Kirk Herbstreit couldn’t believe what he was reading.

The “College GameDay” analyst took to social media to defend colleague Lee Corso for comments he made during the pregame show broadcast from South Bend.

Washington State’s clash with Oregon State was one of the games featured in Saturday’s picks segment. They are the only two programs which have not joined a new conference for 2024.

Corso was commenting on the game in which Washington State coach Jake Dickert interpreted Corso’s comment as the “No One Watches Bowl.” However, Corso actually called it the “Nobody Wants Us Bowl” because of their lack of a landing spot after the season.

“I think nationally, there’s a lot of noise out there,” Dickert said after the win over Oregon State. “I caught something this morning, I was watching GameDay, and Corso comes on and he says, ‘The No One Watches Bowl.’ And I don’t really understand that. What’s the merit, once again? Because the facts say people watch the Cougs and the people watch the Cougs more than every team that’s left over in the Big 12.”

Former quarterback Ryan Leaf backed Dickert’s comments.

“And College GameDay is supposed to be a celebration of college football,” Leaf wrote on Twitter. “Instead, they choose to make it a big joke, and everyone on the panel enables it. Just a bunch of wind socks.”

At that point, Herbstreit had read enough.

“Huh? Is this a real tweet??? You must have been hacked Ryan,” Herbstreit wrote. “Lee’s point OBVIOUSLY was-it is 2 teams that have been left out-that haven’t found a home yet-NOT the ‘no one watches Bowl’. Know you’re excited your boys won but DAMN!”

Mark Heim is a reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim. He can be heard on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5 FM in Mobile or on the free Sound of Mobile App from 6 to 9 a.m. daily.