Kirk Herbstreit is known as ESPN’s top college football analyst and is one of the hosts of the Saturday pregame show College Gameday. BECOME A VIP MEMBER TODAY But before Herbstreit was in the booth, he was a quarterback for Ohio State from 1989-93 and worked on local Columbus radio after his football career. Because of his connection to the Buckeyes, Herbstreit is often criticized for being too favorable towards OSU and the Big Ten. Recently, Herbstreit went on Twitter to praise the success of Ohio State’s men’s basketball program under first-year head coach Chris Holtmann and was quickly chastised for being a “homer.” Homer — Austin Griffin (@AustinGriffin37) February 21, 2018 Herbstreit, who often interacts with his followers on Twitter, took a moment to explain that he is indeed a fan of his alma mater — like most people are — but that doesn’t stop him from doing his…
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