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Lee Corso Doesn’t Want to Make Headgear Pick for Ohio State-Notre Dame

The legendary ESPN personality is having a tough time picking between top five Ohio State and Notre Dame squads.

Dan Lyons

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The first full Saturday of college football features a matchup between two top five teams with a ton of history, with No. 2 Ohio State hosting No. 5 Notre Dame at 7:30 p.m. ET. Naturally, ESPN’s College GameDay is in Columbus on Saturday morning ahead of that monumental game.

At the end of each edition of GameDay, Lee Corso dons headgear—often a mascot head—representing the team he’s picking to win the game that is hosting the show that week. That tradition began with a show at Ohio State ahead of a matchup with Penn State in 1996, with Corso putting on the head of Brutus Buckeye.

In a conversation with fellow analyst Kirk Herbstreit posted to Twitter before Saturday’s show, Corso revealed that he’s having such a tough time making a selection today that he may go without making a headgear pick altogether.

Herbstreit asked Corso to preview his pick for the week, and the legendary ESPN personality is clearly still working through things on the Buckeyes vs. Fighting Irish.

“This is a tough game for me to pick, because Ohio State, I got Brutus you know, but I’m Catholic. I can’t pick against Notre Dame,” Corso said.

After Herbstreit reminded Corso that Ohio State was his national title pick ahead of the season, Corso said that he planned to walk off the set without making a headgear pick.

“I’m not gonna pick against Catholics, and I can’t pick against Brutus, so I’m losing,” Corso said.

After Herbstreit said he may not allow Corso to go without making his traditional headgear pick, Corso leaned into the camera and whispered, “Buckeyes, against the Catholics,” wincing as the video ends. 

If Corso gets his way, viewers may see him pass on a pick, though it sounds like if he has to make one, he’s going with the 16-point favorite Buckeyes.

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