Overview

• ESPN aired the one-hour special Not So Fast, My Friend on Aug. 22, celebrating Corso’s nearly four-decade run and roughly 430 headgear picks with about a 66% success rate.
• Kirk Herbstreit delivered a tearful message in the video, and Corso became visibly emotional while watching tributes from his children and grandchildren.
• LeBron James shared “We will all miss you man!!” on Instagram, as stars and coaches including Nick Saban, Bill Belichick and Charles Barkley added public salutes.
• Corso’s final appearance is scheduled for Aug. 30 in Columbus for Ohio State vs. Texas, where he will make his last headgear pick at the site of his first in 1996.
• The future of the headgear segment remains unresolved, with host Rece Davis insisting it should end with Corso and Nick Saban rejecting any idea of continuing it.