{"id":690813,"date":"2026-01-20T09:15:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T09:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/690813\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T09:15:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T09:15:13","slug":"kirk-herbstreit-chris-fowler-send-heartfelt-message-to-lee-corso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/690813\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirk Herbstreit, Chris Fowler send heartfelt message to Lee Corso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Indiana Hoosiers are college football national champions. It sounds crazy to say for a football program that has had so little success in its history. In fact, Indiana had won only three bowl games before its remarkable journey through the College Football Playoff this season. The first bowl win came with Lee Corso as head coach when the Hoosiers beat BYU in the Holiday Bowl during the 1979 season.<\/p>\n<p>And after Indiana took down Miami 27-21 to win the CFP National Championship game on Monday night, ESPN\u2019s Kirk Herbstreit and Chris Fowler made sure to send a message to Corso, their longtime friend. Corso retired from a legendary broadcasting career in August, when ESPN and College GameDay <a href=\"https:\/\/awfulannouncing.com\/espn\/lee-corso-legendary-college-gameday-mascot-era.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">put together a beautiful sendoff<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChris and I just want to shout out Lee Corso,\u201d Herbstreit said postgame on Monday night\u2019s ESPN broadcast. \u201cI talked with him earlier today. He is completely dialed in and excited about what Indiana is doing. He was picking Indiana. He knew that they could pull this off and finish their season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Kirk Herbstreit and Chris Fowler with a shoutout for former Indiana coach Lee Corso after the Hoosiers win the CFP National Championship. \ud83c\udfc8\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f\ud83c\udfc6\u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CFP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#CFP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NationalChampionship?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#NationalChampionship<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mD22lzUYUa\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/mD22lzUYUa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/awfulannouncing\/status\/2013469282026283272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd he said, \u2018Hey, don\u2019t forget. 1979, our first bowl victory as a school. 1979, beat BYU,&#8217;\u201d Herbstreit continued. \u201cI said, \u2018Coach, we\u2019ll never forget that. We\u2019ll never forget that.\u2019 So, coach, if you\u2019re out there, buddy, we love you. Congratulations to you, and all of the Hoosiers, and all of your former teammates and players.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbsolutely,\u201d Fowler responded. \u201cLove you, LC. He was fired by that school, but still loves Indiana. That says a lot about the man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI asked him, \u2018You still love (Indiana(?&#8217;\u201d Herbstreit explained. \u201c\u2018Absolutely. Pulling for Indiana.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Corso served as the Indiana head coach from 1973 through 1982.<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Indiana Hoosiers are college football national champions. 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