The “Faculty GameDay” set appeared a little bit completely different Saturday.
The ESPN program was broadcast in Berkeley, California, Saturday to showcase the Miami-Cal sport to be performed at 10:30 p.m. ET.
That meant the published started at 6 a.m. native time, over 16 hours forward of kickoff. Cal college students and followers turned out effectively earlier than the solar even rose.
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ESPN “Faculty GameDay” analyst Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit throughout a sport between the West Virginia Mountaineers and the Pittsburgh Panthers Sept. 1, 2022, at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh. (Mark Alberti/Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Photos)
Nonetheless, longtime “GameDay” analyst Lee Corso was lacking.
Host Rece Davis stated the 89-year-old Corso was “underneath the climate.”
Corso is most well-known for making his faculty picks by sporting the headgear of the group mascot he predicts will win.
Since lacking 5 episodes in 2022 as a consequence of well being points, he has not been on the air for your complete three-hour present. Saturday, although, marked his first missed episode of the 2024 season.
ESPN “Faculty GameDay” analyst Lee Corso picks the Panthers to win throughout a sport between the West Virginia Mountaineers and the Pittsburgh Panthers Sept. 1, 2022, at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh. (Mark Alberti/Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Photos)
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Corso joined this system in 1987, two years after his last teaching gig. After serving as the pinnacle coach of Louisville, Indiana and Northern Illinois from 1969 to 1984, Corso coached the USFL’s Orlando Renegades in 1985.
He has since remodeled 400 headgear picks on this system. His four-hundredth selection was the College of Colorado over Colorado State final yr, which was right, however he needed to wait by means of double extra time to see if he was right.
Pat McAfee, Nick Saban and Lee Corso fist-bump earlier than the reside broadcast throughout ESPN “GameDay” close to Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, S.C., Sept. 14, 2024. (IMAGN)
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Corso had a stroke in 2009 that resulted in partial paralysis. He spent three days in intensive care and could not discuss for a month. The stroke prompted him to script and rehearse most of his appearances.
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