Matt on GAMEDAY!!!

Matt getting some airtime on ESPN -- #7 in the red jersey!

The Italian Football League has reached a new level of recognition as Catania Wide Receiver Matt Epperson appeared this Saturday on ESPN College Gameday! Well, maybe not actually appeared... let me explain:

ESPN College GameDay is the most popular college football preview show on television. Each week it is filmed on location at the campus hosting the biggest game of the week. The set is built so that fans can be seen behind the three hosts of the show, Chris Fowler, Lee Corso, and Kirk Herbstreit. Fans go absolutely crazy to be on GameDay, and make elaborate posters and flags to show their school colors. (In a semi-related story, the Washington State Cougar flag has appeared in all 76 GameDay episodes.)

This week, who should appear on screen other than Matt Epperson in his Mount Etna Lava Red home jersey for your Catania Elephants! Matt's brother Monte, who visited Catania this past season, is a student at Oklahoma State University and may or may not be involved in the sighting of Matt's poster. RPP plans on investigating the Epperson sighting, although at face value it is a clear sign of the Italian Football League's growing popularity in the United States.

But the big question remains -- will Lee Corso don the ELEPHANT HEAD next year when GameDay is filmed on location in Catania, Sicily?! Stay Tuned!

~ J. Twice