Kirk Herbstreit’s Emotional Trip Down Memory Lane Before Lee Corso’s Last 'College GameDay'

Lee Corso, who played college football at Florida State University and coached at multiple schools in the sport, first joined ESPN's "College GameDay" in 1987.

At the time, the show was mostly a studio-driven highlights program, not yet the on-campus spectacle it’s now known for. Alongside others, Corso helped to transition GameDay into a traveling pregame show starting in 1993, broadcasting live from college campuses, as it still does today.

Corso quickly became known as the show's primary entertainer, creating numerous traditions that fans and co-hosts alike enjoyed for decades. Arguably Corso's most famous bit is the "headgear pick." Beginning in 1996, he would put on the mascot head of whatever team he predicted to win the featured game at the end of the broadcast.

This Saturday's "College GameDay," hosted in Columbus, Ohio, ahead of the big game between No. 3 Ohio State Buckeyes and the No. 1 Texas Longhorns, will be Corso's final GameDay. Corso will make his final headgear pick where the tradition began — in Columbus in 1996, when he correctly chose the Buckeyes over the Penn State Nittany Lions.