Corso, that transforms 90 in August, intends to do another ‘University GameDay’ program prior to he retires.
WASHINGTON– Lee Corso, among the long time celebrities of ESPN’s “University GameDay” is retiring after greater than three decades on the program.
” For several generations, Train has actually been the face of our Saturday early mornings and the sporting activity we like. Our pal, our trainer, our heart … LC, you will certainly permanently be an University GameDay tale,” the main University GameDay social networks account claimed Thursday.
Corso, that transforms 90 in August, will certainly function one last “University GameDay” program throughout the initial week of the 2025 university football period. The place of that episode on Saturday, Aug. 30 will certainly be introduced later on this springtime.
” My family members and I will certainly be permanently indebted for the chance to be component of ESPN and University GameDay for virtually 40 years,” Corso claimed in a declaration launched by ESPN. “I have a prize of several good friends, warm memories and some uncommon experiences to take with me right into retired life.”
Corso signed up with ESPN in 1987 and has actually belonged to the preferred university football Saturday pregame program since. His head-gear video game forecasts, off-the-cuff evaluation and trademark line– “Not so quick, my pal”– have actually engaged him to generations of university football followers. He has actually made 430 headgear choices throughout the years.
The head-gear chooses begun in 1996 when Corso put on the head of Ohio State’s Brutus Buckeye prior to a video game in Columbus with Penn State.
In the springtime of 2009, Corso experienced a stroke at his home in Florida, yet went back to become part of the initial “University GameDay” that period.
Over the previous number of periods Corso has actually needed to miss out on a handful of “University GameDay” episodes for health and wellness factors.
