ESPN to meet with Lee Corso about future on 'College GameDay' after season

At the age of 89, Lee Corso could now be a question as far as his future as part of College GameDay.

Burke Magnus, ESPN President of Content, received questions about what’s next for Corso while on ‘SI Media with Jimmy Traina’. He said the network will once again speak with him following this season to determine where he stands with the show moving forward.

“Listen, I think we’re going to do what we’ve done now for a couple of years running which is we’re going to have a conversation with him after the season, see where things are,” said Magnus. “You know, he’s a special guy. I mean, he’s one of the nicest men any of your listeners or anyone on Earth could ever come across. And he’s been absolutely iconic on the show.”

“We’re going to get through the playoff this year, let everybody decompress and then we have some time to figure out what we’re going to do for next season.”

This comes after Corso has been absent, whether for several segments at a time or full shows, at points over the last few seasons amidst health issues as well as general decline. Corso still opens the show on the panel and ends it with his headgear pick but, all in all, it’s nothing you wouldn’t expect to happen after being on television for 37 years and with someone who will be turning 90 right before kickoff of next season.

It also comes following recent additions to the desk over the last few seasons. Rece Davis, Kirk Herbstreit, and Desmond Howard have remained on the show but they’ve reached a number of six on-air talents at this point with the increased role of Pat McAfee and the hiring of Nick Saban starting this season.

At some point, Corso will put on the headgear for a final time and retire as an all-time personality, both as a coach and analyst, in college football. ESPN will leave that decision up to him, though, with that conversation once again to come at the conclusion of this season.