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Lee Corso Ends College GameDay Run With Perfect Picks and a Brutus Farewell

His 1996-born headgear ritual closed before a record audience.

Overview

  • The 90-year-old made his final appearance on Aug. 30 in Columbus, delivering his 431st headgear pick by choosing No. 3 Ohio State over No. 1 Texas.
  • He finished the weekend 6-for-6 after Miami beat Notre Dame on Sunday, capping selections that included Florida State’s upset of Alabama.
  • Ohio State presented Corso with a vintage Brutus Buckeye head on the field, a gesture reported as fitting but not confirmed to be the exact original from 1996.
  • Awful Announcing reported a record audience tuned in for his final headgear reveal.
  • Across his tenure, he wore headgear from 69 schools with a reported 66.5% accuracy rate on his picks.