Lee Corso retiring

#51
#51
See no reason to take shots at the guy. He's a character (in his control) and he got old (outside of his control). Espn stuck with him through cancer so kudos to them.
 
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#56
Congrats to him. I don't mind seeing seniors in public. I don't think it's painful. Maybe said to reflect to on how we dimenish, but never painful. Elders should be respected, charised, and allowed to work until they no longer want to.
 
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Franklin_Vol09 said:
All you young kids don’t realize that Corso IS College Gameday. Yes, he was way past his prime. Yes his health prevented him from being his best version. But Herbie and the others love that man and Corso lived for show. Even in his old age, he didn’t bring the show down, it was great they could keep including him.
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He has always been a character. I remember the story about when he was head football coach at the University of Louisville. They were playing Memphis in Louisville. Memphis scored a touchdown to go up by 50 points and Corso ran across the field waving a white flag. The following year Louisville beat Memphis to win the conference championship. At the time, it was the Missouri Valley Conference. He went from Louisville to Indiana.
 
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FortWorthVol said:
He has always been a character. I remember the story about when he was head football coach at the University of Louisville. They were playing Memphis in Louisville. Memphis scored a touchdown to go up by 50 points and Corso ran across the field waving a white flag. The following year Louisville beat Memphis to win the conference championship. At the time, it was the Missouri Valley Conference. He went from Louisville to Indiana.
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When he went to Indiana, he scheduled USC back when they were really good. When asked why he would schedule a team like USC, Corso said when I took this job, I told them I would show you a number 1 team.
 
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Corso is a legend in College Football. Any extreme negativity towards a guy that went out and did what he loved until he physically couldn't is strange. I'd give anything to find a career/hobby that I enjoyed and had that much passion for. Enjoy retirement and best wishes with your health LC. Thanks for a lifetime of fun Saturday mornings!
 
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#62
#62
Corso was fun at times and Gameday really widened the appeal of college football, but it was time for sure.

Lot of old ones have moved on with sports, but out of them all I miss the GOAT CFB broadcast team

Ron Franklin
Mike Gottfried
Jerry Punch on the sidelines
 
#63
#63
Add Corso to the Mount Rushmore of CFB voices with Keith Jackson Brent Musberger and Verne Lundquist
 
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harrit4 said:
Did this guy ever pick Tennessee, like ever? Not sad to see him move on.
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Sure you did. I’m not sure why people care who he picked. I was not aware of that any bearing on the outcome of the game. Why are we so fascinated with the opinions and predictions of people? People do much worse things in this life than not picking Tennessee to win games.
 
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#67
First Bumbling Bob retired and now Corso?!?!

Danielson too.

Can this get any better? I've not been this happy in a long time.
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
Exactly where I'm at.

Also for better or worse, many of these guys had a style and personality that you knew they were calling the game or on color commentary as soon as they spoke. You didn't need to see them introduced. As cringe as it kinda was I miss "You're looking LIVE" from Musburger. Bill Walton was out of his gourd but I miss his color commentary on college basketball games because it was so entertaining. Harry Carey will always be one of the greatest play by play guys to me and by the 5th inning he was a 12 pack in and might not even know what day it was.
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LOL…maybe, but he could rally (sort of) to lead Take Me Out to the Ballgame in the 7th.
 
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