ESPN broadcaster Kirk Herbstreit was visibly emotional after watching his alma mater, the Ohio State Buckeyes, win the College Football Playoff National Championship game, and the reason is now known.

ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit got emotional on ESPN following Ohio State's College Football Playoff national championship on Monday. The former Buckeyes quarterback, who played at OSU from 1989 to ...

Kirk Herbstreit, who played his college football at Ohio State as a quarterback from 1989-93, could not contain his emotions after watching his Buckeyes win the school's ninth national title ...

Kirk Herbstreit and the ESPN broadcast team got a bit creative Friday night during the Cotton Bowl at AT&T Stadium. Midway through the third quarter, with Texas trailing 14–7 and facing a ...

Kirk Herbstreit is as professional as it comes when he calls college football games for ESPN. "Don't start with me, man. I am a little emotional," Herbstreit said. "I'm just fired up for these guys.

Kirk Herbstreit, the voice synonymous with football excellence, is bracing for a whirlwind week after the NFL flexed its Thursday Night Football matchup from Browns-Bengals to Broncos-Chargers.

Kirk Herbstreit, a former Centerville High School and Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback and self-proclaimed die-hard Cincinnati Reds fan, was emotional on air during ESPN's postgame coverage of OSU ...

ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit, who played quarterback for the Buckeyes from 1989 to '93, will be on color commentating duties in Atlanta alongside play-by-play partner Chris Fowler—and he isn't shying ...