Lee Corso Should Decide 'College GameDay' Picks Based Off Quality of Props He Can Use
By Liam McKeone | Nov 21, 2020, 12:22 PM EST
Every week, Lee Corso dons absurd headwear based on his college football pick of the week on College GameDay. Occasionally, he'll be given a prop he can use. Earlier this year, he rowed around in a canoe after picking P.J. Fleck's Minnesota squad and stood on top of a big-ass elephant after picking the Alabama Rolling Tide.
ESPN's @CollegeGameDay team has done an amazing job w/ Lee Corso's backyard all season. Kudos to ESPN producers @drewgallagher @jimmyg44 and Patrick Abrahams, whose creative touches include a giant elephant, mascots and a putting green. Via @ItsAnnaNegron: https://t.co/aaQR3x50rR pic.twitter.com/C6lnziU1J3
— bill hofheimer (@bhofheimer_espn) November 20, 2020
Today, he picked Oklahoma and had his trusty shotgun... thing, the Boomstick, as he usually does. He revealed picking Oklahoma is one of his favorite picks in normal years because he can then fire the Boomstick and scare Kirk Herbstreit, who, like me, does not enjoy loud noises.
Coach loves picking Oklahoma ... so he can scare @KirkHerbstreit ? pic.twitter.com/uGFOFEta8e
— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) November 21, 2020
The implication here is that how much Corso enjoys a prop plays at least a little bit of a factor into what his picks are any given week. Now, his first job is an analyst, and he'll never make a wildly outrageous pick just because he gets to wear a goofy mascot head. But! What if he did? Argue the picks like normal, but really it's based entirely off the fun to be had on set.
Just some food for thought.