Longtime ESPN analyst Lee Corso seemed in high spirits ahead of the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship - but he was struggling to keep up with his co-hosts

Corso, a longtime staple of the ESPN crew, made his final pick of the season for Monday's national championship between Ohio State and Notre Dame.

Lee Corso has been many things — a college football coach, Burt Reynolds' college roommate and America’s favorite college football lovin’ crazy grandfather on ESPN's College GameDay, where he makes his "headgear picks" each week on location during College Football Saturday.

The longtime " College GameDay " analyst made an appearance on the ESPN show before kickoff from Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium. And after picking the Irish to upset the heavily favored Buckeyes, some fans were left saddened and wondering if it could be his last pick on the show.

Lee Corso tipped his hand a little bit early. As the Notre Dame Fighting Irish prepared to take on the Ohio State Buckeyes in the College Football Playoff national championship game, many imaged ESPN’s Lee Corso would have a terribly difficult time making his headgear pick.

Corso donned a Leprechaun hat on ESPN College GameDay, picking Notre Dame to beat Ohio State and win the national championship in the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff. Who ya got winning the natty? The College GameDay crew's final picks of the season are IN pic.twitter.com/OeKEXhNg4q

Heading into Monday’s College Football Playoff National Championship ... Desmond Howard and beloved former Indiana head coach Lee Corso both went with the underdog Fighting Irish.

College Football Playoff semifinals: LSU vs. Oklahoma — Ohio State vs. Clemson Lee Corso and the College Gameday crew didn't have the usual crowd behind them but that didn't stop them from ...

Lee Corso, the longtime analyst on ESPN's show, joined the crew in Atlanta to make his selection for Monday's College Football Playoff national championship between Ohio State and Notre Dame.

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