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calibuck
Too soon old, too late smart
Just a thought looking at how badly ESPN rates tOSU recruits, it must be incredibly hard for Herbie to work there. He has to walk a tightrope between being a highly-paid ESPNer, and a closet Buckeye Faithful. ESPN has a 'mad on' for the B10, and tOSU in particular, and Herbie makes millions a year for a company that would like to nuke tOSU.
He's the 'heir apparent' to Mushberger, and Mushmouth doesn't hesitate to gig Herbie about 'his' Buckeyes (probably just to put Herbie in hot water with the bosses), and so it's quite natural that Herbie downplays tOSU accomplishments to prove he's not a 'homer'. Not sure how it's OK for Holtz to be a clear-cut Domer homer, but not Herbie. [Mark May] for Pitt, who cares? Yeah, it's a line I wouldn't be able to walk, not even for the millions Herbie makes. Well, maybe.....
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He's the 'heir apparent' to Mushberger, and Mushmouth doesn't hesitate to gig Herbie about 'his' Buckeyes (probably just to put Herbie in hot water with the bosses), and so it's quite natural that Herbie downplays tOSU accomplishments to prove he's not a 'homer'. Not sure how it's OK for Holtz to be a clear-cut Domer homer, but not Herbie. [Mark May] for Pitt, who cares? Yeah, it's a line I wouldn't be able to walk, not even for the millions Herbie makes. Well, maybe.....
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calibuck;2349326; said:Just a thought looking at how badly ESPN rates tOSU recruits, it must be incredibly hard for Herbie to work there. He has to walk a tightrope between being a highly-paid ESPNer, and a closet Buckeye Faithful. ESPN has a 'mad on' for the B10, and tOSU in particular, and Herbie makes millions a year for a company that would like to nuke tOSU.
He's the 'heir apparent' to Mushberger, and Mushmouth doesn't hesitate to gig Herbie about 'his' Buckeyes (probably just to put Herbie in hot water with the bosses), and so it's quite natural that Herbie downplays tOSU accomplishments to prove he's not a 'homer'. Not sure how it's OK for Holtz to be a clear-cut Domer homer, but not Herbie. [Mark May] for Pitt, who cares? Yeah, it's a line I wouldn't be able to walk, not even for the millions Herbie makes. Well, maybe.....
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Holtz has been assigned a role of a senile old man. We are not supposed to take him seriously. He is Gabby Hayes to Mark May's John Wayne (ESPN versions, that is).
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calibuck;2349326; said:
I don't think ESPN wants to nuke OSU, that would ultimately be bad for business. ESPN prefers the Chinese Water Torture route; drag things out to maximize the talking points during slow news cycles.
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ysubuck
Be water my friend.
calibuck;2349326; said:Just a thought looking at how badly ESPN rates tOSU recruits, it must be incredibly hard for Herbie to work there. He has to walk a tightrope between being a highly-paid ESPNer, and a closet Buckeye Faithful. ESPN has a 'mad on' for the B10, and tOSU in particular, and Herbie makes millions a year for a company that would like to nuke tOSU.
He's the 'heir apparent' to Mushberger, and Mushmouth doesn't hesitate to gig Herbie about 'his' Buckeyes (probably just to put Herbie in hot water with the bosses), and so it's quite natural that Herbie downplays tOSU accomplishments to prove he's not a 'homer'. Not sure how it's OK for Holtz to be a clear-cut Domer homer, but not Herbie. [Mark May] for Pitt, who cares? Yeah, it's a line I wouldn't be able to walk, not even for the millions Herbie makes. Well, maybe.....
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Is this a joke? Herbstriet has gone out of his way to bash Ohio State on numerous occasions. It has gone way beyond the point of journalistic objectivity. He went so far as to say if he were a parent of an offensive player that he wouldn't send him to Ohio State. I'll never let that go. We all had our problems with Jim Tressel's offense, but to be a national "analyst" saying this on national television went too far. He goes out of his way to beat up on Ohio State. That may change now that Urban Meyer is here, but you can't put that toothpaste back in the tube. Herbstriet has/had a clear problem with Ohio State and their fans and he never missed a chance to take a shot at the Buckeyes and certainly never defended them like he has other programs (SEC, USC, etc.).
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Buckeye86
I do not choose to discuss it
I don't feel like looking it up even though a link is probably on this page or the one prior, but he recently did a panel discussion with a bunch of Ohio State people (possibly even with Meyer) where he said to "book your tickets to Pasadena."
He's definitely trying to weasel his way back in to the Buckeye circle of trust. It would certainly be a major plus for him and his ESPN overlords if he did manage it (although I am sure most ESPN watchers assume he knows everything about Ohio State despite being frozen from the WHAC for years).
I hope he continues to get the cold shoulder despite his efforts to get back in good graces with the group he has consistently trashed for the last decade on a national stage.
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He's definitely trying to weasel his way back in to the Buckeye circle of trust. It would certainly be a major plus for him and his ESPN overlords if he did manage it (although I am sure most ESPN watchers assume he knows everything about Ohio State despite being frozen from the WHAC for years).
I hope he continues to get the cold shoulder despite his efforts to get back in good graces with the group he has consistently trashed for the last decade on a national stage.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Oh8ch;2349328; said:
I thought that Lee Corso was assigned the role of the senile old man at ESPN.
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ysubuck;2349555; said:
That wasnt even the worst for me. He named names of INNOCENT players when TAT-gate broke. He threw kids under a bus that they had no part of. No retraction, no apology. He can EABOD
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