College football fans have been left heartbroken after discovering that Lee Corso will not be in attendance for the CFP National Championship game.
On Monday night, the Indiana Hoosiers, lead by Heisman winner Fernando Mendoza, will face the Miami Hurricanes on their home turf at the Hard Rock Stadium.
Considering Corso’s affection for the Indiana football program, many had expected the 90-year-old broadcaster to be front-and-center on the night.
However, they were dealt a brutal update prior to the game after discovering that the College GameDay legend will be watching from his home in Florida.
According to reports, Corso has opted to watch the game from home due to the difficulties he now faces while traveling.
Reports of Corso’s decision to watch from home broke last week, when ESPN’s Jen Lada lifted the lid on a conversation with the former coach.
College football fans have been left heartbroken after discovering that Lee Corso will not be in attendance for the CFP National Championship
Corso, who is a well-known supporter of the Indiana football program, will watch from home
‘Talked to Coach Corso this morning & he is obviously THRILLED about the Hoosiers’ trip to the National Championship Game. Will watch from his Florida home.
‘He loves Fernando Mendoza. Said IU’s come a long way since their first Bowl win – the Holiday Bowl he coached in 1979,’ she said.
Corso suffered a stroke in 2009, which affected his cognitive abilities and speech.
His health issues caused him to miss shows in previous years (namely five during the 2022 season), and he hasn’t been featured during the full three hours of the program in recent years.
His friend and longtime colleague Kirk Herbstreit previously addressed the health issues Corso was facing.
‘We all wondered, ‘is he gonna be OK?’ and he was determined with his speech therapist,’ Herbstreit told Pat McAfee in 2023.
‘If you ever know of anybody who’s had a stroke, that’s sometimes very hard to overcome and he still is working on that to this day. So it’s not just that he’s 88. It’s that he had a stroke.
‘He’s worked very hard to get his words out and God bless him for having that wherewithal and that passion to love this game so much to keep trying to go.’
The game sees Miami Hurricanes face Indiana Hoosiers, led by star QB Fernando Mendoza
US president Donald Trump is set to attend the game at the Hard Rock Stadium on Monday
While Corso won’t be at the CFP National Championship, US president Donald Trump will make the trip to Miami for the showpiece event.
Sport has been a central pillar of Trump’s second term as president and he will be joined by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a Miami native who is friends with Hurricanes head coach Mario Cristobal, for the game, Axios reported.
Trump might be supporting the Hurricanes too as his teenage granddaughter, Kai, is on a golf scholarship in Miami.
But the Hoosiers are strong favorites to win and have Heisman trophy winner Fernando Mendoza at quarterback, the man widely expected to be the No. 1 pick in the draft at the end of April, which is held by the Las Vegas Raiders.
Trump became the first sitting president in history to attend a Super Bowl in February, when he headed to New Orleans to watch the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Kansas City Chiefs, who were on the verge of a three-peat.
