College Gameday has become a household staple on Saturdays and part of that is because of Lee Corso.
Corso has been a fan favorite analyst for over two decades now and part of the reason for that is because he’s so fun on set. No one else is putting on college mascot headgear to make their picks.
He’s been doing that for 24 years now and fans have absolutely loved it through the years. It’s become a tradition, of sorts, on Saturdays for college football fans.
But, for newer fans, it’s never really been clear how this all started. It’s just always been a thing. On Saturday, though, Corso explained how his headgear schtick came to be.
24 years ago, Corso says was picking Ohio State in a game and came up with the idea when he saw the team’s mascot, Brutus. He explains the rest here.
It's been 24 years since Lee Corso put on his very first headgear.
He tells the story of how he came up with the legendary idea. pic.twitter.com/pBkbytjlyj
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“One Friday, I was on the set with Kirk. And Brutus walked by. I said to Kirk ‘You know what? If I put that head on, everybody will know I picked Ohio State. I won’t have to say a word.’ I asked Kirk ‘Do you think you could get me that Brutus head?’ He said ‘I think Alison, my fiancé, could get it for us,’.”
There you have it, folks.