Corso was in the tribute, watching message after message as he got increasingly choked up and emotional. It ended with his fellow College GameDay hosts: Rece Davis, Desmond Howard and the only closer their could be, Kirk Herbstreit.

Lee Corso is set to make his final headgear pick on ESPN College GameDay in just one week, so the his current and former colleagues, and guest pickers gave an emotional tribute to the legend.

A week before Lee Corso’s make his final headgear pick before retiring from ESPN’s “College GameDay,” the popular college football pregame show released an emotional video tribute to the long-time analyst.