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I’m finding it hard to regain my respect for Herbstreit this year
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I’m finding it hard to regain my respect for Herbstreit this year


Nov 18, 2019, 11:16 AM

(This has nothing to do with his sons being at Clemson, purely his analysis job)

Last year when Herbstreit lobbied with all his might for Georgia to move up to #3 after losing the SEC title game I lost a lot of respect for him and his opinions on college football.

I thought it was a terribly reckless thing to do and started the dangerous precedent of throwing results completely out the window in favor of pure opinion and eye test.

Furthermore, I’m not sure that he truly believed what he was saying. I feel like he was told to lobby for Georgia so as to create drama so people would tune in for the selection show. That’s all fine and dandy for a known troublemaker talking head like Stephen A or Kellerman to do... but this was Herbstreit, who has been one of the leading faces and authorities on college football at a national level for several years now.

Honestly as I’ve watched him this year, I’ve struggled to regain that respect and take him seriously again. I really believe that hard stance he took was that damaging to his reputation.

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I am sorry for you and him


Nov 18, 2019, 11:18 AM

I hope you 2 can somehow fix your differences and get back together

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Nothin' left to do but smile, smile, smile!!!!


Re: I am sorry for you and him


Nov 18, 2019, 11:38 AM

Your dogs, as a pair, have a sinister look about them.

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yeah


Nov 18, 2019, 11:55 AM

the white one will go tear something up and the brown one will act like he didn't know about it

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Cat on a tin roof, dogs in a pile,
Nothin' left to do but smile, smile, smile!!!!


Re: I’m finding it hard to regain my respect for Herbstreit this year


Nov 18, 2019, 11:22 AM

There is always marriage and family therapy.

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Re: I’m finding it hard to regain my respect for Herbstreit this year


Nov 18, 2019, 11:25 AM

It's hard to defend Herbie's take on UGA last year, but a huge aspect of what he was saying that gets lost in the story: He thought he saw UGA play against one of the greatest teams ever in college football.

The thought that Bama was so far superior to everyone else in the country was so commonly accepted that most didn't even acknowledge that it could be wrong.

Sure he was trying to hype the selection show, but he thought what he was saying had some validity based on opinions of Bama.

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Re: I’m finding it hard to regain my respect for Herbstreit this year


Nov 18, 2019, 11:34 AM

Sportscasters have a job to do. If every one of them jumped on the Tiger bandwagon as you would like the show ratings would drop considerably. Believe it or not but 90% of those who watch these shows don’t tune in to hear how great Clemson is. To me, it just makes these championships we are winning that much more enjoyable. I love it when they hate us!!! Sit back and enjoy the moment

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this particular gripe has nothing to do with Clemson


Nov 18, 2019, 11:36 AM

It’s that he lobbied for a team that just lost to move UP. Rendering actual results meaningless. Keep in mind, Georgia was a two loss team, with already a rout loss to LSU

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Sure, and it wasn’t much of a stretch to think UGA was


Nov 18, 2019, 1:22 PM [ in reply to Re: I’m finding it hard to regain my respect for Herbstreit this year ]

better than OK and ND.

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Re: I’m finding it hard to regain my respect for Herbstreit this year


Nov 18, 2019, 11:29 AM

Getting UGA into the playoffs would (long term) open the door for his alma mater (ohio state) who habitually loses a game they shouldn't every year or so.

Gotta look at his long game here.

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It's clear that each analyst is "assigned" a team to tout to


Nov 18, 2019, 11:32 AM

create a little drama and bring more eyes to the show.

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Re: It's clear that each analyst is "assigned" a team to tout to


Nov 18, 2019, 11:41 AM

joeyb® said:

create a little drama and bring more eyes to the show.



^^^^^^^
THIS

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Re: It's clear that each analyst is "assigned" a team to tout to


Nov 18, 2019, 11:47 AM [ in reply to It's clear that each analyst is "assigned" a team to tout to ]

Perfectly describes all news, sporting and otherwise.

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Re: I’m finding it hard to regain my respect for Herbstreit this year


Nov 18, 2019, 11:35 AM

Here is an example of the problem with how so many react to the media. Why do they have to be right 100% of the time, and why do you have to agree with them 100% of the time in order for them to have your respect?

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All of these goobers are analysts, and as long as the


Nov 18, 2019, 11:37 AM

playoff is determined by opinion/analysis, this nonsense will continue. In Herbie's defense, I suspect that to some degree, his opinion is influenced by his effort to seem unbiased in favor of Clemson, where his sons play.

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I suspect...


Nov 18, 2019, 11:41 AM

that to a great degree, his opinion is influenced by the $EZ homers for whom he works.

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Nov 18, 2019, 11:45 AM



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Not even going to read all this....


Nov 18, 2019, 11:54 AM

Herb's one of the best out there. And it's a fact of life you are not going to agree with him all the time.

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You have to admit...


Nov 18, 2019, 1:59 PM

the argument he tried to make for Georgia last year was not one of his better moments.

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I think it’s BS that announcers are told what to say. I’m


Nov 18, 2019, 11:56 AM

sure they are encouraged though to talk about conferences as a whole in general because that’s great for ratings..

I think he seriously thought Bama was that good so that UGA was that good. He and a lot of people were proven wrong though.

Also, it wasn’t much of a stretch to think UGA was better than OK and ND.

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