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College GameDay notes ahead of Clemson-Notre Dame

Have you ever wondered about how Notre Dame has fared when Lee Corso and company have been in attendance?

It’s the game of the year in the ACC as No. 1 Clemson goes on the road to face No. 4 Notre Dame in a game that has massive implications for the College Football Playoff.

ESPN’s “College GameDay” will broadcast from Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday morning, marking the program’s first trip to South Bend since the season opener against Michigan in 2018 and their 10th trip to Notre Dame overall.

In the nine games ESPN has broadcast “College GameDay” from Notre Dame previously, the Irish are 5-4 overall, including a win over No. 1 Florida State the first time the show ever went remote, in November 1993 for that epic No. 1 vs. No. 2 showdown.

Have you ever wondered how Notre Dame has fared when Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit and company have been in attendance?  Find that out and plenty of other notes about “College GameDay’s” history with both Notre Dame and Clemson:

  • Lee Corso is 6-4 when picking Notre Dame with his headgear pick all-time and 10-5 when picking against the Irish
  • Corso has been right five of the last six times he has picked Notre Dame with his headgear pick
  • Corso has picked against only Oklahoma more (19) than he has against Notre Dame all-time (15)
  • Corso is 10-2 all-time when picking Clemson with his headgear pick, including being correct in his last nine predictions
  • Corso is 5-7 when picking against Clemson
  • This is Clemson’s 18th appearance on “College GameDay” since the start of the 2015 season, the most of any team in the country during that time
  • Clemson has not lost a regular-season game with “College GameDay” in attendance since their 2013 loss to Florida State.  They did however lose last year’s national championship game to LSU with GameDay there.
  • Saturday marks the 27th all-time game “College GameDay” has been in attendance for between a pair of top four teams. The home team has won 18 of the previous 26 games.

Previous game results Notre Dame has hosted “College GameDay” for:

Sept. 1, 2018: 24-17 win over No. 14 Michigan
Oct. 13, 2012: 20-13 OT win over No. 17 Stanford
Oct. 15, 2005: 34-31 loss to No. 1 USC
Sept. 9, 2000: 27-24 loss to No. 1 Nebraska
Sept. 5, 1998: 36-30 win over No. 5 Michigan
Sept. 28, 1996: 29-16 loss to No. 4 Ohio State
Oct. 21, 1995: 38-10 win over No. 5 USC
Sept. 10, 1994: 26-24 loss to No. 6 Michigan
Nov. 13, 1993: 31-24 win over No. 1 Florida State

 

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

The Nittany Lions are trying to upset Ohio State at home in the Big Ten’s second week.

College GameDay spent Saturday in Happy Valley to preview No. 3 Ohio State’s road trip against No. 18 Penn State at Beaver Stadium.

While the Buckeyes are looking to extend their early record to 2-0 after beating Nebraska last weekend, the Nittany Lions will try to bounce back after a heartbreaking overtime loss to Indiana to start the Big Ten season. Ohio State and Penn State kick off at 7:30 p.m. ET on ABC.

Continuing to broadcast from his home studio in Orlando, Lee Corso made his GameDay pick, and he’s going with Ohio State, putting his headgear on in the middle of an extravagant Halloween scene, presumably in his yard. The Buckeyes are 11.5-point favorites.

As ESPN noted, Corso has started the season with seven straight correct headgear picks.

Former Penn State QB Trace McSorley was the show’s guest picker, and he, obviously, went with the Nittany Lions.

Corso’s other picks for Week 9 included: No. 1 Clemson over Boston College, No. 10 Florida over Missouri, No. 8 Texas A&M over Arkansas, Syracuse over Wake Forest, Georgia State over Coastal Carolina, No. 7 Cincinnati over Memphis, LSU over Auburn, No. 13 Michigan over Michigan State, No. 17 Indiana over Rutgers, No. 16 Kansas State over West Virginia and Texas over No. 6 Oklahoma State.

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ESPN College Gameday staying in Big Ten next week

ESPN’s College Gameday will remain in the Big Ten next week despite the host school getting upset from their top ten ranking Saturday.

Lose your season opener to a team that hasn’t won against a top ten opponent in 33 years?

No big deal, you get to host ESPN’s College Gameday!

That will be the case next weekend as Penn State, fresh off a heart-breaking and plenty controversial loss at Indiana hosts the crew from College Gameday next Saturday morning, the second week in a row the Big Ten will play host to the show.

The Nittany Lions will fall from their number seven ranking after losing in overtime at Indiana on Saturday, 36-35.

Penn State will be playing host to No. 5 Ohio State who had no problem opening the season against Nebraska, beating the Huskers 52-17.

Ohio State has won seven of their last eight meetings with Penn State, dating back to 2012.  That one loss was the 2016 thriller between the two in which Penn State blocked a field goal late and returned it for a touchdown with just over four minutes to play as the Nittany Lions held on to win, 24-21 and eventually walked away as the Big Ten Champions.

College GameDay: See Lee Corso’s headgear pick for Michigan vs. Minnesota

GameDay was at the Michigan-Minnesota game for the Big Ten’s opening weekend.

ESPN’s College GameDay spent a brisk — like, temperatures in the mid-20s kind of brisk — Saturday morning in Minneapolis ahead of No. 21 Minnesota’s home game against No. 18 Michigan.

Although it’s technically Week 8 of the college football season, it’s the Big Ten’s season-opening weekend, and, with only eight regular-season games in eight weeks, this matchup is a big one.

During the Golden Gophers’ impressive 11-2 2019 season, GameDay visited Minnesota for the first time, and now it’s back for a second appearance in 13 shows.

But while the GameDay crew was dealing with some chilly weather, Lee Corso continued broadcasting from his “home” studio in Orlando. And he has faith in Jim Harbaugh and the Wolverines, who are slight 3-point favorites over Minnesota, and put on a giant Michigan helmet.

And perhaps that’s fair because Corso said Minnesota hasn’t beaten Michigan at home in 43 years, and Michigan as won 20 of the last 21 played in Minnesota. However, as ESPN noted, Harbaugh’s team has been on the road for its last seven GameDay features, and the Wolverines have lost every time.

Vince Vaughn was the guest picker, and he went with the Golden Gophers.

Corso also picked No. 25 Coastal Carolina over Georgia Southern, No. 14 North Carolina over No. 23 NC State, Auburn over Ole Miss, LSU over South Carolina, No. 2 Alabama over Tennessee, No. 3 Notre Dame over Pitt, Texas over Baylor, Oklahoma over TCU, No. 17 Iowa State over No. 6 Oklahoma State and No. 16 SMU over No. 9 Cincinnati — and the Mustangs’ mascot jumped in Corso’s pool after that pick.

And for the rest of the Big Ten’s opening weekend, he went with Indiana over No. 8 Penn State and No. 5 Ohio State over Nebraska. Led by redshirt freshman quarterback Graham Mertz and No. 14 Wisconsin beat Illinois on Friday night.

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The picks are in, ESPN’s GameDay crew makes their selections

Vince Vaughn joins the ESPN College GameDay crew (Lee Corso, Desmond Howard, Kirk Herbstreit and David Pollack) and pick today’s games.

The Big Ten returns this weekend and ESPN’s College GameDay took notice by traveling to chilly Minneapolis as the Michigan Wolverines are hosted by the Minnesota Gophers. As they always do, GameDay brings in a guest with a home-site flavor, actor Vince Vaughn.

Vaughn is famous for his roles in Rudy, Swingers, Old School, Wedding Crashers and many other fantastic films. He’s a huge sports fan, also roots for the Chicago Cubs. Here are Desmond Howard, David Pollack, Kirk Herbstreit, and Lee Corso’s plus Vaughn’s picks for the slate of games today.

Georgia Southern vs. Costal Carolina

Vaughn –  CC

Howard – CC

Pollack – Georgia Southern

Herbstreit – CC

Corso – CC

 

NC State vs. North Carolina

Vaughn – UNC

Howard – UNC

Pollack – UNC

Herbstreit – UNC

Corso – UNC

 

Auburn vs. Ole Miss

Vaughn – Ole Miss

Howard – Ole Miss

Pollack – Auburn

Herbstreit – Ole Miss

Corso – Auburn

 

South Carolina vs. LSU

Vaughn – LSU

Howard – LSU

Pollack – S. Carolina

Herbstreit – S. Carolina

Corso – LSU

 

Alabama vs. Tennessee

Vaughn – Bama

Howard – Bama

Pollack – Bama

Herbstreit – Bama

Corso – Bama

 

Notre Dame vs. Pittsburgh

Vaughn – ND

Howard – ND

Pollack – ND

Herbstreit – ND

Corso – ND

 

Baylor vs. Texas

Vaughn – UT

Howard – Baylor

Pollack – UT

Herbstreit – UT

Corso – UT

 

Cincinnati vs. SMU

Vaughn – Cincy

Howard – Cincy

Pollack – Cincy

Herbstreit – Cincy

Corso – SMU

 

Oklahoma vs. TCU

Vaughn – OU

Howard – OU

Pollack – OU

Herbstreit – OU

Corso – OU

 

Oklahoma State vs. Iowa State

Vaughn – Ok. St.

Howard – Ok. St.

Pollack – ISU

Herbstreit – Ok. St.

Corso – ISU

 

Penn State vs. Indiana

Vaughn – PSU

Howard – IU

Pollack – PSU

Herbstreit – PSU

Corso – IU

 

Nebraska vs. Ohio State

Vaughn – OSU

Howard – OSU

Pollack – OSU

Herbstreit – OSU

Corso – OSU

 

Michigan vs. Minnesota

Vaughn – Minnesota

Howard – UM

Pollack – Minnesota

Herbstreit – NO PICK

Corso – Michigan

The picks are in, ESPN’s College GameDay selects winners for today

Find out who the ESPN panel with guest picker Derrick Henry selected for today’s games including Alabama vs. Georgia.

Today’s guest picker on ESPN’s College GameDay doesn’t need much of an introduction. Just go back to this past Tuesday’s NFL highlights and you’ll see this.

Derrick Henry is a bad dude, the former Alabama Heisman Trophy winning back is coming off a season where he led the NFL in rushing. And he gave us this fantastic meme.

Henry joined Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso, Desmond Howard and David Pollack in picking today’s slate of games. Here’s who they selected to win today.

Illinois at Wisconsin (Next Friday)

Henry – UW

Howard – UW

Pollack – UW

Herbstreit – UW

Corso – UW

 

UCF at Memphis

Henry – UCF

Howard – UCF

Pollack – UCF

Herbstreit – UCF

Corso – UCF

 

Marshall at Louisiana Tech

Henry – La. Tech

Howard – Marshall

Pollack – Marshall

Herbstreit – Marshall

Corso – Marshall

 

North Carolina at Florida State

Henry – UNC

Howard – UNC

Pollack – UNC

Herbstreit – UNC

Corso – UNC

 

Pittsburgh at Miami, FL

Henry – Miami

Howard – Miami

Pollack – Miami

Herbstreit – Miami

Corso – Miami

 

Boston College at Virginia Tech

Henry – BC

Howard – VT

Pollack – VT

Herbstreit – BC

Corso – VT

 

Texas A&M at Mississippi State

Henry – TAMU

Howard – Miss. St.

Pollack – TAMU

Herbstreit – Miss. St.

Corso – TAMU

 

Ole Miss at Arkansas

Henry – Ole Miss

Howard – Ole Miss

Pollack – Ole Miss

Herbstreit – Ole Miss

Corso – Ole Miss

 

Kentucky at Tennessee

Henry – Tenn.

Howard – Tenn.

Pollack – Tenn.

Herbstreit – Tenn.

Corso – Tenn.

 

Auburn at South Carolina

Henry – S. Carolina

Howard – S. Carolina

Pollack – S. Carolina

Herbstreit – S. Carolina

Corso – S. Carolina

Georgia at Alabama

Henry – Alabama

Howard – Alabama

Pollack – Alabama

Herbstreit – Georgia

Corso – Alabama

Lee Corso told the story of how he started wearing mascot headgear on College Gameday

Who knew?

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.

“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.

College GameDay: Lee Corso’s headgear pick for Miami-Clemson

Lee Corso made Sebastian the Ibis very sad with his GameDay pick.

Clemson has been unbeatable in the ACC in recent years, but the Tigers will face one of their toughest tests of the year in Death Valley on Saturday night. No. 7 Miami is 3-0 on the season, but enters the game as 15-point underdogs against Trevor Lawrence.

Lee Corso had Sebastian the Ibis on his backyard GameDay set at his home in Orlando, and he crushed the mascot’s spirit by picking the Tigers to win at home.

Corso also picked Virginia over NC State, Boston College over Pitt, Virginia Tech over North Carolina, Iowa State over Texas Tech, Notre Dame over Florida State, TCU over Kansas State, Texas over Oklahoma, Auburn over Arkansas, Alabama over Ole Miss, Georgia over Tennessee and Florida over Texas A&M.

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The picks are in, ESPN analysis predict the top games today

ESPN’s College GameDay crew along with guest picker Alex Rodriguez select the winners from today’s games.

Each week right as College GameDay is ending, the panel and a special guest make their selections of winners for the days game. Today, the panel welcomes in former Miami, FL and MLB baseball star Alex Rodriguez.

A-Rod has an undefeated record as a guest picker, so he knows more than just baseball. Find out who Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso, Desmond Howard, David Pollack and A-Rod choose today.

North Carolina St. vs. Virginia

A-Rod – UVA

Howard – NC St.

Pollack – UVA

Herbstriet – NC St.

Corso – UVA

 

Pitt vs. Boston College

A-Rod – BC

Howard – Pitt

Pollack – Pitt

Herbstriet – BC

Corso – BC

 

Florida St. Vas Notre Dame

A-Rod – ND

Howard – ND

Pollack – ND

Herbstreit – ND

Corso – ND

 

Virginia Tech vs North Carolina

A-Rod – UNC

Howard – VT

Pollack – UNC

Herbstreit – VT

Corso – VT

 

Texas Tech vs. Iowa St.

A-Rod – Iowa St.

Howard – Iowa St.

Pollack – Iowa St.

Herbstreit – Iowa St.

Corso – Iowa St.

 

Kansas St vs TCU

A-Rod – TCU

Howard – TCU

Pollack – TCU

Herbstreit – TCU

Corso – TCU

 

Texas vs. Oklahoma

A-Rod – Texas

Howard – Texas

Pollack – Texas

Herbstreit – Texas

Corso – Texas

 

Arkansas vs. Auburn

A-Rob – Auburn

Howard – Auburn

Pollack – Auburn

Herbstreit – Arkansas

Corso – Auburn

 

Texas A&M vs. Florida

A-Rod – A&M

Howard – UF

Pollack – A&M

Herbstreit – UF

Corso – UF

 

Alabama vs Ole Miss

A-Rod – Bama

Howard – Bama

Pollack – Bama

Herbstreit – Bama

Corso – Bama

 

Tennessee vs. Georgia

A-Rod – UGA

Howard – UGA

Pollack – UGA

Herbstreit – UGA

Corso – UGA

 

Miami FL vs Clemson

A-Rod – Miami FL

Howard – Clemson

Pollack – Clemson

Herbstreit – NO PICK

Corso – Clemson

College Gameday is headed back to the ACC next weekend

What’s the record for consecutive games a team is featured on College Gameday? We feel as if that might be being set next week. Details…

Before the season we thought next Saturday’s game between Miami and Clemson had a chance to be decently big but I don’t think many, if any, had it pegged to be between a pair of top ten schools.

That is however the case as 3-0 Miami hits the road to take on No. 1 Clemson in the game of the week in college football and in a no-doubter of a decision, ESPN is sending College Gameday along for the ride.

Clemson is coming off a 41-23 win over unranked Virginia that moved the Tigers to 3-0 on the young season while Miami is coming off of a bye week after destroying Florida State a week ago and beating up Louisville on the road the week before that.

This will be the third Miami game in a row to be featured by Gameday which I don’t know to be a record of any kind but would fully assume to at least tie one.

The two teams have only played twice in the last nine years combined with Clemson winning both by a combined 96-3 margin.

Here’s to at least hoping for a lot more entertaining contest next Saturday.