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Mystery Solved: Giant Lee Corso Mascot Head Returned to Lee Corso

In the latest installment of "Your Tax Dollars, Hard at Work," Oregon State Police have charged two men with felony theft for, well, stealing Lee Corso's ginormous mascot head. Corso, ESPN's longtime College GameDay analyst, brings the mascot head with him around the country during the season. Much like John Madden was...

Lee Corso Gives Memorable Speech at College Football Awards (Video)

Lee Corso was the recipient of the NCFAA's Contributions To College Football Award Thursday night as part of ESPN's College Football Awards show. And while Cam Newton took home three awards -- the Davey O'Brien Award for college football's outstanding quarterback and the Maxwell and Walter Camp Awards for the nation's most...

Brett McMurphy's Weekly Picks: Song Remains Same for West Virginia

TCU coach Gary Patterson was so upset last weekend that ESPN's Lee Corso predicted the Horned Frogs would lose to Oregon State by three touchdowns that Patterson texted ESPN personnel to voice his displeasure. Seriously? Patterson was upset a member of the media provided his team with great bulletin board material? Corso...

McMurphy's Law: Let's Grade How the New Faces Did in Their New Places

Last weekend marked the debut of 23 coaches in their first games at new schools. For some, it was their first game as a head coach. For others, it was only their first game at a new location. It typically takes two or three years for a new coach to install his schemes and recruit his own players and realistically judge...

ESPN's GameDay is the Circus and the Beatles Rolled Into a Weekly Road Show

In 1987, ESPN's College Football GameDay made its debut (your hosts? Tim Brando and Beano Cook). In the 23 seasons since it first aired, College GameDay has changed hosts twice -- although Chris Fowler has been piloting the ship since 1990 -- and transformed the way sports fans spend Saturday mornings. Is there any show...

Lee Corso News From the Web

04/27/12 FSU Gears up for Graduation Source: WCTV - Tallahassee FL About 6200 Noles will be crossing the stage this weekend and receiving their diplomas from FSU.
04/26/12 Speakers offer variety at graduation Source: FSView - Florida State Univ. - Tallahassee FL Florida States Spring 2012 graduates will experience a variety of wisdom this year with a line up of commencement speakers that include leading evolutionary biologist and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Edward O. Wilson, U.S.
04/19/12 FSU 2012 Spring Graduation speakers announced Source: ABC - WTXL 7 - Tallahassee FL Leading evolutionary biologist Edward O. Wilson, U.S.
04/13/12 KORCEK'S CORNER: Of process, media leaks, search firms... Source: Daily Chronicle - Dekalb IL Of process, media leaks, search firms â oh, my!

Background on Lee Corso

Leland "Lee" Corso (born August 7, 1935) is a sports broadcaster and football analyst for ESPN. He has been featured on ESPN's College GameDay program since its inception and he appeared annually as a commentator in EA Sports' NCAA Football through NCAA Football 11. In the off season, Corso serves as Director of Business Development for Dixon Ticonderoga, a Florida based pencil manufacturing company.

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