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Lee Corso Signs Off After 38 Years With Final 'College GameDay' Headgear Pick in Columbus

The 90-year-old icon closed the circle by choosing Ohio State with the Brutus Buckeye head, capping roughly 430 mascot picks with a 66.5% success rate.

Lee Corso speaks on the ESPN "College GameDay" set ahead of the 2024 Rose Bowl between Alabama and Michigan.
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PITTSBURGH, PA - SEPTEMBER 01: ESPN College Gameday analyst Lee Corso picks the Panthers to win during the college football game between the West Virginia Mountaineers and the Pittsburgh Panthers on September 01, 2022 at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh, PA. (Photo by Mark Alberti/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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Overview

  • Corso ended his run by selecting Ohio State over Texas, pulling on Brutus and saying, "Give me my first love."
  • He also offered a parting season prediction by picking LSU to win the 2025 national championship.
  • Tributes filled the broadcast as Corso arrived in a tuxedo, the GameDay panel wore Corso headgear, and Ohio State coach Ryan Day presented a custom Buckeyes helmet.
  • The send-off returned to where his headgear bit began in 1996, completing a tenure that started with GameDay’s launch in 1987 and spanned 38 seasons.
  • Corso’s retirement follows years of reduced travel and appearances tied to age and lingering effects from a 2009 stroke, with ESPN set to continue the show without him.