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Scarlet and Gray, inside

Kirk Herbstreit cried before his last game as a Buckeye, but he will be an impartial observer Saturday.

Friday, November 17, 2006


It's hard to find someone raised in Buckeye tradition any more than Kirk Herbstreit -- a former quarterback and captain at Ohio State whose father was a captain for the Buckeyes as well.
Herbstreit was the kind of kid who would go out in the back yard after the Ohio State-Michigan game and re-enact what just happened on the field. But his father, Jim Herbstreit, after he had coached for Woody Hayes with the Buckeyes, went on to coach under Bo Schembechler at Miami University. So Kirk, who graduated from Ohio State in 1992, relates to both sides of college football's greatest rivalry.
Herbstreit, though, wasn't very successful in it, the Buckeyes going 0-4-1 in his time there, including a 13-13 tie his senior season.
He still lives in the Columbus area and hosts a radio show in town, but he is known around the country as a national college football analyst. An ESPN commentator for 11 years, Herbstreit will be part of the broadcast team for the Ohio State-Michigan game for the first time Saturday, joining Brent Musburger and Bob Davie for the call of the game. He spoke on a conference call with reporters earlier this week.
Q: How big is this game to you?
"Not only did I play in it, I've been part of the rivalry my entire life, since I was breathing. It sounds sick, but it's all I've loved for my entire life. And to watch this season come down to this, the winner's going to the championship game, is beyond exciting.
"I used to go to bed at night when I was in high school, when I started to realize I was going to play at a pretty high level in college -- and this was in the middle of the Cold War when nuclear bombs were a serious threat -- and I used to go to bed and pray that they could hold off on a nuclear bomb until I got to play in the Ohio State-Michigan game, because I followed it my entire life and I wanted to see my dream of being involved in it."
Q: As a former Ohio State player, will this be a difficult game for you to do in the booth?
"Not for me. I think that it's natural for people to wonder that. I've been doing this with College GameDay for 11 years and doing games for six or seven years, and to me when I get up in the booth, I evaluate a game. I'm not looking at what school I happened to attend. I look at the two teams analytically and who's trying to move the ball down the field. And I will have no problem saying whatever is happening and why it's happening.
"That's my job, to tell why things are unfolding the way they are. That's my style and the way I've done it for a number of years, and that's the way I'll continue to do it Saturday."
Q: Do you get feedback from Michigan fans who don#=cm EQ=#t believe you can be impartial? #=EP=# #=cm DSQ=#Most often when Michigan fans come up to me, they say, #=cm SQ=#For an Ohio State guy, I can#=cm EQ=#t believe how fair you are.#=cm EQ=# And hopefully they#=cm EQ=#ll listen and realize again that I don#=cm EQ=#t really have any hidden agenda. I take my job a little bit more seriously than I take the fact that I went to a certain school. #=EP=# #=cm DSQ=#My job is to analyze the game. If this would have been my second or third year at ESPN, I could understand [that thinking]. But I#=cm EQ=#ve been removed from Ohio State for a long time, I#=cm EQ=#ve been on national TV for a long time, I#=cm EQ=#ve done pretty significant games, and all I can say is I#=cm EQ=#ll analyze the game and I hope Ohio State fans will see I#=cm EQ=#m doing a fair job and Michigan fans and any other fans. I#=cm EQ=#ll just do what I do.#=cm DEQ=# #=EP=#-RD%>
Q: Would you say this game is based on history and tradition and not bitterness?
A: "I would agree 100 percent with that. The fans hate each other's guts, they're not hiding that. Some real nastiness is surfacing on both sides this weekend, and that's the passion the fans have. You'll see former players having fun talking a little bit of trash, but it's a respectful approach. I've talked with players from both sides, and as much as they want to win the game, they talk about how it's the hardest-hitting game they play in but the least trash-talking game they play in all year.
Q: Could you imagine playing for Michigan?
"My dad played at Ohio State and he was a captain at Ohio State, and he went on to coach for Woody Hayes and then he followed Bo to Miami of Ohio and was Bo's defensive coordinator for a while. So my dad was an Ohio State captain and coach, but I had a great respect for Bo, who was a family friend, and I was always raised to respect Michigan. I was not one of those guys raised to want to see Michigan lose 11 games. I wanted to see them win 10 games and lose one, and that's the way I continue to be."
Q: What's your lasting memory of playing in the game?
"I had lived a lifelong dream of playing at a school like Ohio State and to come out for Senior Day for the last time and to run on the field at the Horseshoe . . . I was a captain that year and they introduced me at the end, and to run on the field, I had tears streaming down my face. You remember the camaraderie and how special the relationships were that you built there over time, and the fact it was coming to an end after that game, that stands out to me."
-- Doug Lesmerises
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Former QB always in motion during fall
Saturday, November 18, 2006

Kirk Herbstreit is a busy man.

Last college-football season, the Upper Arlington resident and former Ohio State quarterback already had a lot on his plate: He hosted a Columbus radio show and analyzed games for College GameDay on ESPN as well as the network?s Thursday-night game.

During the summer, he added another duty for the 2006-07 season: co-analyst for the new Saturday-night game on ABC.

"As soon as they asked me, I was all about it," said Herbstreit, who had asked to be considered if the opportunity arose.

Network officials wanted someone in the thick of college football to complement the play-by-play of Brent Musburger and the coaching perspective of Bob Davie, said Jed Drake, senior vice president and executive producer of remote production for ESPN.

"I think Kirk sees a different game than most of us see," said Drake, comparing his skill to that of baseball analyst Joe Morgan.

"He (Herbstreit) communicates so well. He?s got insightful opinions that are based on great knowledge."

During the coverage of OSU at Texas, the second ABC game of the year, Musburger marveled on-air at such a hectic life.

"Nobody works harder in college football than you," Musburger told Herbstreit. "I can?t believe your schedule."

After the deal with ABC ? which, like ESPN, is owned by Disney ? was sealed, wife Allison added another type of responsibility: She gave birth to their fourth son, Chase, on Aug. 9. (The couple also have 6-year-old twins, Jake and Tye, and a 3-yearold, Zak.)

Kirk Herbstreit doesn?t sleep much.

"I?m really not around this time of year," the 37-year-old said. "It?s like four months of nonstop.

"Then, once I get to Jan. 9, it?s the complete opposite: I?m here seven days a week and just have my radio show (on WBNS)."

Herbstreit met Allison, a former OSU cheerleader, after his playing days (the 1990 through ?92 seasons).

These days, he credits his mother and hers, both of whom live in Columbus, with helping them through each football season.

Also, he noted, Allison is incredibly understanding.

"Of the whole family, she has the most patience."

Herbstreit began his broadcasting career in 1993 at the Fan (1460 AM).

He put together a tape of his best work there and sent it to ESPN, landing a sideline-reporter job in 1995. A year later, he joined Game-Day.

This year, since Aug. 31, he has worked 12 Thursday games, from Boise, Idaho, to Boston; hit 10 GameDay sites, from Los Angeles to Gainesville, Fla. (one in Columbus); and analyzed seven of nine Saturday-night games on ABC.

Today, he?ll join Musburger and Davie at the OSU-Michigan game ? at 3:30 p.m. on ABC.

GameDay has coincided with the ABC night-game location five times this season.

Twice, Herbstreit has had to travel: On Sept. 23, he hopped in a limo from the OSU-Penn State game in Columbus to get to the Notre Dame-Michigan State game in East Lansing, Mich. On Oct. 14, he flew from GameDay in Auburn, Ala., to the night game between Michigan and Penn State in State College, Pa.

So, of the past 81 days, he has been at home about 35.


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http://www.columbusdispatch.com/bball/bball.php?story=dispatch/2006/11/18/20061118-D1-02.html
 
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Lantern

Herbie's right: OSU basketball fans suck

Scott Woods

Issue date: 3/28/07 Section: Sports

I frickin' love Kirk Herbstreit.

Not in the "Throw your panties on the GameDay set" way most female viewers do, but rather in the "This guy has some monstrous balls" way. Herbie could pass his stones off as cantaloupes in the Kroger produce section, for chrissakes. We're talking brontosaurus-sized nuts here, folks.

"The university and the athletic department should have a certain criteria that you should have to meet before you could actually qualify as being an Ohio State fan," Herbstreit said on his local radio show last March 15.

The rather pedestrian former Buckeye quarterback was raging about the lack of OSU fans that made the relatively brief trip to Lexington, Ky., two weeks ago to support the basketball Buckeyes for the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament.

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Bucknuts (Free)

Good read here...

GatorCountrty.com: Herbstreit Chat

By Bucknuts Staff
Posted Jul 1, 2007


Q. Kirk, were you surprised by OSU?s game plan-defensively and offensively?
Herbstreit: As for Ohio State, I think people reacting to what happened to Ohio State in the championship game and saying the SEC had too much speed is just oversimplifying what happened. If you saw what happened against Texas in Austin. We could all agree that athletically every year the Texas Longhorns are a team that can run. OSU not only ran with Texas but ran by them. It wasn?t X and O. It wasn?t SEC speed against the Big 10. It was about the eye of the tiger. It was about being disrespected and questioned for 50-something days and showing up with a point to prove and the other team thinking this was an easy victory and all they had to do was show up and collect the trophy. There have been 9 BCS championship games --- seven of the nine, the number two and underdog has won outright. That is not a coincidence. That?s a trend. If you are looking for an opportunity to make wagers. Whoever is number two next year in the BCS game will win. They will sit around for four or five weeks and hear how they don?t have a chance. One team focused, energized and foaming at the mouth. The other team thinking Senior Bowl, agents, an easy victory. They got put right on their butts by a team that was determined and played a great game. They deserved to win the national title.
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Herbstreit ready for football
Saturday, July 28, 2007
By Chris Beaven
repository sports writer

When it comes to football, Kirk Herbstreit is like millions of Americans. He loves the game and can?t get enough of it.

That?s what makes the end of July special, as two-a-days get under way in the NFL and college and high school teams soon follow.

?A lot of people get to this time of the year, and they?re ready to get their football fix,? said Herbstreit, a former Ohio State quarterback and one of ESPN?s top college football analysts.
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Big Ten expansion talk surprises Herbstreit
ESPN analyst, ex-OSU star, says conference looked down on 12-team setups in past.

"I'll be shocked if they're not 8-0," Herbstreit said, noting the relative ease of OSU's first eight games, before it closes with Penn State, Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan. "(The game) at Purdue, I think, is the only part of the early schedule that could pose a problem.

"This team will remind people more of the '02 than the '05 and '06 (teams). There won't be a lot of offensive fireworks. The defense will set up a controlled offense with a new quarterback, and in the final four games they'll find out how good they really are."
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Herbie gets so much praise for his professionalism that it is almost pointless to post it. But I propose that we post examples from time-to-time so that future generations will remember the way he was perceived in his time.

Here is typical stuff from College Football News Front Page (Richard Cirminiello).


If he hasn?t already, Lee Corso will officially jump the shark with his antics this fall. It was fun for awhile, but am I the only person that?s gotten really tired of his shtick? Kirk Herbstreit, meanwhile, will continue to be the most rock-solid, informative broadcaster in all of college football
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Busiest man in college football
By Kyle Nagel

Staff Writer
Monday, September 03, 2007

CINCINNATI ? Kirk Herbstreit's voice was hoarse.

"I was in Blacksburg (Va.) Friday and Saturday," he said, clearing his throat. "GameDay was there, show's over at 12, and I caught a Disney private plane that flew me to Cal, and by the time I landed and got to the stadium, I was right on time to do the Cal-Tennessee game with Brent (Musburger).

"I did that telecast, then I went back to the airport, took a red-eye, landed here about 8 local, took a quick shower at a hotel and came right over."

He shook his head, which had the stubble of 24 hours without a shave.

"Man," Herbstreit said, standing on the sidelines as Cincinnati St. Xavier High School played DeMatha, Md., in the Kirk Herbstreit Ohio vs. USA Challenge at Nippert Stadium. "I don't even know where I am right now."

The busiest man in college football came to his own event Sunday. When a 24-hour period starts in Virginia, goes to California and ends in Cincinnati, you might not think high school football is the main concern.
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Last updated September 28, 2007 11:10 p.m. PT

Go 2 Guy: For Herbstreit, it's all in a 'GameDay'
By JIM MOORE
P-I COLUMNIST

If you're like me, you start every fall Saturday morning with ESPN's "College GameDay." For my money, there's not a better pregame show -- and that counts them all, in every sport on every network, though "Fox NFL Sunday" comes close.

"GameDay" is in Eugene, Ore., this week for the Cal-Oregon game and will be on the air from 7 to 9 a.m. You know what that means -- hundreds, if not thousands, of Ducks fans will be drunk before breakfast, cheering and waving signs behind the set as Chris Fowler, Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit talk about college football.

It will be a typically busy day for Herbstreit, who, after his "GameDay" appearances, flies to the site of ABC's Saturday night game so he can join Brent Musburger in the booth.

Earlier this week, I spoke to Herbstreit about his itinerary, and it was predictably crazy. He flew from his home in Columbus, Ohio, to Seattle on Thursday to meet with UW coaches and players to prepare for the Huskies-Trojans telecast.
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He called out Chris Wells on Gameday. IMO he went too far. If hes got a problem with the buckeyes "supposedly family" talk to the kid behind closed doors. This goes to show hes a corporate gut...boarderline politician. I lost alot of respect for him today. If I was a team captain I would tell him to his face that if he don't likje us just stay away.

Calling him out about his ankle is out of line. Herbie suggest that Wells is being a pussy because he has used his ankle as an excuse for the last two seasons. I didn't know Herbie was a coach or physician for OSU...I guess he was treying to get Wells motivated but doing it on Gameday and the smug way he did it was wrong. Definately somethign you wouldn't do to your family.
 
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brutus2002;950764; said:
He called out Chris Wells on Gameday. IMO he went too far. If hes got a problem with the buckeyes "supposedly family" talk to the kid behind closed doors. This goes to show hes a corporate gut...boarderline politician. I lost alot of respect for him today. If I was a team captain I would tell him to his face that if he don't likje us just stay away.

Calling him out about his ankle is out of line. Herbie suggest that Wells is being a pussy because he has used his ankle as an excuse for the last two seasons. I didn't know Herbie was a coach or physician for OSU...I guess he was treying to get Wells motivated but doing it on Gameday and the smug way he did it was wrong. Definately somethign you wouldn't do to your family.
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IMO Herbie was just challenging Beanie the same way we all challenge all the Buckeyes to play. Lord knows that if the unthinkable happens there will be those in here who will blame and lament over certain players play.
 
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