Corso has worn mascot headgear before some of the biggest matchups in college football history.

For nearly the last four decades, Lee Corso has woken up the country on Saturdays in the fall, getting college football fans from all kinds ready for that day's slate of games.

Corso has worn mascot headgear before some of the biggest matchups in college football history.

Lee Corso represents the soul of college football, which USA TODAY Network explores in a page print from final game and a book about our fall passion.