It's an end of an era in College Football as one of the faces of the sport announced he'd be retiring from College Gameday during Week 1 of the College Football season.
After 38 incredible years, Lee Corso is retiring ❤️
— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) April 17, 2025
For multiple generations, Coach has been the face of our Saturday mornings and the sport we love.
Our friend, our coach, our heart ... LC, you will forever be a College GameDay legend! pic.twitter.com/AjK8iNw7ye
Lee Corso was the face of College Gameday as he was hired at the shows inception in 1987 and quickly became an icon. Every Saturday College Gameday became appointment television for College Football fans and those who weren't massive fans still checked to see which team's headgear Lee Corso donned that morning.
Whether Lee Corso was blurting out his famous "Not so fast, my friend" or turning heel against the crowd he was appointment television and if you asked hundreds of fans for their favorite Lee Corso moment, you may get a different answer from everyone asked.
Lee Corso started his headgear picks in 1996 when he made his first pick predicting Ohio State would beat Penn State a pick he won. In 2005, Corso would make his 100th pick predicting Florida State would beat Boston College which was another correct pick. Corso would lose his 200th pick as Wisconsin lost to Michigan State but, picks 300 and 400 were correct as Corso was almost always spot on with his milestone picks.
So many iconic headgear moments. Corso left his mark on GameDay forever ❤️ pic.twitter.com/qj7LEaUJa1
— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) April 17, 2025
After the news was released, Lee Corso's longtime partner Kirk Herbstreit who joined the show in 1996 released a heartfelt video about what Corso has meant to his life and his career.
Love ya Coach-you’ll be missed more than ya know. Been our honor to be with ya all these years. https://t.co/tQHMn5wjyV pic.twitter.com/XdH0btZx9K
— Kirk Herbstreit (@KirkHerbstreit) April 17, 2025
Rece Davis who was a more recent addition to College Gameday released a heartfelt video of his own.
What Lee Corso means to me. pic.twitter.com/vS2gg410dW
— Rece Davis (@ReceDavis) April 17, 2025
Chris Fowler was right at Lee Corso's side from 1990 up until 2014 when Rece Davis took over as the host and Fowler best spoke to the bond the two built and what Corso has meant to everyone.
quick reflections and tribute to a dear friend and living legend, with word now official that #leecorso is retiring from @CollegeGameDay after one huge send off!
— Chris Fowler (@cbfowler) April 17, 2025
much more to come. Love you, LC! pic.twitter.com/V2Q15Qi795
Whether Lee Corso was appealing to the crowd or turning heel against them, picking your favorite team or picking against them, no matter what the pick was he made it hilarious and perfectly led fans into a great day of College Football. We often say that there will never be another person that reaches a feat but, with Lee Corso it's true that no one will ever touch a generation the way Lee Corso did.