Two of the highest faculty soccer groups within the nation will face off on Saturday evening, and ESPN will likely be there for Faculty GameDay within the morning.
GameDay will likely be in Eugene for the huge matchup between No. 2 Ohio State and No. 3 Oregon, however one essential member of the present’s panel will not be in attendance.
For the second straight week, Lee Corso will miss Faculty GameDay.
His co-host, Rece Davis, stated that Corso remains to be feeling beneath the climate. He missed final week’s present in Berkeley, California, one of many few occasions he is missed a weekly look for the reason that present went on the highway in 1993.
Corso has been part of GameDay since its very first episode in 1987, and is the lone remaining solid member from the debut.
Followers will miss the previous coach’s signature headgear choose of the featured recreation, and Davis famous that Eugene is considered one of Corso’s favourite locations for the present to go to.
“I talked to him earlier and he stated he was sorry he’s lacking is finest buddy, The Duck,” Davis stated.
With Corso experiencing well being issues over the previous couple of years – and recording the present remotely in 2020 and 2021 – some have puzzled if he’ll ultimately retire.
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Longtime co-host Kirk Herbstreit spoke up on Corso’s behalf final yr, explaining that Corso offers with the consequences of a stroke suffered in 2009.
“Lots of people, they see him wrestle on the air and I see the nasty stuff that individuals say,” Herbstreit stated on The Pat McAfee Present.
“His cognitive pondering is as sharp because it’s ever been. When individuals have a stroke they wrestle to get their phrases out typically, and that’s what he fights.”Â
The 89-year-old Corso has been part of faculty sports activities’ hottest present for its complete run. He will not be on the air this week, however he’ll all the time be an essential a part of any episode of the present, even when he ultimately makes the choice to step away.
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