From Rice to Rece, SportsCenter college football bus tour gallops along

(L-R) Jeannine Edwards, Rece Davis, Danny Kanell and Joey Galloway imitating Notre Dameâ€™s â€œFour Horsemenâ€ at Culver Military Academy. The former New York Herald Tribune might have had its Rice in 1924, but Tuesday morning the â€œSportsCenter On The Roadâ€ bus had its Rece. While contemplating an â€œopenâ€ for the second stop of the week-long college football tour, producer Jonathan Whyley was gazing at the stables at Culver Military Academy, the unique site of Notre Dameâ€™s camp, and said, â€œWeâ€™ve got to do something with the horses.â€ College Gameday host Rece Davis jumped up and said, "Iâ€™ve got it!â€ and shortly thereafter Whyley was on his way from the SC bus to wake up the stable attendant - not to mention the equine inhabitants. Four horses later, reporter Jeanine Edwards, Davis, and analysts Danny Kanell and Joey Galloway were in place to set the scene for the 9 a.m. ET SportsCenter posed just as Notre Dameâ€™s â€œFour Horsemenâ€ -- Don Miller, Elmer Layden, Jim Crowley and Harry Stuhldreher â€“ were in their iconic photo 91 years ago. Whereas Grantland Rice wrote after Notre Dame's 13â€“7 upset win over Army, â€œOutlined against a blue-gray October sky, the Four Horsemen rode again. In dramatic lore their names are Death, Destruction, Pestilence and Famine. But those are aliases...â€ ESPNâ€™s Rece penned, â€œOutlined against a clear, blue August sky, the Four Horsemen ride again. In dramatic lore their names are Davis, Edwards, Kanell and Galloway. Those arenâ€™t aliases, those are us...â€ and Davis creatively customized the rest of Riceâ€™s legendary lead. â€œIt's such a big part of Notre Dame lore that I thought it would be cool to give a nod to tradition,â€ Davis said. â€œThe Irish were at Culver to get back to basics. What's more fundamental than the greatest lead in sports writing history? I thought people would get a kick out of spoofing it a little bit. Plus, I looked more comfortable on my horse, Chili, than Stuldreher looked on his. Well, at least I was more comfortable than Kanell.â€ But writing was safest part of the segment. â€œIt ain't like getting in a car boys!" was renowned equestrian Edwardsâ€™ initial thought of the pigskin pundits ponying up. â€œWhile my biggest concern was putting 4-inch platform heels in stirrups, Joey was insistent on making his horse run. Mercifully we talked him out of it â€“ he has no idea how quickly or badly a 1200-pound animal can hurt you, or someone else. The guys did great -- looked fearless and in control up there. Very impressive. Somehow we came through it unscathed and Rece nailed his line in one take, of course.â€ Rece Davis, Joey Galloway and Danny Kanell in a Culver Academy dorm. Satellite issues were overcome at Ohio State when the third take of player interviews went perfectly, and that was before a severe lightning situation was averted by an early wrap thanks to thorough coordination and cooperation. Rece Davis and Joey Galloway hitch a ride around Culver Academy. Producer Jonathan Whyley gives â€œthumbs upâ€ from the â€œO.â€ Rece Davis in the Duck Dynasty camp mobile.

Rece Davis, Joey Galloway and Danny Kanell in a Culver Academy dorm.

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