Lee Corso pick: 'GameDay' analyst predicts Texas to beat Alabama in Week 2 game

The much-awaited Week 2 game between No. 3 Alabama and No. 10 Texas has finally arrived. All that's left to do is for the Crimson Tide and Longhorns to play, and let the results decide themselves.

Not so fast, my friend: "College GameDay" first had to complete one of the greatest traditions in all of college football: The (in)famous Lee Corso headgear pick.

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The venerable "GameDay" analyst has turned his longtime practice of donning mascot apparel into one of the most endearing, must-watch moments of every college football Saturday. No "GameDay" visit would be complete without it, and that's especially true for the massive nonconference showdown between Nick Saban's Crimson Tide and Steve Sarkisians' Longhorns.

So: Did Corso predict Alabama to win by donning Big Al's headgear, or pick Hook 'Em and Texas? Here's how he, celebrity guest picker Joe Namath and the rest of the "College GameDay" crew picked the game in Tuscaloosa:

Lee Corso headgear pick

Trickeration! Corso started as if he would be all Tide, but stopped mid-song and instead went with the Hook 'Em headgear, to the chagrin of the crowd in Tuscaloosa.

Desmond Howard also chose the Longhorns over the Crimson Tide, whereas Pat McAfee and celebrity guest picker Joe Namath went with Alabama. Kirk Herbstreit, who is calling the game, did not offer a prediction.

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Lee Corso 2023 picks record

Corso so far is off to a perfect 1-0 start, predicting Drake Maye and the 20th-ranked Tar Heels to beat Shane Beamer, Spencer Rattler and the Gamecocks in the Week 1 Duke's Mayo Classic. North Carolina beat South Carolina 31-17 in Charlotte, N.C., a game in which the defense sacked Rattler nine times.

Here's a week-by-week breakdown of Corso's picks:

This story will be updated.

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