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Fans, Ryan Day, ESPN crew pay tribute to beloved analyst Lee Corso on his final 'College GameDay'
"End of an era" is a phrase so often overused that the impact it attempts to convey is lost. Yet it certainly applies to Lee Corso's final "College GameDay" on Saturday. Corso, 90, has been with the ESPN college football pregame show since its debut in 1987 and been a key part of it as it became a traveling road show while growing into a national phenomenon. (
Yahoo! Sports)
Michigan State's Tom Izzo rips transfer portal culture, calls out tampering in college basketball
Hall of Fame coach Tom Izzo is 70-years-old and the longest-tenured active men's college basketball coach among high major programs. He has seen some things since taking over the Michigan State program in 1995. But nothing he's seen is as comparably cataclysmic, he said in an interview with Jon Rothstein, than the transfer portal. (
CBS Sports)
Basketball Hall of Famer George Raveling, who influenced Michael Jordan’s Nike deal, dies at 88
George Raveling, a Hall of Fame basketball coach who played a role in
Michael Jordan signing a landmark endorsement deal with Nike, has died. He was 88. Raveling, who was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2015, had a career record of 335-293 from 1972-94 at Washington State, Iowa and Southern California. (
Associated Press)
An emotional day for the Beamer family as South Carolina beats Virginia Tech
After taking part in a postgame trophy presentation on the Mercedes-Benz Stadium field, South Carolina Gamecocks football coach Shane Beamer walked over to his father and gave him a hug. After Shane walked away, his father, legendary former Virginia Tech Hokies football coach Frank Beamer, brushed a tear from his eye. (
Roanoke Times)
Florida State's Upset of No. 8 Alabama Leaves College Football World Stunned
The Florida State Seminoles went 2-10 a year ago, putting head coach Mike Norvell squarely on the hot seat entering 2025. Norvell brought in Tony White at defensive coordinator, Gus Malzahn at offensive coordinator and transfer quarterback Tommy Castellanos to help flip the script. Flipping the script got off to a great start on Saturday. (
Sports Illustrated)
College football Week 1 highlights: Top games, plays, stats
On Saturday, college football's truth still seemed hard to believe. We've spent the summer laughing incredulously at Florida State's Tommy Castellanos, seemingly the only player foolish enough to poke the bear by taunting Alabama when, in fact, he was a fortune-teller. Nick Saban couldn't bail out the Crimson Tide on Saturday. (
ESPN.com)
Lee Corso's impact felt far beyond 'College GameDay' audience
In a business full of phony, Lee Corso has always been the genuine article. And in a world full of awful, Lee Corso has always been fun. All at once so irresistibly relatable but also larger than life. So, now, imagine my through-the-looking-glass moment of that first time I heard him speak to me directly. That October Saturday in 1994. (
ESPN.com)
A College Sports Fan’s Lament
The disconnect between college sports fans and their teams has been long-brewing, especially as conferences have expanded and regional rivalries have diluted in the pursuit of larger and larger TV contracts. The Atlantic Coast Conference during the 1970s had seven schools in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Maryland. (
The Assembly)
How Rich Rodriguez made his way back to West Virginia, & made up with most (not all) of the fan base
This is a love story gone bad — a man who felt unfairly vilified by his own people; a people who felt cruelly betrayed by a man. Seventeen years later, they are reunited, both seeking the same successful results as their previous time together. Rich Rodriguez describes his 17 years away as a sort-of nomadic venture, the consequence of leaving home. (
Yahoo! Sports)
The tall tales of Lee Corso: Friends, colleagues remember ESPN College GameDay legend
How do you begin to spell out that someone has meant so much? So much to a show. So much to a sport. So much to the world. Lee Corso isn’t interested in such conjecture. Legacy, fame — forget about it. This is entertainment, sweetheart. Football is just the vehicle, he (and everyone who’s ever been associated with “College GameDay”) will tell you. (
Sports Business Journal)