The crew has been managing without the legendary 89-year-old Lee Corso for the past two weeks due to health issues. However, on Friday, Kirk Herbstreit provided an important update on Corso's status for Week 8 in front of a large crowd outside a Raising Cane's in Austin.

Longtime NFL analyst and expert Lee Corso was back on ESPN's "College GameDay" on October 19 and made a bold prediction.

Corso made his triumphant return in Austin, Texas, on Saturday, to the delight of many college football fans. Before the show went live, he gave a heartbreaking update about the health status of one of his family members in a video posted by fellow “College GameDay” host Kirk Herbstreit on X.

After a two-week hiatus, Lee Corso made a triumphant return to ESPN's College GameDay on Saturday in Austin, Texas and it was such a welcomed sight ahead of one of the biggest games of the season — for multiple reasons.

Lee Corso was not on set Saturday for ESPN’s “College GameDay” from Eugene, Oregon, ahead of No. 2 Ohio State’s visit to No. 3 Oregon.

Indiana’s football success has had all kinds of positive effects. A visit from ESPN GameDay would be the cherry on the sundae.

If you had to choose two mascots synonymous with Lee Corso on ESPN’s College GameDay, the Oregon Duck and Ohio State’s Brutus Buckeye would be the obvious picks. Corso absolutely loves both of them so dearly, he could consider them personal friends and no one would think twice about it. Which is what made Saturday so bittersweet.

Kirk Herbstreit announced Thursday on “The Pat McAfee Show” that PGA Tour golfer Scottie Scheffler will be ESPN’s “College GameDay” celebrity picker on Saturday from Austin, Texas, ahead of the No. 1 Longhorns’ game with No. 5 Georgia. Scheffler played golf at Texas before turning pro in 2018.

Lee Corso had been off the air for the past two weeks after suffering a health scare at the age of 89, but returned to the set of College GameDay with him given a huge ovation in Texas