Lee Corso V. RichRod

Herbie called us a very bad team as well, guessing that we may only win 4 games.  He then said we may win 8 because the Big Ten is so soft this year.

They probably only see the highlights of the games not involving the top teams.  And our highlight reel was probably all fumbles.

Following ESPN Corporate Doctrine they were probably barred from watching/speaking about anything not related the the one biggest story of the day.  This week any employee time not dedicated to OSU/USC was required to be limited to no more than 5 minutes.

I suspect  Corso was just calling it from the surface, and doesn't have some sort of personal vendetta against Rich as was supposed in this thread.  Keep in mind back in '05 West Virginia was his pick for the national title and he rode it for as long as he can.  I think Corso's just reacting like the rest of the world and not a fully informed expert on the sport.

 

Herbstreit, on the other hand...  Let me just say that back in the old days, when he first came onto the scene in the mid-90's, Kirk was a youthful, exuberant, and energetic presence whose main asset to the program was his on-field perspective.  NOW he's the most overwhelming EGO I may have ever seen behind a sports desk, and it truly AMAZES me that ESPN hasn't stepped in to handcuff his extreme-degree-to-the-point-of-rectal-bleeding Buckeye Partisanship!!!  He has crossed the line so many times he's miles away from ever stepping back!  From all of the media sway he's crafted in the poles, to all of the Tressel love he's pumped from his chair on the right side, to his miraculous ability to TALK ABOUT NOTHING BUT THE GREATNESS OF OSU and TRESSEL EVEN WHEN THEY'RE GETTING BLOWN OUT LIKE SATURDAY NIGHT, even-- and I'll go ahead and say it-- his blatant tampering with the Les Miles hire back in December, clearly...

 

Kirk Herbstreit abuses his position as a media figure for 'the glory of the DAMN BUCKEYES.  Why on earth is he even calling ALL of those games?  Think of Saturday night.  Think of the LSU title game last year.  Think of ALL of our OSU games since '06.  Herbstreit just waits for appropriate moments to rattle off his quasi-scripted sermons on Laurenitis, on Troy Smith's reads, on Beanie Well's power, on Hawk's tackling, on Hartline's hands.  Blah. Blah. Blah.  Pull him out and call the game.

Hell, even Pam Ward can do that.  Well, I may be stretching there, but you get the idea.

yeah.  I'm not the biggest fan.

Six -- Let me preface my remarks by saying I did not watch the OSU-USC game, so I missed any comments he made in that game. 

My take on Herbstreit is that he has been extremely pro-Big Ten.  Its hard to say if he is even more pro-OSU given that his time as the prime time game analyst has coincided with OSU owning the Big Ten and playing in at least 3 consecutive BCS games.

I don't think that he was malicious in calling the Les Miles to Michigan report.  I think everyone thought that, he just f-ed up by not doing adequate fact checking.  The inexcusable part is that an on-air personality, who is less likely to have the network of contacts to verify such a story, was the one doing the reporting.  This was his, and ESPN's, error in judgement.

I will also give him the benefit of the doubt about our game.  I doubt he had much time to analyze the M-ND game given tht he was doing game day, having to comment on the full slate of day games, and prepping for the OSU-USC game. He likely saw a highlight package full of fumbles and then gave what little insight he had given limited data.  And as much as it pains me, our game was very much back burner.  If not for the helmets and fight songs, its unlikely a tv crew shows up to televise it.

It seems that ESPN is making him their front man for college football.  Regardless of what we think of him, we are going to be seeing a lot of him.

Got news for ya, a coach is responsible to some degree for a team that had 6 turnovers and 7 fumbles in total, no matter how much you love Rich Rod and Co. Also, Herbstreit is one of the best college football analysts around. He is NOT an OSU shill no matter how much you imagine him to be. In fact, he's been overly critical of OSU to the point of alienating many in the OSU fanbase just so not to appear as a homer. I have a feeling that unless every analyst gets on camera and gives handjobs to Michigan and Rich Rod that some of you will believe that they have an anti UM bias. Quit embarrassing yourselves.

They embarrass themselves in every major game, and are sketchy in many of the others.  There's as much to criticize there as anywhere. 

And I'll bet Herbstreit has had some work done over the off-season -- he was looking really fake.  Or maybe HD is not kind to him?

I didn't think Herbstriet was over-the-top pro-OSU during the SC game at all.  In fact, he basically disowned them by the end of the game saying it had become men vs. boys.

worry way too much about the sports media

Timeliness was not the issue.  If a reporter gets a story, they want to break it ASAP before anyone else can. And that was one of the biggest off the field stories going at that point.  

I do agree that ESPN did everything to imply the Herbie had the contact with the source.  The scroll on the screen indicated that Herbstreit was the one with the lead.   ESPN usually cites the reporter who gets the lead on stories like that, such as Len Pasq. or Pat Forde if they come across something. 

"The Big Ten is a joke, and Ohio State is the poster child."

According to The Realests this is what Herbie said after the USC game.

There is no way that anyone is going to be pimping the Bucks after this game.  If OSU went 11-1 and won every game by 50+ they still would get no media love.

 

Herbstreit is an airhead who says nothing useful on Gameday.  His job is to get women to watch.