Words matter. These are the best Kirk Herbstreit Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I love going to Columbia, Missouri. That is a really underrated campus. It shocked me when I went there because I really didn’t know what to expect. I have four boys, and if they ever ended up saying they wanted to go to Missouri, I’d be very happy for them.
I think it’s really important as a parent to be present, and I really, really worked hard because my dad struggled with that. And it really bothered me as a kid that I would want to share something with him, and he didn’t hear me.
I ended up doing a job that I absolutely love. I grew up a college football junkie.
With the Capital One Bowl, the average fan might think whoopty do. But if you are a team member, you win that game and you see how much momentum that gives people going into winter conditioning, recruiting, and spring football.
Work will always come second to my kids.
It’s one thing to be a cynic or an opponent of Jim Harbaugh if you’re a fan of Ohio State or Michigan State or Penn State or an SEC school.
I don’t know if anyone’s ever done that, where they do a big college game and then do a game in the NFL. It would have to be a Monday game, obviously. If it were a Sunday game I wouldn’t be able to do college and pro. Ideally, in a perfect world, I would love the challenge of trying to do both.
Like a lot of people, I’m getting up there in age. Before I ate anything and everything. I just inhaled food. I enjoy eating, and I used to be the guy who works out just to eat. Now I’m much smarter about what I eat.
I have a job to do, and my job is to analyze the game.
When you are the Super Bowl for every team you play, you’re going to have a game or two where you don’t have the fast ball working, and you’re going to get some scares.
In 1996, we go on the road and there would be a couple of hundred people around the desk. It just kept growing and growing. I think the year it changed was when Michael Vick was at Virginia Tech and Frank Beamer was the first coach to recognize the benefit of having College GameDay come to your campus.
Typically, Disney provides one of their charter planes to get me from one spot to the other. A lot of times, if we go to the hotel at the game site, I’ll take a shower and change and head over to the game.
One thing about bowl games for me is that big time programs might rank higher, but I love the regional match ups. The bragging rights are on the line.
I probably need to get a few more hobbies besides sports because that’s pretty much what I’ve done my whole life.
I think James Franklin is a great coach. I’m a huge fan.
I happen to be a really good sleeper on the plane. I’m pretty good at catching up on getting as much rest as I can.
My dad played at Ohio State, my dad coached with Woody Hayes. Ohio State’s always been Ohio State.
Because I put in so much time and preparation, when I’m in the booth during a game, I see X’s and O’s. I just see football, and I remove my emotion from anything I ever do, whether it’s my kids playing, Ohio State playing.
I just don’t think enough players realize the power of these programs and the doors they open for you if you go about your business right and take advantage of being at great school.
It’s hard to describe to people unless you’re a college football fan, the energy of it, the pageantry, getting onto a college campus in the fall.
In a normal year, I’m home a lot.
And now we’re in a world where players are skipping some of these bowl games, people are talking about the only bowl games that matter are the playoff, and I just happen to disagree with that wholeheartedly.
