With the College Football Playoff set to kick off on January 1st, ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit took to Twitter on Tuesday to announce that he has tested positive for COVID-19. Herbstreit said he feels good but that COVID-19 protocols will keep him working from home. This includes working College GameDay and then the Sugar Bowl which … Read more
ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit ruffled more than a few feathers on Tuesday when he suggested that the University of Michigan could use the COVID-19 pandemic as a means of avoiding a matchup with the powerful rival Ohio State Buckeyes. He later issued an apology for his comments. Embed from Getty Images It wasn’t … Read more
In case you missed the College Football Playoff Show on Tuesday night, ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit threw some major shade at the Michigan Wolverines by saying he thought they would use COVID-19 as a reason ‘wave the white flag’ to avoid playing Ohio State. To see that video, please scroll down. Well, apparently … Read more
It has been a train-wreck of a season for Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines as they currently sit at 2-4 with two regular-season games remaining against Maryland and Ohio State. But according to Kirk Herbstreit of ESPN, he thinks Michigan will use COVID-19 as a reason to “wave the white” flag rather than having … Read more
Kirk Herbstreit called Michigan’s first game of the season against Minnesota and he came away extremely impressed with how the Wolverines played, specifically how the offensive line and running backs took the pressure off QB Joe Milton and allowed him to do his thing. Embed from Getty Images But as impressed as Herbstreit was with … Read more
On Saturday, ESPN televised their first College GameDay show of the 2020 season and analyst Kirk Herbstreit broke down crying while talking about what black and brown people in America are going through on a regular basis. “Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.” -B. … Read more
Regardless of how big of a Jim Harbaugh supporter you may be, you have to admit that he has not produced wins in Michigan’s biggest games of the season. Of course, those who are still in Harbaugh’s corner are quick to point out that he really has not had a great quarterback, and though that … Read more
According to ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit, NCAA ‘decision-makers’ have multiple contingency plans in the works which would allow the 2020 college to take place, even if it does not kick off until 2021. From The Detroit News: “If everything’s OK, status quo, show up on campus in July, two-a-days, regular season, here we go, that’s the … Read more
Notre Dame Fighting Irish head coach Brian Kelly sure wasn’t shy about making his thoughts known about the comments made by ESPN analyst regarding the immediate future of college football. Of course, thanks to the spread of the novel coronavirus, several sports leagues across North America and the world have completely paused their day-to-day operations … Read more
NOTE: The views expressed in this EDITORIAL do not necessarily reflect the views of Detroit Sports Nation or a majority of its writers and should not be misconstrued as such. The views contained within are the views of the author and the author alone. Michigan State has had some… issues in the past of feeling … Read more
There is no question about it, Michigan has been one of the most hyped teams in the nation this offseason. Some “experts” even have them winning the Big Ten and going to the College Football Playoff. One expert who disagrees with the hype (at least to the level stated above) is ESPN analyst, Kirk Herbstreit. … Read more
ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit gave quite a few compliments to Mark Dantonio’s Spartan squad before they take the field on Saturday in the Big Ten Championship against the undefeated Iowa Hawkeyes.
