Growing up, every fall Saturday morning, College Gameday was appointment television.
Its electric "Comin' to your city" intro gets you hyped up for an action-packed slate of games. You'll hear Rece Fowler, David Pollack, Desmond Howard, and Kirk Herbstreit give breakdown analysis of every key matchup. You'll watch tear-jerking stories narrated by Tom Rinaldi. Finally, you'll witness Lee Corso make his famous headgear pick.
Corso brought a youthful energy to the desk despite being the oldest by over three decades. He had many viral moments on the show before virality was even a thing.
From his first headgear pick in 1996, being Brutus the Buckeye, dropping the F-bomb while making a headpick SMU/Houston game, getting tackled by Bill Murray while dressed as a Seminole, and many more memories. He was someone who not only talked about the X's and O's but brought life into college football.
In the past couple of years, when his role started to be limited on the show, you could tell there would be a time when Corso had to hang the headgear up. So when it was announced on April 17th that August 30 would be Corso's last appearance, it felt like your childhood was ending.
One last show 👏
— ESPN (@espn) April 17, 2025
Lee Corso will make his final College GameDay headgear pick on August 30th. pic.twitter.com/MKBuFOtVOw
However, there is a full circle moment that his 431st headgear pick will be right where the first one happened in Columbus, Ohio, for the Texas/Ohio State game.
Corso has had a Hall of Fame career, from coaching football for 28 years to being behind the desk on College Gameday for 38 years. He's lived enough for three lifetimes.
So, in Lee Corso's words, "Not so fast, my friend. " Don't cry that it's over; be happy that it happened.
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