Lee Corso among inductees to National Sports Media Association Hall of Fame

ESPN icon Lee Corso received quite an honor Monday. He’s among the inductees to the National Sports Media Association Hall of Fame, it was announced.

Corso is among four selections to the NSMA Hall of Fame. Los Angeles Times columnist Bill Plaschke will also be inducted, as well as iconic hockey announcer Dan Kelly and legendary New Yorker writer Steve Angell, who will be inducted posthumously.

Additionally, The Athletic baseball reporter Ken Rosenthal and ESPN college football reporter Pete Thamel shared the NSMA National Sportswriter of the Year award.

Corso has been with ESPN since 1987 after spending 15 years as a head coach with stops at Louisville, Indiana and Southern Illinois following his playing career at Florida State. He has been a fixture on College GameDay for the last 35 years, but health issues kept him off the set for some time this season. However, he was back with the GameDay crew Monday for the College Football Playoff national championship, when he found out about selection on the air.

Congrats Coach, the newest member of the National Sports Media Hall of Fame 🧡 pic.twitter.com/sfCLQzmGWI

— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) January 9, 2023

Corso will be officially inducted to the NSMA Hall of Fame during the national convention in June.

Lee Corso picks TCU to beat Georgia in 2023 CFP national championship

Ahead of kickoff for the 2023 National Championship Game, College GameDay‘s Lee Corso donned the mascot head for his pick for the game. According to Corso, the national title this season will belong to TCU when all is said and done.

Corso’s pick does not reflect the betting lines for Monday’s game, as the Bulldogs opened betting as a nearly two touchdown favorite over the Horned Frogs. The nation disagreed with Corso as well, with 58 percent of fans voting for the Bulldogs in the fan vote.

Georgia is pursuing a back-to-back national title and would become just the third team since 1970 to win repeat national championships. The past two teams to accomplish the difficult feat were Nebraska in 1994-95, and Alabama in 2011-12. They would also become the first team in the College Football Playoff era to win back-to-back titles.