Bears astatine California Memorial Stadium connected August 31, 2024, successful Berkeley, California.  (Thien-An Truong/ISI Photos/Getty Images)

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The Bears volition host No. 8-ranked Miami successful a uncommon travel for the Hurricanes. In their lone erstwhile sojourn to Berkeley successful 1990, Miami won 52-24. They bushed Nebraska successful the Rose Bowl to assertion the 2001 nationalist title and are 2-1 successful roadworthy games against San Diego State.

"This is an astonishing opportunity," Cal backmost Fernando Mendoza said. "Opportunities similar this don’t travel often, particularly with each the bells and whistles of ‘GameDay’ coming and Miami being a top-10 squad successful the nation."

Jaydn Ott successful  action

California Golden Bears moving backmost Jaydn Ott (1) is tackled by Auburn Tigers information Sylvester Smith (19) during the 2nd 4th astatine Jordan-Hare Stadium.  (John Reed-Imagn Images)

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A triumph for Cal would people the team’s archetypal ACC triumph successful their archetypal location crippled successful their caller conference. Cal besides seeks its archetypal triumph against a ranked squad since beating No. 21 Oregon successful 2020.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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