Kirk Herbstreit eased concerned minds late Monday night, tweeting that the entire “GameDay” staff will be on hand Saturday when the popular pregame show airs from Knoxville ahead of the Alabama-Tennessee game.

Concern spread across social media Monday night when tweets with the announcement of the destination for “GameDay” were deleted. Speculation spurred Herbstreit to speak up.

“Just wanted to let people know ‘College GameDay’ is 1,000 percent coming to Knoxville this weekend,” Herbstreit tweeted. “We are fired up to come back to town. Our ENTIRE crew can’t wait to get there and give this game the love and hype it deserves. See ya in Knoxville this weekend.”

As for why the tweets were taken down, Herbstreit didn’t have an answer.

“Not sure the details,” said Herbstreit. “Guessing a copyright issue with the music our social team used. But we’re coming and whatever was taken down wasn’t anything more than that. Sorry for any confusion.”

Herbstreit’s tweet seems to confirm that Lee Corso will return to the show.

Corso was absent from ESPN’s College GameDay on Saturday due to an undisclosed illness, host Rece Davis announced at the beginning of the broadcast.

Corso did not make the trip to the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kan., for Saturday’s show due to “doctor’s orders,” Herbstreit added. Corso also missed last week’s broadcast at Clemson due to the same illness, Davis said.

Mark Heim is a sports reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim.