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VIDEO: Lee Corso choked up by touching tribute to time at Navy

Daniel Shirey / USA TODAY Sports

Long before he was a beloved TV analyst and part-time mascot, ESPN's Lee Corso was a defensive backs coach at Navy. And with the annual Army-Navy game taking place Saturday, "College GameDay" is on hand for the lone contest on the college football slate.

During the pregame show, ESPN aired a tribute to Corso's time with the Midshipmen, and he and his colleagues struggled to put their feelings on the footage into words.

Here's the video:

'Wired' with Lee Corso from 1968 - ESPN Video

And the reaction:

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