Memphis-SMU: Watch Lee Corso's heel turn on ESPN 'College GameDay'

Jason Munz | Memphis Commercial Appeal

With college football fans – especially the Memphis Tiger faithful – on pins and needles, and WWE Hall of Famer Jerry "The King" Lawler within an arm's reach, Lee Corso went full heel on Beale Street Saturday morning.

During the predictions portion of ESPN's "College GameDay" broadcast, the team, which included Lawler as the guest picker, was predicting the winner of Saturday night's Memphis-SMU matchup at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium (6:30 p.m. kickoff on ABC).

After David Pollack and Chris "The Bear" Fallica both picked Memphis to win in the previous segment, Desmond Howard picked the Tigers. Lawler also went with Memphis.

That's when Corso, dressed in his best Elvis Presley costume, initially indicated he was also picking the Tigers. He grabbed the Tiger mascot head, but before slipping it over his own, he pulled off a classic heel turn that would've made Lawler proud were it not for the fact he was going against The King's team.

Here's how it played out on television.

Corso really did that to the Memphis fans!



He's picking SMU to stay undefeated 🐎



(📍@NationalGuard) pic.twitter.com/JnEwFXyF83 — College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) November 2, 2019

Naturally, this displeased Lawler, who went into attack mode, as it were, before and after the cameras cut away. He put Corso in a faux choke hold, much to the delight of the thousands of Memphis fans on hand.