US EditionEverything To Know About Lee Corso’s Final ‘College GameDay’
Lee Corso ends 38-year College GameDay career with final broadcast at Ohio Stadium, a venue of historic significance to his iconic headgear tradition.
- On Saturday, August 30, 2025, ESPN's College GameDay will broadcast at 9 a.m. ET outside Ohio Stadium in Columbus, featuring Lee Corso's final appearance and headgear pick after nearly 40 years.
- Lee Corso joined ESPN in 1987 after a coaching career that included 17 seasons as head coach, and he spent roughly 38 years traveling fall Saturdays for College GameDay.
- Before boarding in Orlando, a Southwest Airlines gate agent honored Corso with a photo and champagne, while Corso's headgear tradition began at Ohio Stadium in October 1996 with Brutus the Buckeye mascot headgear.
- Tributes poured in as ESPN prepared a montage featuring Corso's four children, ten grandchildren, colleagues including Kirk Herbstreit and Bill O'Brien, who paid tribute ahead of his final show Saturday.
- Some fans criticized the choice to host Corso's final show in Columbus, while Ohio State University will host GameDay for a record-27th time and Corso's retirement could change the show's character.
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Lee Corso's final appearance on College Gameday got off to an emotional start before he actually arrived in Columbus for the Ohio State, Texas showdown, thanks to Southwest Airlines. "On November 18th, 2021, I saw Coach sitting in the Southwest area, and I asked him to give me this picture, and I have it right here," the Southwest gate attendant said. "I'm going to present this to him, so that he always has it as a remembrance that he is boardin…
Florida State Legend Lee Corso To Sign Off From ESPN's 'College GameDay' After 38 Years
"You are one of one." Courtesy Mark Alberti, Getty ImagesTributes are pouring in for ESPN’s Lee Corso ahead of his retirement. Based on the love of Corso, College GameDay fans might want to bring tissues to Saturday’s broadcast. That’s when the former coach turned legendary broadcaster will don a school mascot’s headgear for the final time after 38 years on the show he made famous. It was his unique way of picking the winner of one of the week’s…
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