ESPN College Gameday is headed to Death Valley for the 14th visit to Baton Rouge, La. in the show's history ahead of an SEC matchup between No. 11 Alabama and No. 15 LSU. And returning for another week to make the 422nd headgear pick of his career as an analyst on the show is the beloved Lee Corso.

Just a couple of days before the show, college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit announced that his dog, Ben, had passed away after a battle with cancer. The popular Golden Retriever had become a popular visitor on GameDay over the past few seasons, traveling with the crew to many different venues.

As No. 4 Ohio State visited No. 3 Penn State in a matchup both coaches somehow always lose, Corso had to pick which historically untrustworthy team was capable of pulling off the win. Fortunately, he wasn’t the first coach on the GameDay set to don a mascot costume Saturday after Nick Saban beat him to it.