Lee Corso Announces College GameDay Plans for 2024 Season
For those thinking that ESPN College GameDay analyst Lee Corso might hang ’em up after the 2023 college football season ends, in the words of the legend himself, “Not so fast, my friend!” Corso said he’s planning to return for the 2024 season.
“I’m gonna be like that guy in Vaudeville,” Corso said during a recent GQ feature. “They hook him around the neck, and they pull him off the stage as he keeps talking.”
Corso will be 89 years old when the 2024 college football season begins. He has been a featured analyst on College GameDay since the show started in 1987. But he clearly has lost a step in the broadcasts in recent seasons, in part due to age and health issues. Corso suffered partial paralysis after a stroke in 2009 and other medical events had led to sporadic appearances in recent years. During the 2022 season, Corso missed five shows and is no longer featured during the entire broadcast.
It’s looking more and more likely the same cast will be returning in 2024, with Pat McAfee also announcing recently he plans to be back next season. McAfee replaced David Pollack after joining ESPN for a reported five years and $85 million.
Corso’s headgear pick to end the broadcast remains one of the most popular segments of any sports show as the longtime broadcaster donned his 400th headgear this past season.
The College GameDay crew will have one more broadcast together to wrap the 2023 season ahead of the College Football Playoff semifinals featuring Michigan vs. Alabama and Texas vs. Washington.
