Watch Lee Corso make another decide earlier than Indiana-Purdue Bucket sport – IndyStar

Lee Corso is not completed making headgear picks.
The previous Indiana soccer coach who retired from ESPN “Faculty GameDay” after a Week 1 Texas-Ohio State decide appeared for one more headgear decide. With the Hoosiers headed to play Purdue for the one hundredth Previous Oaken Bucket sport — “it is an excellent sport to choose,” Corso stated in a social media put up. — it was “straightforward” for Corso to choose.
And it was a match made in … Bloomington.
“I am choosing Indiana,” Corso stated earlier than placing on the mascot head of Hoosier the Bison after saying, “Go IU, beat Purdue!”
It was a second that turned full circle for IU’s athletic division. It hosted ESPN “Faculty GameDay” for the primary time in 2024, which marked a celebration of Corso’s 1979 Holiday Bowl team.
However there wasn’t a mascot head for Corso to put on. That, together with IU’s newfound soccer success, led to “Operation Bigfoot,” which led to the creation of a new mascot that debuted in August.
Indiana’s mascot is Hoosier the Bison, which debuted Aug. 30, 2025.
Corso coached Indiana from 1973 to 1982.
The Hoosiers had been 41-68-2 throughout his tenure.
Lee Corso’s closing decide was Aug. 30, when he picked Ohio State to beat Texas. He was right. It ended a run because the present’s inception in 1987 for Corso.
Corso is 90 years outdated.
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