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College GameDay: See Lee Corso’s headgear pick for Indiana vs. Ohio State

Hoosiers or Buckeyes? Lee Corso chose his heart.

This Saturday, Lee Corso chose his heart over his head.

ESPN’s College GameDay went to Columbus, Ohio this weekend for the crucial Big Ten matchup between undefeated Indiana and Ohio State. Corso, who has been pretty good at picking the big game of the week this season, got back on track last week when he donned the Georgia Bulldogs’ mascot head before their win over Tennessee. On the year, Corso is 7-2 in headgear picks.

Ahead of the Hoosiers’ matchup with the Buckeyes, a lot of folks were wondering who Corso might pick. He coached at Indiana and still has an affinity for the school in Bloomington, but the Hoosiers entered Saturday as double-digit underdogs.

Corso chose his heart.

 

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ESPN’s Lee Corso sticks to Texas national title prediction

ESPN’s Lee Corso has set his eyes on Texas winning the National Championship

This season, the No. 3 Texas Longhorns (9-1) have been Corso’s choice to win the national championship in their inaugural SEC season, and as Week 12 unfolded, he remained steadfast in his prediction.

“Now, Texas is my pick to win the national championship. That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it,” Corso declared on Saturday’s broadcast.

Corso made his championship prediction before the season began, choosing Texas over other national contenders. With the Longhorns set to face the Arkansas Razorbacks (5-4) on Saturday, GameDay host Rece Davis pressed Corso on whether he’d reconsider his pick if Texas were upset in Fayetteville.

“Are you sticking to it if Arkansas gets them today?” Davis asked.

“Texas is winning the national championship,” Corso reaffirmed confidently.

Corso highlighted the Longhorns’ well-rounded performance as the foundation for his prediction. He emphasized that Texas is the only team in the nation ranked in the top 10 in rushing offense, pass offense, and pass defense. Additionally, the Longhorns boast nine consecutive road victories.

“Two things that make Texas special,” Corso said. “Texas is the only team in the nation that is top ten in rushing offense, pass defense, pass offense. And they’ve won nine straight road games.”

Texas is currently ranked #3 in the Week 13 AP Poll, as well as, #1 in the Southeastern Conference standings at 9-1 (5-1 Conference). Texas will look to host Kentucky at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on Saturday at 2:30pm. After that, it’s all eyes on Kyle Field for the Lone Star Showdown.

College GameDay announces another first time site for Week 9

The Indiana Hoosiers will host ESPN College GameDay for the first time in Week 9, a return to his old home for Lee Corso.

ESPN College GameDay heads to Bloomington for the first time in program history in Week 9 for a Big Ten matchup between the undefeated Indiana Hoosiers and the Washington Huskies, last year’s national championship runner-ups.

Lee Corso, the longtime GameDay broadcaster who returned this past weekend after a health related absence, will finally return home.

Corso coached at Indiana from 1973-1982, going 41-68-2 as head coach which included a No. 19 ranking in the AP Poll and a Holiday Bowl victory both in 1979.

The Hoosiers are 7-0 under new head coach Curt Cignetti, who has lit a fire under this program after coming over from James Madison. The Hoosiers blasted Nebraska on Sunday, winning 56-7 over a team that was 5-1 coming into the contest.

At this point Indiana is on the periphery of the College Football Playoff picture, with some concerned the team’s strength of schedule is partly responsible for the team’s hot start. Still, Indiana hasn’t been skating by but rather blowing teams out, with the closest margin of victory coming against Maryland – a game the Hoosiers won 42-28.

Washington has been average so far this season, sitting at 4-3 and 2-2 in Big Ten play, but Indiana may have to get past the Huskies without starting quarterback Kurtis Rourke – who exited Saturday’s game against the Cornhuskers with an injury.

The game kicks off at 12:00 PM ET on Saturday, October 26th on the Big Ten Network.

Texas crowd gives warm welcome to Lee Corso in return to College GameDay

Fans in Austin welcomed Lee Corso back to the College GameDay crew after a two week absence for health related reasons.

After a two-week absence due to illness, college football analyst Lee Corso returned to ESPN’s College GameDay program on Saturday morning in Austin, Texas for an SEC battle between the Texas Longhorns and Georgia Bulldogs.

The 89-year-old Corso missed GameDay’s last two appearances – in Berkeley, California for an ACC matchup between Cal and Miami, followed by Eugene for the massive Big Ten battle between Oregon and Ohio State – and was welcomed back to a huge ovation from the crowd in Austin.

“It’s been a long two weeks without you, so we’re glad you’re home,” fellow anchor Kirk Herbstreit said. “And you already got your Hook ’em going.”

GameDay is in Austin for a huge matchup between the No. 1 ranked Longhorns, who are 6-0 and 2-0 in the SEC, and the No. 4 Bulldogs of Georgia, who are 5-1 with their only loss coming against Alabama.

The fans in Austin have a long wait, with the game scheduled to kickoff at 6:30 PM CT on ABC.

Oregon and Ohio State mascots heartwarmingly made College GameDay signs for absent Lee Corso

If there’s one thing Brutus and the Duck can agree on, it’s their love of Lee Corso.

If you had to choose two mascots synonymous with Lee Corso on ESPN’s College GameDay, the Oregon Duck and Ohio State’s Brutus Buckeye would be the obvious picks.

Corso absolutely loves both of them so dearly, he could consider them personal friends and no one would think twice about it. Which is what made Saturday so bittersweet.

As GameDay returned to Eugene for No. 3 Oregon vs. No. 2 Ohio State, Corso was absent from the show for the second consecutive week. Host Rece Davis provided an encouraging update on Corso’s health, but the coach’s presence was sorely missed — especially by the two lovable mascots who’ve allowed Corso to don their headgear on numerous occasions.

But while the two teams are set to battle Saturday evening, the mascots spent the morning in harmony, making their own GameDay signs sending well wishes to Corso. It was just the best.

Kirk Herbstreit told viewers he spoke to Corso earlier in the week and the coach picked Ohio State to win, but we won’t count that. We need the headgear on Corso’s head for any pick to become official.

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Who did College GameDay predict will win between Georgia-Alabama

College GameDay hosts Nick Saban, Pat McAfee, Lee Corso, and Desmond Howard predict how the UGA-Alabama game will go.

College GameDay is taking place in Tuscaloosa, watching the matchup between the No. 2 Georgia Bulldogs and No. 4 Alabama Crimson Tide. In advance of the matchup starting at 7:30, each analyst (not including Rece Davis)  decided to take a shot at predicting how the game would go. Here’s what each one of them said:

Desmond Howard

“I have a concern in that Alabama offensive line when I saw against USF. They made some changes in the second half to take over that game, and they just dominated Wisconsin. I love what I’m seeing from the trenches at Alabama. Roll Tide!”

Nick Saban, Terry Saban

Nick & Terry: “Roll Tide Roll!”

Terry: “If I can add to that, I talked to one of the mothers of one of our players and she said ‘Her son said we are confident, and we are ready'”

It’s an expected pick, and it’s classic Saban, who’s been feeding rat poison to Georgia with false prophecies of them being the best team in the SEC.

Pat McAfee

A lot of people were the most excited about this pick, with last year’s being so entertaining. He didn’t disappoint.

“Give me the state that has been phenomenal for college football for so long. Give me the state that has the bear, the goat, and now DeBoer, and from the strip to the quad to the Saban household last night that is absolutely beautiful, there’s only one thing that’s running through my soul, and that is ROLLLLL TIDE!!!! I got Alabama in the Kalen DeBoer era putting a stamp on the SEC.”

Lee Corso

Corso’s pick was super special. He brought a mascot head for the team he picked.

“I’ve picked Alabama 37 times. Alabama’s got a quarterback who has accounted for 14 touchdowns in the first three games, eight of them passing and six of them running. You see his highlights the whole week. ‘Roll Tide.”

ESPN ‘College GameDay’ picks for Wisconsin vs. Alabama

ESPN College GameDay picks for Wisconsin vs. Alabama

The entire ESPN “College GameDay” staff picked No. 4 Alabama Crimson Tide to roll against the Wisconsin Badgers on Saturday.

The extended panel included Rece Davis, Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso, former Alabama head coach Nick Saban, Pat McAfee, Desmond Howard and guest picker South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley.

Related: Wisconsin leaves two key players off pregame injury report vs. Alabama

There is a common thought that when the entire GameDay panel picks the same team to win, it gives the other team a better chance. That is one of the weird superstitions related to the sport. In this case, it favors the Badgers.

Wisconsin and Alabama will kick off at noon ET (11 a.m. CT) on Fox. The Badgers are in search of the first signature win of the Luke Fickell era, while the Crimson Tide are looking to start 3-0 under new head coach Kalen DeBoer.

The college football world is focused on Madison, Wisconsin, this afternoon. The Badgers have a chance for a program-defining upset.

 

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College Station shatters several College GameDay records to open Texas A&M football season

The 12th Man is widely known as one of the best fan bases in college and the rest of the country got a reminder of that this past weekend.

The 12th Man is widely known across the SEC as one of the best college fan bases and the rest of the country got a reminder of that on Saturday.

Prior to the Texas A&M football team opening the season with a 23-13 loss against Notre Dame, College GameDay came to College Station and multiple records were broken. Aggieland quickly proved why the ESPN staple needs to return in November for the Lone Star Showdown versus the Longhorns.

Aggies, Fighting Irish and general college fans tuned in across the nation, setting records for the “Worldwide Leader in Sports.” With 2.5 million average viewers and 3.2 million in the final hour of the program, College GameDay set a new benchmark for the most-watched pre-November episode of all time.

Additionally, it was the most-watched regular season episode since November 2016.  Per ESPN PR, the viewership was up 47% compared to Week 1 last year.

Despite nearly the entire panel, including Johnny Manziel and Pat McAfee, picking Texas A&M to win a game which they ultimately didn’t, Aggieland certainly showed out to kickoff the Mike Elko era.

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ESPN’s College GameDay predict winner of Texas A&M vs. Notre Dame

The College GameDay hosts are high on the Aggies ahead of Saturday’s showdown

Just hours before Texas A&M hosts the No. 7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Saturday night, ESPN’s College Gameday descended on College Station, Texas, bringing the usual pre-game fun that offers plenty of entertainment for the earlier weekend risers who tune in.

As the festivities came to a close, the GameDay hosts, including Rece Davis, Desmond Howard, Pat McAfee, Nick Saban, Lee Corso, and Kirk Herbstreit, joined guest picker Johnny Manziel to select every marquee game on the week 1 schedule, culminating in Saturday’s prime-time showdown.

While the predictions throughout the week have favored the Aggies due to the effect that Kyle Field and the 12th Man present, especially in night games, Notre Dame’s veteran defense littered with preseason All-Americans will be challenging for A&M’s offense under new OC Collin Klein.

However, Texas A&M’s deep D-line, led by former Purdue defensive end Nic Scourton, has a chance to be elite. It will face a Notre Dame offensive line with just six combined starts between all five starters.

Well, Howard, Saban, Manziel, and Pat McAfee all predicted that Texas A&M would come out victorious, but to avoid the GameDay curse, Lee Corso, in his usual fashion, trotted out in a leprechaun costume, picking the Fighting Irish to escape with a win.

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No. 20 Texas A&M will host No. 7 Notre Dame on Saturday, August 31, at 6:30 p.m. CT, and the game will air on ABC.

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See Lee Corso dressed as a Leprechaun on ESPN College GameDay

Looking good coach!

If you didn’t know already, [autotag]Lee Corso[/autotag] was the only panelist to pick Notre Dame to defeat Texas A&M tonight on ESPN College GameDay.

Like he does with every pick of the host game, the former coach either dons the mascots head or wears an outfit. Corso went with the Leprechaun gear on Saturday, as he snuck off mid-segment to put his Irish gear on.

When he left, you had a feeling he was going to pick Notre Dame, as it would have been easy for him to stay on set and just pull out the Aggies mascot head. Check out Corso’s outfit below.

Not sure we’d wear this every day of the week, but it sure works on football Saturday’s.

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