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QB Kirk Herbstreit (Frosted Quips)

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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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“I think it’s ridiculous,” Manuel said. “I have to pause because of my words. I was angered, infuriated by the insinuation that Michigan would do anything other than play a football game. We’ve been playing this game since 1879. 1879. We’re the winningest program for a reason because we play whoever is in front of us. The only way we want to keep anybody from moving on is to beat them on the fields of play.

“To insinuate that, to saying other than that is a statement by a fool. It is something that is – I can’t tell you how embarrassed I am for the Big Ten Conference to have one of their representatives who played this game. To say that about any team in this conference and to say it about college football and the student-athletes around this country who are trying to play games during a pandemic is ridiculous and sad.”
 
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For all the years of Herbie being impartial towards tOSU, this is a very bold statement. It would have been even if he said that about another university. Herbie showed his true scarlet and gray colors yesterday with this statement. On his national podium, he's got to be ambivalent toward his alma mater. Sure he can, and does, pump tOSU in his telecasts, but (I don't believe) ever to extremes. Off all the announcers, there have been many that have been blatantly 'homers'. None of them have reached the pinnacle of Herbie's success. I'm sure that several of you will, and please do. Anyway, congrats to Herbie, and by the way, more kudos for kow-towing to the ESPN bigshots that dictated that he apologize for his statement. Go Bucks! I called the Meatchicken 'pull-out' three weeks ago, and still believe that's the only way the Wolverweenies can beat us.
 
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He's the same fucking douchebag that gave us the "I'd never let my son play in a Jim Tressel offense" line. He's the same ESPN schill that dropped OSU in his AP Poll vote after they beat an SEC team in the Sugar Bowl. He's the same cockslap that accused an OSU player, by name, on the air, of being involved in Tatgate and never apologized afterward.

The only reason he popped off about someone ducking a game is that he's been swinging from Dabo's nuts too much since his son's walked on there. He's intoxicated by the musk of Dabo's ball sweat and has started staggering around running his mouth like a southern football coach.

Fuck him.

and P fucking S.......
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Don't want to pile on, but if Herbstreit has true colors, the colors aren't scarlet or gray. Whatever motivated him to speak out about Harbaugh, it sure as hell wasn't support for Ohio State. He carries anger and resentment toward Ohio State because no one would play along with the storyline he tried to write about being an Ohio State insider or sing along as he pretended about his accomplishments--rather than tell the truth: statistic for statistic, Joe Bauserman was a better QB and he is among the worst to ever start for Ohio State.
 
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Jaxbuck said:
He's the same fucking douchebag that gave us the "I'd never let my son play in a Jim Tressel offense" line. He's the same ESPN schill that dropped OSU in his AP Poll vote after they beat an SEC team in the Sugar Bowl. He's the same cockslap that accused an OSU player, by name, on the air, of being involved in Tatgate and never apologized afterward.

The only reason he popped off about someone ducking a game is that he's been swinging from Dabo's nuts too much since his son's walked on there. He's intoxicated by the musk of Dabo's ball sweat and has started staggering around running his mouth like a southern football coach.

Fuck him.

and P fucking S.......
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