Seven years ago today, we had @CollegeGameDay come to Athens, Ga., and we surprised @JoeVanHoose on his 30th birthday by getting him - or a massive cutout of his face - on national TV. Here's the story of how it all went down.

Read it here at BTT: https://bit.ly/30elE9I 

Via @CodyNichelson: "I looked at my friends and said ‘they are for sure going to take this sign.’"

Via @JoeVanHoose: "And of course I only get to see it for a minute because I have to go play golf with my dad. And then we get paired with two guys who are like ‘you look like this giant cardboard face we saw on Gameday this morning.’"

Thanks to @eleanorsams, @CodyNichelson, @CaptainAnnoying, @MsPotts_ATL, @bryan_harris and everyone else who let us have a little bit of fun telling this story.