Aug. 30 will mark not only the long-awaited first full Saturday of the college football season, but the end of an era.

Saturday’s “College GameDay” broadcast from Ohio State ’s game against Texas in Columbus, Ohio, will mark the final show in the legendary career of analyst Lee Corso , who will be retiring in a move ESPN announced back in April . Relive Lee Corso's epic 'GameDay' moments in new book

Though he’s a part of a larger cast, Corso was “GameDay,” becoming synonymous with a show that has come to help define the sport over the course of its existence.

He was on the first “GameDay” broadcast in 1987, when it debuted on the network as a studio show. As the program grew in popularity and soon began airing live from the site of the biggest games in the country, Corso becam

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