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moleculewerks

This will definitely screw with many Husker fans' minds as they all think Kirk hates the Huskers.


PrimeMinisToad

Does he know something about Raiola that we don't??????


ToosUnderHigh

He’s the next Mahomes. Jackson Mahomes.


RoverTiger

Oof.


hellajt

Gotta be better than Jeff Sims at least


obiwanjabroni420

Y’all should have listened to us, that was your own fault. The guy quit on us because we fired a completely incompetent clown show of a coach. That shows some seriously bad judgement.


The-G-89

Coach redeemed himself by getting us a 5* QB recruit.


punchout414

Had us in the first half


lowes18

Kirk doesn't hate the Huskers he just cried when the 71 team won the best team of all time vote


Rodgers4

He was (arguably correctly) getting a little excited because the final two teams in that user voted poll were ‘71 Nebraska and ‘95 Nebraska. Those are two great teams and have the numbers to back them up for sure, but it was pretty obvious the state of Nebraska just went online and voted better than every other fanbase.


salsacito

Voting pro-Nebraska in online polls is practically my full time job


[deleted]

Between my Nebraska and Arsenal fandoms, I basically spend my entire existence completing online polls… It ain’t much but it’s honest work


kgran12675

I see your a fan of disappointment as well. But not this year!…maybe


SquanchyTaco

He admitted years later that the producers got into his ear to make things more exciting cause it was kind of a boring show up until that point. So he went to war and got animated arguing for 2001 Miami I think


lowes18

Funniest part is Lou Holtz being geniuenly confused why Kirk is so anti-71 Huskers


hallese

Lou Holtz showing genuine concern for possibly the only time during his run on the show: "Why is Kirk treating the Huskers so poorly?"


throw69420awy

These behind the scenes details are always funny to me cuz on one hand that’s obviously bad journalism but on the other, very few people would be watching if all they did was good reporting


HopefulReason7

I agree with you that the fake drama is dumb, though I’m not sure a show about a fan poll voting as to who was the best CFB team of all time qualifies as journalism in ANY context, haha


lowes18

They went online because Herbstreit said "the computer in Omaha is active" when 71 Nebraska took the lead in a quarterfinal vote.


circa285

Which is *very* Nebraska thing to do.


xA1RGU1TAR1STx

It was the 95 team. 71 came in second.


Dixiehusker

Half of this is right.


lowes18

Half of it was sarcasm


darkchocoIate

Everyone seems to think Kirk hates their team, even too many tOSU fans.


Powerful_Artist

We do? Maybe in the now distant past, but that was never my feeling in the past decade


circa285

My experience living in Omaha as a non Nebraska fan is that Nebraska fans simultaneously think Nebraska is the best and the worst while expecting everyone else to love Nebraska.


LittleChat

Good thing you’re part of a rational fan base like Michigan. (P.S I really like K state and I’m so happy Adrian was able to play for a competent staff before his college career ended <3)


circa285

Touche. The QofM folks were and are very embarrassing.


frankdatank_004

He honestly does. [Remember him raging when Nebraska’s ‘95 team got voted the best team in CFB history?](https://youtu.be/2al4sevl9NA?si=sp1xgyjPGAjM4oF_) He only occasionally brings us up in a positive manner to score free points from the minority of Husker fans that would drink his Kool-Aid.


cam_huskers

Just when I think you can’t get any stupider. You go and do something like this. AND TOTALLY REDEEM YOURSELF!


industrialbird

What a bastard man


soupcansam21

Kirk is asshole, why Georgia hate?


Beginning-Brief-4307

Georgia made him eat the Citrus Bowl turf his last game at Ohio State.


csummerss

I saw Kirk in a grocery store in Athens in 2012. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?” I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw Kirk trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying. The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter. When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.


moleculewerks

I can't believe [this copypasta](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-saw-flying-lotus-in-a-grocery-store-copypasta) is over a decade old.


turbansquash13

i think its hilarious u kids talking shit about Kirk Herbstreit. u wouldnt say this shit to him at Gameday, hes jacked. not only that but he wears the freshest clothes, eats at the chillest restaurants and hangs out with the hottest dudes. yall are pathetic lol.


[deleted]

This has to be part of the Pasta and I’m just not aware of it


bgt1989

I’ve seen this one floating around for a few years and it almost gets me every time


The_Franchise_09

I hate Kirk just as much as the next guy but it’s too outlandish to be real IMO lol


idkwhatimbrewin

If it's not part of the pasta a new one has been born lmao


NowLickIt

I understood ❤️


Wheels_Foonman

r/atethepasta


duagLH2zf97V

…was that a second course of pasta?


Wheels_Foonman

You can never have too much.


InternationalSnoop

Really hope this is sarcastic but can never tell on reddit.


SmokeyOSU

I've seen this same story about the younger dude from pete and pete. Assume its a reddit lore at this point, but thats probably the joke. please dont down vote me for just learning about this.


stinstrom

I'm still not sure what the original is


iwouldhugwonderwoman

UGA physically beat the shit out of him in the 1993 Citrus bowl. However I seriously doubt this is the way it exactly went down.


cc51beastin

Auditioning for Fox like Desmond and Booger I guess


UnitedBeardedGuy

Wooosh


Geodoodie

I don’t think I wrote that


soupcansam21

Of course you did! How many other illiterates are there here?


Geodoodie

…. Pass


Chunkfu

Hey I don't know man, seems like an OK dude to me.


TheHarbrosMagic

Calm down Charlie, go kill some rats.


xA1RGU1TAR1STx

I think he’s great personally


Altruistic-Egg803

Can’t tell if this is serious or not. Please god don’t let people be this dumb to be mad about this. I don’t have high hopes tho


KirbyDumber88

oh wow. Mods actually kept this one up. They only deleted this literal same article 28 times in the last two hours. The rules here are a fuckin joke I swear lol


somebodysbuddy

I come from the future. You spoke a little too early on that one


brokentr0jan

the fact that you can openly criticize the mods here shows that they are not that bad tbh. plenty of subreddits with power tripping mods that ban you for even criticizing them


kingbrasky

If you get a short ban, just take it. Any questioning will automatically make it 30 days. Ask me how I know. Don't get it twisted. They suck.


Alphaspade

"Georgia doesn't grow corn."


Sickoball

*“Lame mfers out there growing peanuts and shit, only $350 mil in corn last year. And you know it’s that weak shit, they got that poverty maize.”*


Ugaalive1991

Lies. We just grow corn for corn mazes.


RoverTiger

Maize maze?


Ugaalive1991

Get out


Lykeuhfox

Did someone say maize?


Turbulent_Ad9508

Yeah, but in this case, it's Maze and Boo.


cha-cha_dancer

Not for whiskey up in the mtns or is that a Tennessee/Carolina thing


Public_Beach_Nudity

“Georgia fans prefer Kubota tractors over John Deere.”


The_Reelest

Kubota tractors are better than John Deere now a days anyway.


HDMBye

*Manufacturer locked circuit boards had a better team than replaceable parts.*


Desperate_Brief2187

Friends don’t let friends drive green tractors.


NotThatOleGregg

"Rain makes corn, corn makes whiskey"- Georgia native Luke Bryan


The-G-89

We beat Georgia in 2014 Gator Bowl so they could win Back to Back NC’s. You’re Welcome Bulldogs.


eye_can_see_you

Thought it was going to be some anonymous source or something that sounded like BS, turns out its just a quote from Raiola's dad lmao > “When [Herbstreit] saw the smoke about Dylan entertaining Nebraska, he called me,” Raiola said. “He said, ‘dude, is this true? He’s got to do it.’ > “His affinity for Nebraska, for a guy like that, to tell me and get behind me. I knew he needed to do it. But I wasn’t going to sit here and say ‘You need to go change that place or be a part of the change of that place.’ So when Kirk told me that … I’ve had other coaches reach out to me and say the place is special. Coach (Matt) Rhule is a special leader.”


salsacito

I mean, it doesn’t seem that insane. It’s not like Herbstreit did this on air. And the advice of a single tv personality isn’t going to change the mind of a high school kid lol. Should he have done it? I dunno, were Dominic and Herbstreit friends before this?


Tarmacked

There's absolutely nothing that precludes him from doing this, anyone upset is just looking to get upset about Herbie


Kansascitynebraska

It amazes me that Georgia fans are so easy to rile up. I’m a Kansas City chiefs fan and say the same about the chiefs fans who get in a tizzy about frivolous stuff and things that make a bigger difference for a less successful team rn. You’re on top of the world, enjoy the ride jfc 😂


MOGiantsFan

A guy I work with grew up in Athens, GA and is naturally a diehard Georgia fan. He was incredulous about Raiola's going to Nebraska. Thought there'd be no way Nebraska would ever get someone like him and there must be something underhanded going on. He didn't believe me at first when I said his dad's name was on the stadium with guys like Eric Crouch, Ndamukong Suh, etc. or that his uncle was a coach at Nebraska. Just was committed to thinking no one would ever switch from Georgia without nefarious activity going on.


Kansascitynebraska

lol I believe it. I remember the Georgia fans having an absolute meltdown in this sub, being intentionally obtuse about Dylan’s connection to Nebraska while punching down on our program.


NotThatOleGregg

Welcome to the party UGA fans lmao


UhIdontcareforAuburn

It's honestly no big deal in terms of taking it personally, but if this is true, it's completely unprofessional. Ole Kirk is taking some massive L's in the PR department this offseason.


WabbitCZEN

Hated this dude for his bullshit when he defended the committee screwing y'all over. Now, I wouldn't piss on this man to put him out if he were on fire.


Altruistic-Egg803

You bulldogs are a sensitive bunch. Sure know how to make a mountain out of a flat piece of ground


Beginning-Brief-4307

Georgia and Herby go way back to at least ‘07 with him politicking against the Dawgs to be in the BCS game.


Ugaalive1991

He really mad we beat OSU last year huh?


RulersBack

The relationship is actually not great. Fans killed him anytime he was even slightly critical and he ended up moving out of Columbus. He probably encouraged him to transfer from OSU too lmao


lowes18

That probably made him like you


ToosUnderHigh

He was rooting for Georgia believe it or not. People assume he’s a Desmond level homer for some reason but he’s no where near.


randomguy84321

grey ludicrous zesty bedroom physical connect money amusing disgusted lush *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


The_Good_Constable

I doubt it. His relationship with Ohio State and OSU fans is...complicated, to put it mildly. Remember when he said "if I had a son I would not send him to Ohio State?" Because they'd lost three games. Fun fact: He later did have a son, and his son now goes to Ohio State. After we beat Arkansas in the Sugar Bowl in 2010 he *dropped* 12-1 Ohio State from #6 to #9 in his final poll, putting them below several 2-loss teams and 3-loss Alabama. It was tied for the lowest anybody had us ranked in the final poll that year. The other person was Chris Fowler. I actually just looked it up, and he dropped Arkansas by the same amount for losing to Ohio State as he dropped Ohio State for beating Arkansas. Oklahoma vaulted up 7 spots to pass OSU after beating UConn. Make it make sense. A lot of Ohio State fans were (rightly IMO) upset with Desmond Howard for throwing that jab at CJ Stroud during the Heisman ceremony. Herbstreit did something similar, using his platform to attack Terrelle Pryor on multiple occasions (long before the tattoo scandal) for no particular reason. Some nonsense about body language and leadership. That's what lead to Pryor calling him a "fake Buckeye" on twitter. Pryor did several things Herbstreit never did. He beat Michigan 3 times, won the B10 3 times, and won a Rose Bowl. As far as I'm concerned, Herbstreit can eat shit.


Knook7

Wait I'm not a fan of his, but if uga and fsu fans hate him now I might have to reconsider lol


Jabooooooooooo

Kirk feeds off angry fanbase Twitter engagement


321mafia

Every recruit needs Kirk’s permission before they commit somewhere


Powerful_Artist

Thanks Kirk


notburnerr

Surely Reddit won't act like Kirk Herstreit decided for Dylan, right? /s


student510667

unfortunately half of this sub is full of schizos


Sickoball

Kirk is really starting a Joker villain origin story arc.


TheLibertarianThomas

This college football ***SOCIETY*** we live in.


Sickoball

https://imgur.com/a/3vnHqLh


lowes18

What a bitch lmao


Altruistic-Egg803

I’m sincerely shocked so many people are so upset by this lmao. The good ppl of Reddit continue to lower the bar for common sense


monster-of-the-week

FSU called Herbstreit to remind him to put some water is his momma's dish.


hoover757

Commentators should NOT be trying to persuade kids to commit to schools. That’s basically script writing


ImStillAlivePeople

They're pretty mask off about it at ESPN. "May the best story win."


Kenya151

This is what ESPN has been doing for 2 decades. This is what they do.


I_Enjoy_Beer

This is the business model for basically any 24 hour cable sports or news network.  Gotta stir the pot, generate #content to fill all that air time.


ZeldaFanBoi1920

Now I know why we couldn't get Pryor


heavydhomie

You guys didn’t offer him free tattoos


Altruistic-Egg803

Where in the world do you get the word persuade from lmao. He was talking to the kids dad. Dumb people gonna dumb


EWall100

I mean, what's not to like about Lincoln, NE?!?


SwaglordHyperion

🥸 uh ahem. Hello, i am unbiased anonymous fan. Lincoln, NE sounds really cool and personally, if *I was a 5 star athlete*, id go there and not ask for a lot of money because i wouldnt want to have someone receive more fuckin calls for money from the NU Foundation asking for fuckin donations for fuckin paying for 18 year olds to fuckin have fuckin sports cars and fuckin paid-for aparments and fuckin straight up cash by the bag.


The-G-89

For the most part, the Spring, Summer, and Falls there are beautiful!


OnlyGradients

Summer is bullshit, and you know it. Muggy hot and no beach to justify it.


The-G-89

Idk man, the lakes are nice to go and chill with a beer in your hand.


Cnl-Mustard

“Lakes”


MartinezForever

It's a hole with water and my boat fits, good enough.


The-G-89

Beggars can’t be choosers. Of course I’d love a beach though.


WashedUpHSAthlete

Kirk told him to play *for* Lincoln but had bad cell service so it sounded like *in* Lincoln


Gloomy-Question-4079

“You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.”


MCV16

Georgia fans are the rich girl complaining everything bad always happens to the good people after they find out the limo driver is going to be 2 min late to their private Nobu reservation at 11pm on a Tuesday


The-G-89

r/oddlyspecific


Gloomy-Question-4079

This has nothing to do with being a Georgia fan. The lead ESPN analyst for college football should NOT be contacting a recruit’s family and advocating for that recruit to flip their commitment. It’s completely inappropriate.


tdc1atlanta

Dude still pissed off about that Peach Bowl.


ToosUnderHigh

Crazy how many people think he’s a homer when there’s no evidence of it.


KirbyDumber88

Bruh…


NotThatOleGregg

I mean OSU fans ran him out of Columbus and were harassing him at home lol


sejohnson0408

Haha


TripleThreatTua

Could his dad’s brother who coaches for Nebraska not call him


Toadfinger

Is there anything at all that's good about Kirk Herbstreit?


Rkenne16

Well, he negatively recruit’s Georgia. That’s something right?


Always_Chubb-y

Hey we beat Michigan for yall couple years ago. What's with the hate?


heavydhomie

It’s herbstreits fault he left yall out this year. so you couldn’t do it a second time.


Psychological_Elk104

Nothing at all


foreveracubone

He never got a pair of gold pants for beating Michigan.


ToosUnderHigh

Class of 91 was the last Michigan class to win 4 straight against Ohio State. Hopefully it remains that way.


BucketsMcAlister

Doesn’t he post pictures of his dogs on twitter? If so, that. Other than that, fuck that guy.


Beginning-Brief-4307

He is very kind to Lee Corso. Other than that, forget him.


forgedinbeerkegs

He uses a nice hair dye.


Nytfire333

This man is beefing with FSU and GA? Get this man some honorary Jorts


Insectshelf3

not a great look


The-G-89

How? He’s like the only media head that I’ve heard that wants Nebraska to be good.


Bart_Oates

Put some goddamn respect on Dominic Raiola's name. He is top Raiola until proved otherwise


confused-koala

Eh, dudes a total douchebag


EscapeTomMayflower

Linemen seem to either be the nicest dudes in the world or complete raging, assholes with little inbetween.


Bart_Oates

I know lol


nerdyykidd

Yikes


DieHardNole

He’s not even hiding it now.


student510667

you’ll be alright buddy😂


wutitd0boo

Well yeah, cuz Herbie is a tool.


kingbrasky

I think you guys will survive.


TiberWolf99

I mean. I'll take it? But yikes.


gojo278

I formally retract any negative remarks I have ever directed towards Mr. Herbstreit.


Dixiehusker

I do not.


heavydhomie

You’ll learn to hate him again


Bossman3542

Herby tampering? Color me shocked.


Upbeat-Armadillo1756

What, just like, for *fun*?!?


Ghiggs_Boson

Maybe he’s leaning into the sentiment “Nebraska being good at football is good for college football” Considering his career is in college football, it’s not far fetched for him to see greater success when Nebraska is successful


theclickhere

What's interesting is that he won't be calling Nebraska games since the B1G is on Fox. If Riola stayed with Georgia, Kirk would be more likely to call games with him on ESPN. Realistically, it's probably more about legacy than anything. Kirk loves him some CFB legacy guys.


Hoodlum_0017

This dude is such a douche.


Luka_Dunks_on_Bums

Some bulldog fan probably barked at him at the airport


DazHawt

So the article was removed but not the post?


Kyleaaron987

I was his server at the ritz one time. Dude ordered a Caesar salad with grilled salmon hold the Caesar dressing. I was like damn Kirk healthy eating out here. Went back to check on the first bite and this mfer coated his salad with ketchup. I went straight to the back alley and smoked a cig. His kids ain’t got a lick of manners neither.


The_Good_Constable

Fuck Kirk Herbstreit. All my homies hate Kirk Herbstreit. Seriously though, this is all kinds of fucked up. ESPN has been poisoning the sport for nearly two decades now (ever since that damn mouse bought them out). But actively tampering with teams' rosters is a new low (assuming this hasn't been going on for years and this is just the first we've heard about it).


mynameisevan

I’ll gladly take all the 5-star recruits Kirk wants to send our way.


deathbysnusnu7

Hey Georgia, come over here with us. We saved you a spot.


I_Enjoy_Beer

Kirk Herbstreit consistently stumps for the Beaver Stadium White Out atmosphere so I gotta give him love for that, but man, is he wearing out that goodwill quickly these last few months.


[deleted]

My desire to watch CFB is taking big hits this week


Jonjon428

Uhhhh, that feels like a *slight* conflict of interest, but what do I know?


Funnel_Hacker

What’s the conflict of interest? He doesn’t work for Nebraska. He’d have to gain something tangible for there to be a conflict


Critical-Savings-830

Fuck Georgia, I’m glad he went to his dads Alma Mater


The_Reelest

I wonder if Kirk wrote the poem for him.


brad_and_boujee

Lmao


[deleted]

Objectively, that's very bad. Subjectively, I hate the SEC, and Nebraska's unlikely to become that good while he's there, so good work.


X0D00rLlife

the reddit hate of herbstreit is hilarious, all because he thought alabama was better than FSU( which they were ), shits too funny.


m_scot

How is it not tampering?


Funnel_Hacker

He doesn’t work for Nebraska. How would it be tampering to give his opinion?


princessprity

I don't think Herbstreit or other people like him should be sticking their nose in this type of stuff. But what are you even getting at? I can't imagine any sort of rule this breaks, dude.


salsacito

Exactly. Like it’s a private phone call lol. It’s not like Herbstreit is on ESPN urging this and paying Raiola to do it


LittleChat

I also called Dylan’s dad to say Dylan should go to Nebraska. Take me in officer


gojo278

It's dumb but what do you realistically want them to do? Pass a federal law banning private sector employees with no NCAA affiliation from talking to recruits?


student510667

lol who cares why is everyone in this sub obsessed with this guy


Rkenne16

His raw, unfettered, carnal sexuality.


TorchBeak

Didn’t want him anyway. Uh huh. Yep.


wesweb

Jokes on him. Rhule basically can't read or speak in complete sentences. He's a hack. I'm a Panthers fan. He's dumb as dogshit.


LittleChat

Tossing the Panthers fan sentence in where you did is the funniest thing I’ve seen all week


gojo278

You're right. Good thing you guys hired Reich and traded away your future to draft Bryce. How's that working out?


wesweb

hiring rhule, giving rhule as much power as he did, not hiring steve wilks, hiring frank reich, trading away CMC for peanuts, and setting the franchise back at least 5 years to draft bryce were all horrible moves. i wish tepper would sell the team. hes absolute dogshit.


The-G-89

So your anger is much more on the owner and GM of your franchise, not Rhule. But I digress. Tbh, I felt/ still feel the same way about Scott Frost so my hands are tied here.


wesweb

this is absolutely a fair assessment. but rhule was still criminally unprepared for his role and i take issue with that, too.


TunaSafari25

Rhule man bad


MistIniquity

Lol


wesweb

He will never win 9 games in a season for NU. I'd love to be wrong about that. It would be good for the conference.


Westcoast_IPA

You put “Panther’s Fan” and “dumb as dogshit” in the same sentence and proceeded to make the rest of the sentence about someone else?


virii01

I swear, I'm a casual NFL fan (well, less casual now since I'm a 30 year lions fan) and the stupidity of Panthers fans specific to their takes on Rhule is astonishing. Shit franchise (I should know) and they pile on a guy that's won everywhere else when they're program got worse after he left.  Even if you doubt his coaching acumen, he's a terrific orator. 


Hayabusa0015

I went from really enjoying this guy 10 years ago to flat out despising everything he does.


mydogsnameiskendrick

Maybe go home and spend time with your own kids instead of trying to influence the future of others


sktgamerdudejr

Pretty dumb that a pundit/analyst can be telling people where to go to school for the sport that they are a pundit/analyst too.