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How accurate are Lee Corso's College GameDay predictions for Alabama vs. Georgia football

Lee Corso makes predictions each week on ESPN "College GameDay," and this week, the show is headed to the SEC Championship game between the Alabama and Georgia Bulldogs football teams.

The show is scheduled to broadcast from the Georgia World Congress Center.

ESPN "College GameDay" airs each Saturday morning during the college football season from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. CT on ESPN and ESPNU. At the end of each "College GameDay," Corso makes a headgear pick.

The SEC Championship game is scheduled to start at 3 p.m. CT.

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Lee Corso always picks Alabama vs. Georgia football as ESPN College GameDay headgear pick

Lee Corso wears the Alabama Crimson Tide mascot head as Charles Barkley and Kirk Herbstreit look on before a game between the Auburn Tigers and the Alabama Crimson Tide at Jordan-Hare Stadium in 2017. Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports
Lee Corso wears the Alabama Crimson Tide mascot head as Charles Barkley and Kirk Herbstreit look on before a game between the Auburn Tigers and the Alabama Crimson Tide at Jordan-Hare Stadium in 2017. Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports

Lee Corso picked Alabama to beat Georgia again on Saturday at the 2021 SEC Championship.

There have been seven previous times that Lee Corso made a headgear pick for an Alabama vs. Georgia game. All seven times, Corso picked Alabama to win, according to GameDayCole.com.

Alabama went 5-2 in those games. Georgia's most recent win vs. Alabama when Corso made it his headgear pick was Sept. 27, 2008.

Corso is 65.79% accurate all-time with his headgear picks, going 250-130. The SEC Championship will be his 381st all-time headgear pick.

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Georgia as Lee Corso's headgear pick

Lee Corso Picks UGA at ESPN "College GameDay" before the start of an NCAA football game between Georgia and Notre Dame in Athens, Georgia, on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019.
Lee Corso Picks UGA at ESPN "College GameDay" before the start of an NCAA football game between Georgia and Notre Dame in Athens, Georgia, on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019.

Lee Corso has picked a Georgia Bulldogs game a total of 31 times as his headgear pick.

He picked Georgia to win nine times, and he picked against Georgia 22 times.

Corso is 5-4 when he picks Georgia to win, and UGA won the last five times Corso picked the Bulldogs, according to information from ESPN.

Corso is 16-6 when he picks against the Georgia Bulldogs.

Alabama as Lee Corso's headgear pick

ESPN's Lee Corso wears Big Al's mascot head after picking Alabama to win over Texas A&M as Vern Lundquist, left, and Kirk Herbstreit laugh on the set of ESPN's College GameDay outside Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on Oct. 22, 2016.
ESPN's Lee Corso wears Big Al's mascot head after picking Alabama to win over Texas A&M as Vern Lundquist, left, and Kirk Herbstreit laugh on the set of ESPN's College GameDay outside Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on Oct. 22, 2016.

Lee Corso has picked an Alabama game a total of 47 times as his headgear pick.

He picked Alabama to win 34 times, and he picked against Alabama 13 times.

Corso is 24-10 when he picks Alabama to win. Corso is 5-8 when he picks against Alabama, and he is 3-8 when he picks against Alabama since Nick Saban became the head coach.

Before joining ESPN, Corso was a head football coach at Louisville, Indiana, and Northern Illinois from 1969-84. He played college football at Florida State.

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"College GameDay" is hosted by Rece Davis. Along with Corso, the show includes analysts Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, and David Pollack.

Erik Hall is the lead digital producer for sports with the USA Today Network. You can find him on Twitter @HallErik.

This article originally appeared on The Tuscaloosa News: How accurate are Lee Corso's College GameDay picks for Alabama vs. UGA