Overview

• Corso made his final College GameDay appearance on Aug. 30 in Columbus, choosing Ohio State’s Brutus just as he did for his first headgear pick in 1996, and the Buckeyes beat No. 1 Texas 14-7.
• His Week 1 selections finished 6-0, including upset calls on Florida State over Alabama, LSU over Clemson, and Miami over Notre Dame, plus wins by Ohio State, Tennessee, and South Carolina.
• Every program he once played for or coached—Florida State, Maryland, Navy, Louisville, Indiana, and Northern Illinois—won its game that weekend.
• ESPN said the broadcast was the most-watched College GameDay ever, averaging 3.5 million viewers with a 5.1 million peak quarter-hour.
• Host Rece Davis confirmed the show will retire the headgear segment in Corso’s honor, as tributes poured in on set with teammates wearing Corso headgear and Ohio State’s band spelling out “CORSO.”