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QB Kirk Herbstreit (Frosted Quips)

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Bucklion said:
CANT wait to hear his empty-headed groupie take on Dabos comments too
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Might not be quite that deep but you get the point
 
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BuckBackHome said:
Just saw his apology for speculating michigan would wave the flag. Is Herbie looking more like Alex Jones every day or is it me?
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Kirk Herbstreit Foolishly Asserts Michigan Will Back Out of Ohio State Game

The College Football Playoff rankings show Tuesday night was a nothingburger—the top seven teams from last week remain the top seven teams this week, Ho hum. Move along.

Until ESPN lead analyst Kirk Herbstreit tossed a maize-and-blue Molotov cocktail into the mix.

“I still think,” Herbstreit volunteered, "Michigan waves the white flag and doesn't play Ohio State next week.”

That was a jaw-dropper of an assertion—that a team would use a COVID-19 excuse to avoid playing its biggest rival, while simultaneously knocking said hated rival out of eligibility for the Big Ten championship game. And he threw in the “white flag” surrender metaphor for added style points. That sound you heard was Bo Schembechler rumbling out of the grave in a rage, ready to haunt Herbstreit for implying that his program is chicken.

Anchor Rece Davis smartly and quickly went back at Herbstreit, asking him if that is indeed what he was implying.

Herbstreit began to double down, albeit more generally. He said he’s heard from coaches who believe losing teams are using the virus to avoid “being humiliated” on the field. Then he backtracked slightly, saying he doesn’t know what the situation is at Michigan. Davis then said any program operating in such a cowardly manner lacks character.

About an hour later, Herbstreit issued a video apology on Twitter: “I had no business at all saying that. I have no evidence of that. It was completely unfair to Michigan, to Jim Harbaugh, to his players and coaches, and I just want to apologize."

Herbstreit’s stellar work as the lead analyst on ESPN/ABC games has earned him a beloved spot in the sport, and that apology is consistent with who he is. But he's no rookie, and knows the weight his words carry. This will be a hard bell to un-ring in a rivalry that can take on hyperbolic emotional payload.

So, even with the apology logged quickly and very publicly, expect the reverberations from that to bounce around Ann Arbor from now until Dec. 12—when Ohio State is scheduled to play Michigan. If anything could rally a downtrodden fan base and fire up a demoralized program, a former Buckeye quarterback accusing the Wolverines of being too chicken to play one of the most celebrated rivalry games in the sport will do it.

Jim Harbaugh assuredly got his khakis in a twist over that one. (Sports Illustrated reached out for comment from Michigan on Tuesday night, and a spokesman replied, “We have no comment on Kirk.”) You can rightfully accuse Harbaugh of doing a lousy job coaching his 2–4 team this season, and of underachieving for the bulk of his six-season tenure. But this is a blood-and-guts competitor who would seem completely opposed to playing a bogus COVID card to avoid a game—even with the likelihood of a sixth straight loss to Ohio State.

Entire article: https://www.si.com/college/2020/12/02/kirk-herbstreit-espn-michigan-ohio-state-comments

 
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