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Mike Bianchi: Lee Corso — the Man Who Made Us Smile Every Saturday — Says Goodbye to College Football

Lee Corso selected LSU as national champion in his final College GameDay broadcast, highlighting LSU's strong transfer portal and veteran quarterback Garrett Nussmeier, ESPN reported.

  • On his final College GameDay, Lee Corso picked LSU Tigers to beat Penn State Nittany Lions for the national championship in Miami, revealing the choice early in the Saturday program in Columbus as colleagues honored him.
  • For nearly 40 years, Lee Corso, college football broadcaster, has been a fixture of College GameDay and started the headgear tradition years ago at Ohio Stadium, while Saturday's farewell celebrated his roots in Lake Mary, Florida.
  • Citing roster reasons, Corso highlighted LSU's top transfer portal class and quarterback Garrett Nussmeier, setting his Final Four as Penn State, Notre Dame, LSU, and Clemson with LSU over Clemson in the semifinal.
  • Corso's pick has energized LSU's social media fans as the 9-ranked LSU Tigers prepare to face the Clemson Tigers in Week One, aiming to end a five-year opening-week losing streak.
  • Although College GameDay will continue without Lee Corso, ESPN College GameDay host Rece Davis hinted the headgear ritual that began at Ohio Stadium may be retired, marking a change for the program.
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Mike Bianchi: Lee Corso — the man who made us smile every Saturday — says goodbye to college football

ORLANDO, Fla. — For nearly four decades, every college football Saturday in America began with a smile. A real genuine smile. Not the forced grin we put on for a company Zoom call or the polite nod when the neighbor…

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