ESPN ‘College GameDay’ Personality Lee Corso To Retire In August After One Last On-Air Appearance

Lee Corso, who has been a staple of ESPN college football broadcasts for 38 years, will make one last appearance on College GameDay on Week 1 of this coming season before retiring.
ESPN said it plans to air special programming paying tribute to Corso in the days leading up to his finale. The location of Corso’s sign-off from the popular pre-game show, which travels around the country to different college campuses, has not yet been announced.
Corso, who will turn 90 in August, has been a part of College GameDay since it debuted in 1987 and he is the only original personality still on the show. Several seasons after the show’s premiere, Corso hit on what became his signature, donning the headgear of the mascot representing the team he was picking to win. His very first headgear pick was in October 1996, when he donned Ohio State’s Brutus Buckeye mascot head in Columbus,...
ESPN said it plans to air special programming paying tribute to Corso in the days leading up to his finale. The location of Corso’s sign-off from the popular pre-game show, which travels around the country to different college campuses, has not yet been announced.
Corso, who will turn 90 in August, has been a part of College GameDay since it debuted in 1987 and he is the only original personality still on the show. Several seasons after the show’s premiere, Corso hit on what became his signature, donning the headgear of the mascot representing the team he was picking to win. His very first headgear pick was in October 1996, when he donned Ohio State’s Brutus Buckeye mascot head in Columbus,...
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