College football personality Lee Corso is a spry 89 years of age, but he almost took a scary tumble while dancing on the ESPN pregame stage before Thursday night's Orange Bowl in Miami. Wh

ESPN college football analyst Lee Corso nearly fell while doing a jig after making his pick for the Penn State-Notre Dame Orange Bowl game.

Corso, 89 years old, got festive in support of Notre Dame for Thursday's Orange Bowl, but nearly fell while dancing.

After the Nittany Lions topped SMU and Boise State and the Fighting Irish beat Indiana and Georgia in the first two rounds of the 12-team College Football Playoff, the GameDay crew broke down the semifinal matchup. Penn State entered the game as a one-point favorite, according to BetMGM.

At the end of the show when he made his pregame prediction, Corso came onto the stage dressed as a leprechaun and did an Irish Jig dance with the Fighting Irish mascot. He nearly fell over and the mascot had to catch him and save him from a potential disaster.

Lee Corso brought the energy and a little chaos to ESPN College GameDay during his headgear pick for Notre Dame versus Penn State. True to form, Corso wasn’t c

As the show wrapped up, the crew went around the desk as they always do to make their game picks. Lee Corso, known for his legendary headgear reveals, stepped onto the set dressed as a leprechaun alongside Notre Dame’s mascot to announce his pick. He didn't have to say much, as the viewers knew who he was riding with based on the outfit.

ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’ was live from the Rose Bowl, the site of the Oregon vs. Ohio State game slated for the 4pm CT time slot on ESPN. The Longhorns have only matched up against Arizona State once. The final score was 52-34 in the 2007 Holiday Bowl.