Erin Andrews reacts to Lee Corso signing off 'College GameDay': 'Just a great guy'

Lee Corso‘s run on ESPN’s College GameDay ended last week, and Erin Andrews is going to miss seeing him entertaining college football fans. On3 recently spoke to Andrews, and she was asked about her reaction to seeing Corso signing off College Gameday after being with the program for 38 years.

“So I went, obviously, to the University of Florida, and I used to camp out at College GameDay,” Andrews told On3. “I am a very passionate football fan. I was a very passionate Gator fan when I was at school. So that was always such a big thing when GameDay came to Florida in Gainesville. And then for me, it was a dream come true to be able to work with College GameDay.

“During my time at ESPN, my relationships were really important to me with those guys. Coach was always so sweet. I still have his voicemail he left when I left ESPN to go to Fox. He was just a great guy. I mean, he still is a great guy. He just was somebody that is so special.”

During her time at ESPN, Andrews hosted the first hour of College GameDay on ESPNU and was a features reporter on the three-hour show. Her time at ESPN ended in 2012 when she joined Fox Sports to cover the NFL.

Erin Andrews says Lee Corso has ‘impacted all of our lives’

Fox Sports also has a college football pregame show, which is called Big Noon Kickoff. During Lee Corso’s final appearance on College GameDay, Fox Sports showed Corso picking Ohio State over Texas and him putting on the Buckeye head.

“But I think when I sat back and I watched Chris Fowler come back and sit with Kirk Herbstreit and just talk about their time together, and then you saw the Ohio State band write out Corso,” Andrews said. “He’s impacted all of our lives. If you are a massive college football fan, he is a huge part of our game. He is our game.

“I just thought the sendoff was so perfect, and I was really, really proud of our network for showing that as well. I just thought that was so sweet. And for somebody, I’ve played on both sides, I’ve played on ESPN and Fox, I was very proud that we did that.”

Corso began his run at ESPN at 1987 after being a college football head coach from 1969 to 1984. As a head coach, Corso spent time at Louisville, Indiana and Northern Illinois. Corso played college football at Florida State and was inducted into the Florida State Athletics Hall of Fame in 1978.