The Headgear Pick
The Headgear Pick
By Jace Hinton December 12, 2024 05:03
Orlando, FL—Lee Corso, LC or Coach Corso by those who know him on the College Gameday set. Saturdays can not start without his headgear pick, every0ne watches for his headgear pick it doesn't matter who is playing everyone loves to see Coach Corso put on the headgear but how did this amazing tradition start?
1996 in Columbus, Ohio on the campus of The Ohio State the Buckeyes are getting ready to take on the Penn State Nittny Lions. How it all worked was Kirk Herbstreit (Herbie) was fairly new to the College Gameday set and Kirk’s wife Alison had been an Ohio State cheerleader and Coach Corso thought that Herbie would have some sort of in to get Brutus’ headgear.
According to former Gameday host Chris Fowler it took lots of intense negotiations and three to four back and forths before the university finally gave the green light for Brutus and that day Coach Corso threw on Brutus’ head. “The head represents a two toned nut, it's ridiculous looking you can’t help but laugh.” Fowler said in a College Gameday special when the Gameday crew was in Boulder for Coach Corso 400th headgear pick.
The antics Coach has done has made it such an entertaining moment. He has danced with the Notre Dame Lepurcan, he has rode a motorcycle with the duck, traded head with the duck, he has had his headgear ripped off and even dealt with live animals. Firing off the guns, being body slammed and even dropping the f bomb on live tv doing an okey doke.
One of the funniest things Coach does is the okey doke. Where he picks up one head and doesn’t put it on, and he throws it to the side and puts it on a different head or the music okey d0ke. Mainly with Alabama he has them play Sweet Home Alabama by Lynard Skynard then he has them play a song about the other school and puts on the headgear to that.Even Bill Belicheck got in on the headgear fun with Coach at last year Army-Navy game by putting on an old school Navy football helmet.
Coach Corso’s antics do not stop there he has come out to the set dressed as Ben Franklin at Penn he was James Madison at JMU. “ A maestro of the crowd” is how Pat McAfee described Coach Corso and that does not lie in Boulder he came out to the set wearing Colorado State temporary tattoos just to rhile up the crowd in Boulder even though he had no faith in Colorado State.
Coach Corso even has a 284-142 winning record in his headgear and has been an inspiration for many up and coming broadcasters. As well as just being an ambassador for college football. Bringing more eyes to the sport just by putting on a goofy mascot head or costume starts your college football Saturday right.
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