Tag: Lee Corso

College GameDay picks Auburn vs Penn State

Do you agree with the experts?

Gameday has finally arrived.

Auburn will take on Penn State tonight at 6:30pm CT in Penn State’s annual white out game. The Nittany Lions are 8-8 all time in their white out games.

Lee Corso of College Gameday brought up during today’s broadcast that. Penn State has lost their last five games to SEC opponents. Auburn is no slouch, and according to Corso, the Tigers have a legitimate shot in this game.

College Gameday went through their picks for the marquee matchup between no. 22 Auburn and no. 10 Penn State. Let’s take a look at what the crew thinks about this game.

Lee Corso just trolled Iowa State fans so hard on College GameDay with this savage joke

Lee Corso just trolled Iowa State fans so hard

I know it always feels like time is flying, but 2014 feels like such a long time ago. That’s 7 years now.

That’s also the last time Iowa State held the CyHawk trophy — the hardware that gets passed around every time Iowa and Iowa State play each other.

The only problem is there hasn’t been much passing lately. Iowa has held on to the trophy for five straight years now. It’s been a while.

And Lee Corso, being the savage he is, absolutely trolled Iowa State fans on ESPN’s College GameDay Saturday with this information.

He had the CyHawk trophy sitting on the desk in front of him and aimed a hilarious joke at Cyclone fans.

“I wanted to show it to the Iowa State fans cause they haven’t seen it in a while.” 

OUCH. That really, really hurts. They’ve come close in recent years — they lost 18-17 in 2019 the last time they played. But, clearly, close ain’t getting it done. And it certainly isn’t stopping Lee Corso from roasting them.

We’ll see how they fare today. As far as who Corso is picking, though, that seems to be pretty clear.

He’s going with Iowa. Clearly, just to keep the jokes going.

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Members of ESPN College Gameday Crew pick Sooners to win National Championship

On the first Saturday of college football, the ESPN College Gameday Crew picked their national champions. Two of the four picked the Sooners

With six days to go until the Oklahoma Sooners kickoff against the Tulane Green Wave (hopefully), the expectations and anticipation have reached a boiling point. Soon, it will be time to play football. But until then, we’ll get more predictions from local and national observers.

ESPN’s College Gameday made their national title predictions on the first college football Saturday show yesterday. Kirk Herbstreit and Desmond Howard chose the Sooners to hoist the national championship come January.

Every member of the crew had the Sooners in their prediction of the College Football Playoff, but just Herbstreit and Howard had the Sooners winning it all. Lee Corso had the Sooners making the championship game before losing to the Georgia Bulldogs, who were the only other team picked to win the title on the panel.

Oklahoma is as talented as they’ve been under Lincoln Riley, and because of that, the expectations are sky-high. Alex Grinch has helped that defense progress each of his two seasons in Norman, and there’s no reason to believe they won’t take another step forward in 2021.

As the six-time defending Big 12 champion and favorites again in 2021, the question that continues to linger for the Sooners is what they’ll do when they get to the College Football Playoff.

Against Clemson, they were able to keep the game close before Deshaun Watson, and the Tigers pulled away in the second half. They had the game well in hand against Georgia before a second-half comeback allowed the Bulldogs to tie the game and win it in overtime. Though the score wasn’t as bad as the game looked, Alabama jumped out to a big lead against the Kyler Murray-led Sooners, who attempted to mount a ferocious second-half comeback, but couldn’t quite close the gap. And against Joe Burrow’s LSU, the Sooners ran into arguably the greatest offensive team college football’s ever seen.

Can the Sooners exorcise the demons in 2021, push through the semi-finals, and contend for the national championship? Two of ESPN’s experts seem to think so.

As the Sooners enter Tulane week, as Lincoln Riley would say, “talking season is over.” It’s time to go put it on the field.

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Desmond Howard picks Notre Dame to make College Football Playoff

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The return of college football this weekend meant the return of College GameDay. That being the case, it was time for those sitting at the desk of ESPN’s flagship college football program to make their predictions for the College Football Playoff. Desmond Howard was the first to unveil his bracket, and it included Notre Dame, much to the chagrin of Lee Corso:

It’s worth noting that while Howard thinks the Irish will be one of the four teams left standing, he does not believe they will shake the trend of being knocked out in the semifinals. As much as many people like to buy the Notre Dame hype, it appears to at least some people, that only goes so far.

What do you think? Will the Irish vindicate Howard and make a playoff run that not many people are expecting? Is Howard completely out of his mind? Only the Irish can answer that question beginning next weekend.

WATCH: Lee Corso picks Ohio State to beat Alabama

ESPN’s Lee Corso put on the Brutus headgear and picked Ohio State to beat Alabama in the national championship game. Watch!

We don’t know whether this is a good thing or not, but in the face of seemingly the entire world picking Alabama to beat Ohio State, there’s at least one media figure not falling in line with conventional thinking. And it’s one of everyone’s favorites, ESPN’s Lee Corso.

The very first time Corso ever used headgear to make his College GameDay pick, he used Brutus as a prop, and that started a tradition that many look forward to.

Well then, Corso harkened back to those original days when he was asked who will win this matchup in the national championship game between Alabama and Ohio State in the pregame buildup. Watch him pull Brutus over his head one more time and pick the Buckeyes amid a shock and awe display of pyrotechnic wonder.

We sure hope you’re right Mr. Corso!

 

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College GameDay: See Lee Corso’s headgear pick for the Alabama-Ohio State national championship game

Lee Corso made his final headgear pick of the 2020-21 college football season.

ESPN’s College GameDay broadcast Monday ahead of the College Football Playoff national championship game meant Lee Corso made his final headgear pick of the season.

No. 1 Alabama has been favored over No. 3 Ohio State since the playoff semifinal games — the Crimson Tide beat No. 4 Notre Dame and the Buckeyes beat No. 2 Clemson — almost two weeks ago. And by Monday night just before kickoff for the title game at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, Alabama was a 9.5-point favorite.

But Corso — who was broadcasting from his home studio rather than from the game with the rest of the GameDay crew — went with the underdog for his last pick of the season.

“I’ve said it 1,000 times, and I’m going to say it again now,” Corso said before putting on the Buckeyes’ mascot’s headgear.

“Twenty-five years ago, Brutus became my first love. He was my first-ever mascot pick. I learned last week that you should remain loyal to your first love. Nothing more needs to be said. Go Brutus!”

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College GameDay: See Lee Corso’s headgear pick for Clemson-Notre Dame ACC championship game

Clemson enters its rematch against Notre Dame as a 10-point favorite.

For conference championship weekend, ESPN’s College GameDay visited Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte ahead of the ACC championship game between No. 2 Notre Dame and No. 3 Clemson.

With the Fighting Irish joining the ACC for this season, this title game is a rematch with Notre Dame beating Clemson in early November in double overtime. But this time, the Tigers’ roster includes quarterback Trevor Lawrence, who did not play because he tested positive for COVID-19. With Lawrence, Clemson enters Saturday’s championship game as 10-point favorites.

While most of the GameDay crew was on site to preview the ACC title game and Saturday’s other conference championship contests, Lee Corso continued to do his broadcasting from his home in Orlando — this time with an elaborate Christmas-themed set, Santa Claus and fake snow included.

And when it came time to make his pick, while sitting next to a leprechaun, Corso put on his Tigers headgear.

Related: Breaking down the potential College Football Playoff scenarios for conference title weekend

Actor Joel McHale was the guest picker this week, and he picked Clemson.

Corso also picked Oregon State over Arizona State, LSU over Ole Miss, Wisconsin over Minnesota, Army over Air Force, Boise State over No. 24 San Jose State, No. 9 Cincinnati over No. 23 Tulsa, No. 1 Alabama over No. 7 Florida, No. 10 Oklahoma over No. 6 Iowa State and No. 4 Ohio State over No. 14 Northwestern.

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College GameDay: See Lee Corso’s headgear pick for 121st Army-Navy game

No surprise here.

ESPN’s College GameDay broadcast set up shop Saturday at West Point to help preview the 121st Army-Navy game. Entering the game, Army is 7-2 while Navy is 3-6, and the Black Knights are 7.5-point favorites.

Normally, the service academies’ famed matchup is held at Lincoln Financial Field, a neutral site, in Philadelphia. But because of the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions on gatherings at outdoor events — which would have prevented the Corps of Cadets and Brigade of Midshipmen from attending, as the Army Times reported — the game was moved to Michie Stadium at West Point. And it’s the first time the game is on a home field since World War II.

Something that is typical here: Army and Navy both have fantastic alternate uniforms for this rivalry game.

The GameDay crew broadcast from outside the stadium, but Lee Corso continued to do the show from his home studio in Orlando, as he has all season.

And unsurprisingly, the former Navy defensive backs coach — dressed in a Navy robe and standing on a boat — went with the Midshipmen for his pick this week. He announced his pick earlier than usual in the broadcast, but he still put the Bill the Goat headgear on later.

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice — who was also previously a member of the College Football Playoff committee — was GameDay‘s guest picker Saturday. And she went with Army over Navy.

Corso also picked Baylor over No. 22 Oklahoma State, Auburn over Mississippi State, Georgia over Missouri, No. 16 Iowa over Wisconsin, Virginia over Virginia Tech, No. 17 North Carolina over No. 10 Miami, Stanford over Oregon State, No. 21 Colorado over Utah and UCLA over No. 15 USC.

Another highlight of Saturday’s show was Kirk Herbstreit leaving the set to get to the UNC-Miami game and making his picks while flying in a helicopter.

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College GameDay: See Lee Corso’s headgear pick for No. 13 BYU at No. 18 Coastal Carolina

College GameDay visited Coastal Carolina on Saturday for the first time ever.

For the first time ever, ESPN’s College GameDay show visited Coastal Carolina in Conway, South Carolina ahead of the No. 18 Chanticleers’ game against No. 13 BYU — a game that came together in a matter of days this week.

It’s the first time there’s been a matchup of two 9-0 or better non-Power 5 teams in the College Football Playoff era. It’s also the first time a Sun Belt team has been featured on GameDay, per ESPN, and Coastal Carolina leads the conference.

While the GameDay crew was in South Carolina for an unexpected game this week, Lee Corso continued to do his weekly broadcasts from Orlando in his home studio, which was spectacularly decorated like Coastal Carolina’s iconic teal field at Brooks Stadium, including his teal turf desk.

In making his marquee game headgear pick, Corso said he was impressed with both BYU and Coastal Carolina being 9-0 and willing to face each other this late in the season, but he picked the Cougars.

“BYU will play anybody, anywhere, anytime,” Corso said. “So I’m going with BYU! Go Cougars!”

2020 Masters champion Dustin Johnson — wearing his green jacket and a Masters tie — was the guest picker for Week 14, and he went with Coastal Carolina, his alma mater.

UCLA over Arizona State, San Jose State over Hawaii, No. 9 Iowa State over West Virginia, Texas over Kansas State, No. 3 Clemson over Virginia Tech, No. 1 Alabama over LSU, No. 5 Texas A&M over Auburn, No. 16 Wisconsin over No. 12 Indiana and No. 4 Ohio State over Michigan State.

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