Lee Corso is retiring from ESPNs “Faculty GameDay” following Week 1 of the faculty soccer season, and the longtime analyst’s closing present can be in a really acceptable location.
On Tuesday, ESPN introduced that “Faculty GameDay” will start its 2025 season in Columbus, Ohio, on Aug. 30. The Buckeyes are internet hosting Texas in a Faculty Soccer Playoff semifinal rematch.
As ESPN famous, Corso made his first headgear choice at Ohio State.
Corso, who will flip 90 in August, has been one of many important attracts of “Faculty GameDay” because the program premiered in 1987. He’s most well-known for his headgear picks, which started in 1996 with Ohio State’s Brutus Buckeye mascot head.
Kirk Herbstreit’s spouse Alison, a former Ohio State cheerleader, helped Corso achieve entry to the Brutus mascot head so the previous coach may apply it to the air, and the remaining is historical past.
Herbstreit was a quarterback at Ohio State from 1989-93. He has change into very shut with Corso through the years and shared a touching message on Corso’s behalf following the information of the previous coach’s retirement.
After a prolonged teaching profession that included stops at Louisville, Indiana, Northern Illinois and the USFL, Corso joined ESPN as an analyst in 1987. That’s the similar yr “Faculty GameDay” debuted, and Corso is the one persona who has been with the present since its inception.
Corso has had some health issues lately, however he has continued to make his fashionable headgear picks. He grew to become emotional on the air in the course of the 2023 season when ESPN paid tribute to his four-hundredth headgear choose (video here).
You may count on ESPN to plan fairly the send-off for Corso in Columbus.
