College GameDay, ESPN's long-running college football pregame show, is hosted by Rece Davis, Kirk Herbstreit and former Indiana coach Lee Corso anchor the show. Steve Coughlin, Desmond Howard, Pat McAfee and Nick Saban are also part of the show.

UW’s last game with ‘GameDay’ involved was last season when the show came to Seattle as No. 7 Washington beat No. 8 Oregon. It was the third time the show has been in Seattle. The last time UW was the road team with ‘GameDay’ in town was in 2016 at Utah.

However, the one area of concern centered around quarterback Kurtis Rourke. The Indiana quarterback, one of the most efficient in all of college football, hit his thumb on an opponent’s helmet as he followed through on a second quarter pass completion and detached the fingernail.

Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti offered a brief update on Rourke's status after the game. "I know people are going to ask me about Kurtis Rourke," Cignetti said. "I thought he played really well in the first half.