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Lee Corso trolled Washington fans after picking Michigan to win the national championship game

Go easy on ’em, Lee Corso!

ESPN veteran college football personality Lee Corso made his always anticipated pick for the College Football Playoff national championship game, and he got a little trolling in for the heck of it.

Corso put on a Michigan helmet to signify him picking the Wolverines to topple the Washington Huskies in Monday night’s title game, and he decided to give all the Washington fans in the crowd a hysterically sarcastic wave after he made the pick.

We’re sure all the Huskies fans wanted him to sport a purple helmet to ride with Washington, but Corso clearly felt the favorites had the momentum and wasn’t afraid to have a little fun with his selection.

Corso is one of the most beloved personalities in the game, and we’re sure the Washington fans took this very light joking in stride.

Hey, if the Huskies upset the Wolverines, they’d have the last laugh and make Corso look silly for his pick in the process.

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Lee Corso makes his pick for the Rose Bowl CFP semifinal

Lee Corso makes his official pick between No. 1 Michigan and No. 4 Alabama in the Rose Bowl College Football Playoff semifinal.

By the end of tonight, we will know which two teams will be competing for a national championship. The first College Football Playoff semifinal is the Rose Bowl between top-ranked Michigan and No. 4 Alabama. ESPN’s College GameDay was broadcasting live from Pasadena, California, the home of the historic Rose Bowl Stadium.

While many have tried their best to guess who wins and what the score will be between the Wolverines and the Crimson Tide, Lee Corso was confident in his weekly headgear pick for the Rose Bowl.

Alabama fans may want to look away, but Corso is picking against the Tide and is rolling with Jim Harbaugh and Michigan. It’s worth noting that of all four teams in the playoffs this season, only one team is new to the playoffs (Texas), and only one has ever won a playoff game (Alabama).

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Alabama and Michigan kick things off at the Rose Bowl at 5:00 p.m. ET on ESPN.

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College GameDay: See Lee Corso’s headgear pick for Army vs. Navy at Gillette Stadium

Lee Corso’s headgear pick for the 2023 Army-Navy game was hardly a surprise.

There’s only one FBS game in Week 15, and, of course, it’s the Army-Navy game, featuring some standout uniform looks from both teams, as usual.

That also meant that ESPN’s College GameDay show was in Foxborough, Massachusetts on Saturday ahead of the big game, and it had so much of the pageantry you’d expect from the annual Army-Navy game. This year, the game is at Gillette Stadium, and New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick was the guest picker.

The Black Knights, on a three-game win streak, are 2.5-point favorites over the Midshipmen. But it should come as no surprise that when it came time for legendary broadcaster Lee Corso to make his weekly headgear pick, the former Navy defensive backs coach went with the Midshipmen: “Go Navy! Beat Army!”

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College GameDay: See Lee Corso’s headgear pick for No. 2 Georgia vs. No. 9 Ole Miss

Corso didn’t have to do Uga like that

While most of the college football world was busy focusing on the madness with Michigan at Penn State on Saturday, there were plenty of other intriguing storylines across the sport.

Florida State-Miami, Washington-Utah and Missouri-Tennessee are some of the big games in Week 11. And of course there’s Ole Miss at Georgia.

That’s where ESPN’s College GameDay found itself on a rainy Saturday morning and where Lee Corso came face to face with Uga XI.

Yet no matter how much Corso insulted the sweet puppy’s looks, the coach couldn’t help but fall in love with the Bulldogs against Mississippi in the SEC clash.

We don’t care what Corso says, that’s a good boy right there.

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ESPN ‘College GameDay’ crew picks winner between No. 6 Oregon and USC

The ESPN College GameDay crew made their picks for the game between the Oregon Ducks and USC Trojans on Saturday morning.

Going into the season, almost every Oregon fan had this weekend circled on their calendars as the most likely opportunity for ESPN’s “College GameDay” to come to Eugene. The Ducks face the USC Trojans.

In the preseason, this was a top-15 matchup projected to have major Pac-12 championship and College Football Playoff ramifications.

That’s not how events have played out, though. The Trojans have struggled. USC is coming off of back-to-back losses, dropping three of their last four games. In contrast, the Ducks have flourished. They are ranked No. 6 in the nation.

So GameDay set up shop in Athens for Georgia-Ole Miss. That didn’t stop the crew from picking the Oregon-USC game on Saturday morning, though.

Here’s who everyone on the GameDay crew picked:

‘Oregon is the team I’d least like to play’: Lee Corso has Ducks above everyone else

ESPN’s beloved analyst Lee Corso says it’s the Oregon Ducks who are playing like the best team in the nation going into the stretch run.

The Oregon Ducks have been among the most talked about teams in the nation throughout the season, and that acclaim has reached a fever pitch during November. Lanning’s squad is playing its best football.

As we near the end of the regular season and the College Football Playoff looms, the popular topic of conversation is who the best four schools in the nation are. While the Ducks are listed at No. 6 in the latest playoff rankings, ESPN’s beloved analyst Lee Corso says Oregon should be viewed as the best team in the nation at this point. It is the team he would least want to play if he was an opposing coach.

“Oregon. They are playing the best football of anybody in the country right now,” Corso said when talking to Kirk Herbstreit on Saturday morning. “Oregon is really good. Offense, defense, in every phase. They can score and they can stop it. Oregon.”

When asked to list his top four schools, Corso said it should be Oregon, Michigan, Georgia and Texas. He leaves out Ohio State, Florida State and Washington, all of whom are ranked ahead of the Ducks in the CFP rankings. It’s Oregon who stands apart in that group for Corso, though.

“Right now, if I was coaching, it’s Oregon who is the team that I’d least like to play,” Corso said.

The Ducks kick off against the USC Trojans later Saturday at 7:30 p.m. PT and will face Arizona State and the Oregon State Beavers the next two weeks. Should they win all three, it will likely set up a rematch with the Washington Huskies in the Pac-12 Championship on Dec. 1.

The winner of that game will likely grab a spot in the College Football Playoff.

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Al Michaels casually roasted Lee Corso and an unfortunate die-hard Bears fan with one comment

Thanks for the laugh, Al Michaels.

Thursday night’s NFL game between the Chicago Bears and Carolina Panthers didn’t really feature much to talk about, as even Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit struggled to maintain interest in the sluggish contest.

While they welcomed Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce into the booth, Michaels caught a glimpse of a Bears fan with a big bear hat and bear claws on in the Soldier Field crowd.

Michaels found the perfect quip while the Bears fan was on the screen, saying that it was nice that ESPN College GameDay staple Lee Corso was in attendance for the game, which got a laugh from Herbstreit and Kelce.

Look, the fact that they found things to talk about during this game was very impressive. We’ll take what we can get!

The Bears and the Panthers didn’t provide much entertainment, but a nice little chuckle from Michaels certainly helped keep us engaged, if only for a brief moment in time.

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Lee Corso makes headgear pick for LSU-Alabama game on ESPN’s College GameDay

The GameDay panel’s prediction was unanimous.

ESPN’s College GameDay took a trip to Tuscaloosa on Saturday for LSU’s key SEC West matchup against Alabama.

As is tradition on GameDay, host Lee Corso concludes the show by picking one of the teams and donning the headgear of the respective mascot. On Saturday’s show, the panel of Desmond Howard, Kirk Herbstreit, Pat McAfee and comedian guest picker Nate Bargatze unanimously picked the Crimson Tide, and Corso followed suit, tossing on the elephant headpiece.

LSU will hope that Corso and the GameDay panel’s prediction ultimately doesn’t come true. With a win, the Tigers would force a three-way tie in the division and have a good chance of returning to Atlanta.

LSU faces Alabama in Bryant-Denny Stadium at 6:45 p.m. CT on CBS.

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ESPN ‘College GameDay’ makes pick for Ohio State at Wisconsin, other big games

Do you agree with their picks? #GoBucks

Even though Saturday night’s contest between [autotag]Ohio State football[/autotag] and Wisconsin isn’t a ranked matchup, [autotag]ESPN “College GameDay[/autotag]” thought enough of the game to include it as part of its selection of winners.

It was notable that [autotag]Lee Corso[/autotag] was not present, however, [autotag]Kirk Herbstreit[/autotag], [autotag]Pat McAfee[/autotag] and [autotag]Desmond Howard[/autotag] along with guest picker [autotag]Steve Smith[/autotag], the former Utah and NFL star wide receiver, were on hand in Salt Lake City, Utah, to make their picks.

Find out below who each of the analysts believe will win the game between the Buckeyes and the Badgers in prime time this evening.

ESPN College GameDay makes their Week 9 picks

Who do you have winning the biggest games of the weekend?

Although [autotag]ESPN College GameDay[/autotag] did not pick a winner between [autotag]Notre Dame[/autotag] and [autotag]Pittsburgh[/autotag], they still made many other picks for Week 9’s action.

The crew was missing [autotag]Lee Corso[/autotag], but [autotag]Desmond Howard[/autotag], [autotag]Kirk Herbstreit[/autotag] and [autotag]Pat McAfee[/autotag] along with guest picker [autotag]Steve Smith[/autotag], the former Utah and NFL star receiver was on hand in Salt Lake City, Utah to participate in the festivities. As always, GameDay was a fairly enjoyable watch, even if half of it was in the dark.

The four of them picked winners for the biggest games of the weekend, so find out below which teams they believe will come out victorious during today’s action.