Overview
- ESPN will premiere “Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special” at 9 p.m. ET on Friday, August 22, with a re-air on ESPN2 the following morning.
- The hour-long program will celebrate Corso’s 75-year career, tracing his journey from a record-setting Florida State cornerback to a nearly 30-year college head coach and 38-season GameDay analyst.
- Longtime GameDay personalities such as Rece Davis, Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard and Pat McAfee will join coaches Nick Saban, Lane Kiffin, Kirby Smart and Dabo Swinney in paying tribute.
- Corso, 90, will make his final on-site appearance on August 30 in Columbus, Ohio, by donning his last mascot head before the Texas vs. Ohio State season opener.
- Over his tenure, Corso has performed 430 headgear picks, a ritual that has become an iconic element of College GameDay and connected generations of college football fans.