What Lee Corso does when it’s not Gameday

Last night on HBO, Real Sports ran a piece on the College Gameday crew. They talked about Chris Fowler’s rise through the ESPN broadcasting ranks and how Kirk Herbstreit is living the life of the all American kid (College QB, married a cheerleader, beautiful home and family). Then they got to Lee Corso. They discussed some things about Lee Corso that I knew, such as the fact that he played football at Florida State and roomed there with Burt Reynolds. I did not realize that Corso is still tied for third on Florida State’s interception list with none other than Deion Sanders. The part I found out that was most interesting to me is the fact that Corso has another day job. If you thought that Corso was just a retired coach who did College Gameday on weekends, Corso would say “not so fast my friend.” The 70 year old Corso is Director of Business Development for Dixon Ticonderoga, the company that creates #2 pencils. His claim to fame at that job was helping create a crayon made of soybeans in 2001. This article from 2005 tells you more about Corso’s other job and now next time you watch College Gameday you will have a better understanding for why Corso is always waving that pencil around when he talks.