Lee Corso to make final College GameDay appearance in Columbus

Lee Corso will make his final College GameDay appearance and deliver his last trademark headgear prediction on Saturday, Aug. 30, when ESPN takes the show to Columbus ahead of No. 1 Texas visiting No. 3 Ohio State, network officials and media reports said. The 90 year old analyst, who has been a fixture on the pregame program for almost four decades, will sign off from the live set outside Ohio Stadium in what producers are billing as a full circle moment for a career defined by warmth, showmanship and a now iconic mascot ritual.

Corso’s headgear segment, in which he dons a school mascot’s head to pick the game’s winner, began outside Ohio Stadium in 1996 and helped make him one of the most recognizable figures in college football broadcasting. He has worn dozens of mascots over the years and compiled a longwinning record with those selections; his headgear picks are listed at 286 wins and 144 losses, a rate broadcasters often cite as far stronger than his record as a college coach. GameDay will carry that final pick live on ESPN, and reports indicate Fox may air the moment on its Big Noon Kickoff pregame show and that the selection could be shown on Ohio Stadium’s jumbotron...