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11-16-2004, 04:50 PM
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Herbstreit in the DOG house..
I read this over on BN. It will be interesting to follow. Will they "kiss and make up" or do you think Herby will be on the outside looking in? At the very least, with Geiger callin him out, it will be talk show fodder.
Geiger then had some words about Herbstreit, who has tried to walk the fence throughout this entire controversy.
“I understand one of the stars of ESPN Game Day went off on us and said we were bigger than college football,” Geiger said. “Three weeks ago, that same person said he didn’t see how he could recommend <!--Default NodeId For Ohio State is 687,2004-->Ohio State to any offensive high school football prospects. I am concerned about that and the juxtaposition about that.
“Our welcome mat is probably not as thick as it once was. I don’t know who is bigger than the game of football.”
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11-16-2004, 04:52 PM
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I knew it would only be a matter of time before his words [censored]ed people in the university off.
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11-16-2004, 04:59 PM
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what the [censored] did he actually say?
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11-16-2004, 05:14 PM
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It's getting taken out of context. Herbie was responding to a question about the ineffectiveness of our offense and he posed a question about it's effect on recruiting. He said that he didn't know that he could sell the program to a big time offensive recruit. I totally agree. I didn't see any problem with what he said, but there have been major twists on peoples words recently. All Buckeyes are up in arms.
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11-16-2004, 05:20 PM
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That may be true. But, It appears Geiger/Tressel has intrepreted it in a negative way. Maybe they feel he should be more outspoken defending his alma mater. I haven't heard him on ESPN defending us at all. He has defended us to some extent on columbus radio. I just think he could have been WAY more outspoken defending us.
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11-16-2004, 05:26 PM
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Herbie's concerned with his job at ESPN, not OSU. He's said more [censored] than what's been made public. Geiger has some reasoning behind some of his comments.
Herbstreit has gone out of his way to criticize OSU and some of it's personal to him. If he wants to become a broadcaster, he needs to stay neutral about this stuff and stay out of it.
I've known Herbstreit since he was at Centerville. He's always been a nice guy but he's also had a pretty big head.
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11-16-2004, 05:58 PM
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Originally Posted by GoofyBuckeye
Herbie's concerned with his job at ESPN, not OSU...
Herbstreit has gone out of his way to criticize OSU and some of it's personal to him. If he wants to become a broadcaster, he needs to stay neutral about this stuff and stay out of it. |
You clowns need to get off Herbstreit's [censored]ing back. He's been as neutral as he possibly could be. Hey, if OSU is more important to you than your job, then why don't you just tell your boss that you're not coming in this week because it's the week before The Game? No? Thought so. Herbstreit has rarely picked against us in his game predictions...
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11-16-2004, 06:11 PM
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11-16-2004, 06:15 PM
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I agree that Herby should consider his job 1st and his relationship with OSU second. ESPN is signing his check to be a commentator, not a homer for OSU. That said, I think Geiger is 100% correct in what he has said in regards to Herbstreit. Geiger is defending his institution, and is saying that anyone who messes with it, will not be welcomed with open arms. Geiger's handling of both the Obie situation and the MoC mess have shown,IMO, that he is more than willing to fess up when mistakes have been made, and is willing to clean house and take the blame, but that he is not going to take unjustified criticism from the media lying down. I kinda JT had more of an attitude about the media-open but confrontational-like Geiger does. Both Herbstreit and Geiger are doing their jobs-sometimes it will require them to cross swords.
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11-16-2004, 06:20 PM
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