Abstract:
Sports Link GameDay is a live Ball State football pregame and postgame series produced by Ball
State Sports Link students. The show began in 2011 as 3rd Down Chirp, which was a prerecorded
show filmed in a studio or at Scheumann Stadium during the week. It was then edited
and posted on YouTube before the weekly Saturday football games. It has taken many forms
since then and has evolved into what is now Sports Link GameDay. Sports Link GameDay was,
and still is, heavily influenced by ESPN’s College GameDay. I took over as executive producer
of Sports Link GameDay in 2017 and made the show my own, while constantly referring to
College GameDay as the prime example. I present the five Sports Link GameDay live shows in
2018 as my senior creative project. In addition, I outline the show’s evolution while highlighting
how College GameDay has influenced my creative process and why it is successful.
