Should Corso hang it up?

• Mooney44Cards

  

  The dude sounded like a drunken hobo all year. He made Lou Holtz sound like a Shakespearean actor this year. I understand he had a stroke in May, but it was embarrassing to watch him on College Gameday all year.
  
  And why does Corso get a free pass from the general public but Lou is the laughing stock of the college football world? A speech impediment is no more a laughing matter than a stroke.
  
  Hopefully Corso needs more time to recover from the stroke and get his speech back to a respectable level, but if this is as good as it gets for him, I'd prefer him to be a special guest or maybe just show up and put on a mascot head.
• ts1227

  

  
• killdeer

  

  Mooney44Cards wrote: The dude sounded like a drunken hobo all year. He made Lou Holtz sound like a Shakespearean actor this year. I understand he had a stroke in May, but it was embarrassing to watch him on College Gameday all year.
  
  And why does Corso get a free pass from the general public but Lou is the laughing stock of the college football world? A speech impediment is no more a laughing matter than a stroke.
  
  Hopefully Corso needs more time to recover from the stroke and get his speech back to a respectable level, but if this is as good as it gets for him, I'd prefer him to be a special guest or maybe just show up and put on a mascot head.

  
  
  I've occasionally had the same politically-incorrect thought about Dick Clark (Inc.) on New Year's Eve.
• jordo212000

  

  Lee Corso saying that Arkansas "shot their wad"
  
• Mooney44Cards

  

  Oh how clever, you took someone else's work and used it to indicate that you didn't approve of my post. I see how that works.
• krambman

  

  Corso had his good days and his bad days this year. Some weeks he seemed fine, other weeks, not so much. One week he had to read everything he said from a paper because it was such a bad day. I kind of like the idea of maybe putting him the the studio or if you have him on the show, giving him a reduced role, maybe more stuff pre-shot, and then doing the picks and mascot head things at the end. But let's think about this, if he retires or they get rid of him his most likely replacement is Desmond Howard. Do you really want Desmond in the chair next to Herbie the whole time? I certainly don't. I think they're grooming him to take over for Corso in a year or two. That's why he's had an increased role on the show and even spends time at the desk with the rest of the guys. Honestly, a not-all-there Corso is still better than him. And he get's a free pass because he had a stroke. Holtz get's made fun of because he's goofy and he chooses to put himself out there in spite of his lisp. It clearly doesn't bother him.
  
  And as far as Dick Clark goes, he doesn't do much on New Year's even anymore. Ryan Seacrest hosts it now.
• hoops23

  

  You guys do know Lee Corso had a stroke right?
• Mooney44Cards

  

  LTrain23 wrote: You guys do know Lee Corso had a stroke right?

  Hmmm....I wish I would've put that in the first post.
• osudarby08

  

  I noticed he seemed very awkward often this year, as if he wasn't all there. I didn't realize he had a stroke, and apparently a lot of other people noticed his awkwardness as well.
• hoops23

  

  Mooney44Cards wrote:

  LTrain23 wrote: You guys do know Lee Corso had a stroke right?

  Hmmm....I wish I would've put that in the first post.

  Oh, that's what I get for skipping over the ra-TARDED posts...
• OneBuckeye

  

  I was wondering why he couldn't put together complete sentences... but I don't think he was that bad this year. Although I havne't watched it as much as I have in the past. Dick Clark on the other hand is unwatchable...
• darbypitcher22

  

  This is why Lee gets a free pass:
  
  
• Tiernan

  Corso is still awesome and Youngstown is still the arm pit of Ohio.
• krambman

  

  Tiernan wrote: Corso is still awesome and Youngstown is still the arm pit of Ohio.

  And Michigan still sucks!
• ohiotiger33

  

  I mean common. I give him props for coming back after the stroke.
• BCSbunk

  I enjoy watching Corso he is entertaining.
• dwccrew

  

  Corso and Holtz are entertaining. Two old goofy guys saying whatever they want is funny.
• HeathAlum21

  dwccrew wrote: Corso and Holtz are entertaining. Two old goofy guys saying whatever they want is funny.

  Agree. Everyone makes fun of Holtz, including me sometimes, but I enjoy listening to him. I wish they would give him another partner to feed off of though. It's not just that I don't like May, I just don't like listening to him. I don't like a lot of what Skip Bayless has to say, but I still enjoy watching him everyday.
• ts1227

  

  I would agree with that. Holtz and May aren't bad overall in my opinion (when you don't have a sick lust for OSU you can actually appreciate some analysts), but they don't really play off of each other that well. Corso is good too, and they have one hell of a crew and in my opinion it works really well.
• bridgeport2001

  I'll listen 2 Corso all day,If Holtz is on i turn it until he is done talking
• Mooney44Cards

  

  Really? You like to hear Corso slosh through a segment?
• thechosenone

  Lee Corso > Life
• Red_Skin_Pride

  

  I like Corso. And he may not be able to spit it out all that well thanks to his medical condition, but the man knows football too. You don't get that job without knowing what many people don't.
• newarkcatholicfan

  

  I can handle him for another season so I hope he comes back.
  ESPN needs to let Holtz walk.
• september63

  

  I think Corso brings more humor to that show than knowledge at this point. The show gained its current popularity, in part, because of him. Id let him stay until he wants to leave. I enjoy his humor. Who, amongst us, hasnt said to a buddy. "NOT so fast, my friend?" Or....... So and so is 10-1 annd ying yang is 7-4, but ying yang is favored by 4? " Somebody knows something, and Im going with the somebodies?"