Corso’s headgear picks favor Buckeyes

In honor of Lee Corso’s 80th birthday, I took a look at how well he’s done in his Big Ten headgear picks.

Amazingly, the former Indiana coach started off 8-0 in Big Ten games. Big Ten teams actually won in his first 15 picks. To date, Corso is 39-18 in Big Ten games.

A total of 26 of the 57 Big Ten games involved Ohio State. When picking Ohio State, Corso is 12-4. When he picks them to lose, the Buckeyes are 7-3.

Michigan had 17 headgear games while Michigan State had 10.

Here’s a look at a game-by-game breakdown of Corso’s picks over the years:

Bold = winning team

Oct. 5, 1996: Ohio State over Penn State*

Oct. 25, 1997: Michigan over Michigan State

Oct. 5, 1998: Notre Dame over Michigan

Aug. 28, 1999: Penn State over Arizona

Sept. 4, 1999: Michigan over Notre Dame

Sept. 25, 1999: Michigan over Wisconsin

Oct. 9, 1999: Michigan State over Michigan

Sept. 30, 2000: Michigan over Wisconsin

Aug. 31, 2002: Washington over Michigan

Sept. 14, 2002: Ohio State over Washington

Jan. 3, 2003: Miami over Ohio State

Aug. 30, 2003: Ohio State over Washington

Sept. 13, 2003: Michigan over Notre Dame

Oct. 18, 2003: Wisconsin over Purdue

Nov. 11, 2003: Ohio State over Purdue

Jan. 1, 2004: USC over Michigan

Sept. 18, 2004: Notre Dame over Michigan State

Sept. 25, 2004: Wisconsin over Penn State

Oct. 16, 2004: Purdue over Wisconsin

Sept. 10, 2005: Ohio State over Texas

Oct. 8, 2005: Ohio State over Penn State

Nov. 19, 2005: Penn State over Michigan State

Sept. 9, 2006: Texas over Ohio State

Sept. 23, 2006: Ohio State over Penn State

Sept. 30, 2006: Iowa over Ohio State

Nov. 18, 2006: Michigan over Ohio State

Jan. 1, 2007: USC over Michigan

Jan. 8, 2007: Florida over Ohio State

Oct. 27, 2007: Ohio State over Penn State

Nov. 17, 2007: Ohio State over Michigan

Jan. 1, 2008: USC over Illinois

Jan. 8, 2008: Ohio State over LSU

Sept. 13, 2008: USC over Ohio State

Oct. 25, 2008: Ohio State over Penn State

Jan. 1, 2009: USC over Penn State

Sept. 12, 2009: USC over Ohio State

Sept. 26, 2009: Penn State over Iowa

Jan. 1, 2010: Oregon over Ohio State

Sept. 11, 2010: Alabama over Penn State

Oct. 16, 2010: Wisconsin over Ohio State

Nov. 13, 2010: Ohio State over Penn State

Nov. 20, 2010: Illinois over Northwestern

Jan. 1, 2011: Wisconsin over TCU

Sept. 10, 2011: Michigan over Notre Dame

Oct. 1, 2011: Nebraska over Wisconsin

Oct. 22, 2011: Wisconsin over Michigan State

Jan. 1, 2012: Oregon over Wisconsin

Jan. 3, 2012: Michigan over Virginia Tech

Sept. 1, 2012: Alabama over Michigan

Sept. 29, 2012: Ohio State over Michigan State

Sept. 7, 2013: Notre Dame over Michigan

Oct. 5, 2013: Ohio State over Northwestern

Dec. 7, 2013: Ohio State over Michigan State

Jan. 1, 2014: Michigan State over Stanford

Sept. 6, 2014: Oregon over Michigan State

Nov. 8, 2014: Michigan State over Ohio State

Jan. 12, 2015: Ohio State over Oregon

*First headgear pick

-Games courtesy of Gamedaycole.com (doesn’t include team if they weren’t officially in the Big Ten at the time of the game)