Kirk Herbstreit is staying with ESPN.
The network announced Wednesday that the face of College GameDay has signed “a multi-year extension with ESPN.” (RELATED: David Hookstead Is The True King In The North When It Comes To College Football)
Salary details aren’t known, but you can bet like hell he’s getting the bag.
Emmy Award-winning college football analyst @KirkHerbstreit signs a multi-year extension with ESPN
Herbstreit will continue in his role across @ESPNCFB, including @CollegeGameDay & ABC Saturday Night Football
More: https://t.co/T3wbJtpVjN pic.twitter.com/0W1JYIrryE
— ESPN PR (@ESPNPR) March 23, 2022
Herbstreit is hands down one of the most talented people in the world of sports media, and when you have a guy like him, you do whatever is necessary to keep him.
Now, ESPN has locked him up and Herbstreit will also do NFL games for Amazon. He’s absolutely crushing it right now.
I asked ESPN’s @KirkHerbstreit if @PennStateFball can still make the playoff if they lose to @OhioStateFB. He had an extremely detailed explanation on the potential scenario.
Listen to what he had to say here: pic.twitter.com/axFIqxTE6R
— David Hookstead (@dhookstead) November 6, 2019
While I have plenty of issues with the way ESPN is run, the college football product put out by the network is second to none, and College GameDay is the main reason why.
As the face of GameDay, there was no chance ESPN was ever going to let Herbstreit leave. Now, he’s locked in for several more years!
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Props to Herbstreit for getting paid!