US EditionLee Corso's Emotional Farewell: His Final 'College GameDay' at Ohio State Holds Special Significance
Lee Corso, with a 66.5% success rate over 430 mascot picks since 1996, will make his final College GameDay headgear prediction in his iconic tradition.
- Lee Corso will make his final mascot headgear pick during ESPN’s College GameDay at Ohio State hosting Texas in Week 1 of the 2025 season in Columbus, Ohio.
- Corso started his iconic headgear tradition in 1996 and has announced his retirement earlier this year after nearly four decades on College GameDay following a long coaching career.
- He has made 430 headgear picks representing 69 different college programs, holding a 286-144 record with a 66.5% success rate, notably choosing Ohio State 45 times.
- Ohio State coach Ryan Day praised Corso’s impact, while Texas coach Steve Sarkisian highlighted how Corso brings fans the feel of live games through analysis and entertainment.
- Corso’s final appearance marks the end of a defining college football tradition that shaped GameDay’s weekly viral moments and will continue influencing fans and broadcasters.
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Massive Lee Corso Flag Suffocates Ohio State Fans On College GameDay
Well, here we are. Lee Corso's final College GameDay. Grab the tissues. Grab the beer. Grab the Xanax, if that's what you need to get through it. Mix it all together and strap in, because we're in for a wild few hours before Week 1 officially kicks off. ESPN opened Saturday morning's first GameDay of the year in typical fashion – with Rece Davis reading some sort of monologue I assume he spent months on. It was a big one, obviously, because toda…
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Lee Corso's emotional farewell: His final 'College GameDay' at Ohio State holds special significance
Lee Corso is set to retire from ESPN’s “College GameDay” on Saturday. Corso has been a part of the show since its inception in 1987.
ESPN and its biggest college football rival will air broadcasting legend’s final moment
College football icon Lee Corso will make his final headgear pick on ESPN’s “College GameDay” on Saturday, ending a tradition that began in 1996. In an unusual twist, both ESPN and Fox Sports will broadcast the historic moment from Columbus, Ohio, though in different ways.
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