I’ve expressed the opinion that it will be the biggest college football upset since App State in the Big House, maybe even back to C6-H0. (Which actually wasn’t an upset since Centre used a bunch of mercenaries including heralded Bo McMillan).
That would be should Lee Corso’s not bookend his lauded career by donning a Brutus Buckeye head on Saturday in his Last Hurrah.
It seems a Paul Hornung unbuckle. For what those were worth.
Or so I’m so sure.
I went to the Google to see if I could find some Vegas
odds on Corso’s selection. Even willing to read the AI generated take.
Finally found a link to some dude named Kyle Rowland on Twitter. Seedy don’t do X, actually never was a tweeter even before whatisname bought it and changed the name.
He set the moneyline (whatever that is) at -500,000,000.
Which methinks means he’s as sure about Corso as I am.
We’ll be watching, right?
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ESPN’s Ryan McGee, my favorite gridiron scribe, posted a lovely piece about his relationship with the icon Corso.
Contained therein are a few new morsels about the former Cardinal coach turned TV superstar.
In the early days of Game Day, a co-host was Skip James, former SMU RB. Whom Corso called “Mustang Breath.” (Wonder if that’s anything like “Locomotive Breath?”)
Cute.
Apparently LC, 67% for his career as a prognosticator, had a perfecto in ’99, picking 11 winners without a miss. Of the ten teams he’s picked the most, he’s 17-0 when donning the gear of the Men of Troy.
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Now on to my absolutely least favorite TV Talking Sports Head.
Skip Bayless.
I’d keep the sound on for Pat McAfee, Urban Meyer, Stephen A just not to have to abide Bayless.
Who apparently has been is some sort of media purgatory for awhile. Well deserved, it says here. Obviously those in charge in the media world feel the same.
This morning there’s a report that Bayless is going to join some football podcast with Gilbert Arenas. Yes, the former NBA player who infamously brought four guns with him into the team locker room after he got in an argument over a card game with teammate Javaris Crittenden. Who was also packing heat.
Skip, on this new gig of yours, you might think about playing nice. Just sayin’.
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There are writers and announcers that I’m especially jealous of.
Guys and gals who followed their dream for a career in sports. Developed a niche for that which they loved as a kid.
Unlike your scribe here, who would have gone to J School or Syracuse maybe, had he a scintilla of direction in HS. But ended up eventually in Law School on a jive hummer. Went to a sportscaster fantasy camp in ’89, but didn’t get around to sportswriting — I guess that’s what you could call this — until later in life.
Anyhow, John Fanta’s one of those guys.
Just loved hoops so much and now has worked and worked and worked his way up to where he’ll be a lead play by play announcer for NBC’s coverage of the Big East.
Good for you, dude.
— c d kaplan
