For one former mascot, it marked the beginning of an extraordinary journey that led him from the sidelines to the altar.

Colin Mahoney, this year's featured Notre Dame leprechaun, will appear in a three-piece green suit in front of millions of college football fans on Monday night.

The “brainwashing,” as Dan Mason jokingly refers to it, began shortly after he entered this world 57 years ago.

The 89-year-old Corso, who was dressed as a leprechaun, was thankfully caught by the Notre Dame mascot he was dancing alongside before he hit the ground. REQUIRED READING:Orange Bowl predictions ...

The No. 7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish punched their ticket to the College Football Playoff national championship game after knocking off No. 6 Penn State 27-24 in the semifinals. Commemorate this ...

Coach is letting him know. He was dressed up like a leprechaun about 10 minutes ago, he one-arm upped himself off of the desk." Corso did pick Notre Dame tonight against Penn State in what was a ...

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.

With Corso not on camera during that process, the camera then panned to him dressed as a leprechaun with Notre Dame's mascot as they walked onto the stage, indicating he was picking Notre Dame to win.

Ahead of ESPN’s broadcast of the first College Football Playoff semifinal game, its College GameDay crew was on site at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida for No. 6 seed Penn State’s ...

Corso, 89 years old, made his pick for the game in dramatic fashion, as usual; with a green outfit and a dance alongside Notre Dame's leprechaun mascot, Corso showed his support for the Fighting ...

Normally, he’d don the head of a school’s mascot as part of that process, but with Notre Dame’s mascot being a leprechaun, he instead put on his finest green coat and accompanied the mascot ...