After missing ESPN College GameDay for Miami vs. California last week, Lee Corso is once again absent from the desk for this week’s prime-time game between Ohio State and Oregon. However, his colleague and former OSU quarterback Kirk Herbstreit confirmed during the first hour of the show that Corso has picked the Bucks to take down the Ducks in Eugene tonight.

This would have served as the 42nd time in the show’s history that Corso wore the Brutus Buckeye headgear when choosing the winner of the weekend’s showdown.

GameDay host Rece Davis opened the program this morning lamenting Corso’s absence, saying that the longtime presence on the station hopes “he will return to us soon,” and that “he wants to say hi to his very good friend , The Duck.”

Herbstreit noted that Corso felt very conflicted in making this choice, given his historical attachment to choosing Ohio State on the show versus Puddles serving as his favorite mascot. After the news was announced, the crowd in Oregon erupted in a chorus of angry cheers that eventually grew into chants of “f*** Ohio.”

Corso is currently in the middle of his 38th season and is competing in College GameDay at the age of 89. He previously spent time away from the show last season due to undisclosed “health issues.” Herbstreit revealed in an Instagram Live feed a few days ago that Corso was feeling “a little under the weather” this week and would miss the show again as a result.