Tuesday, Kirk Hebrstreit angered tons of people across America with his rant about the College Football Playoff. Specifically, he said that his employer, ESPN, doesn’t want southern schools such as Clemson in the College Football Playoff’s biggest games because big brands from the Big Ten bring in better numbers.
“We could not have paid for a better final four with Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn State and Texas,” Herbstreit said on Tuesday’s episode of the On3 Sports podcast with Andy Staples and Ari Wasserman. “The only one missing is Michigan… So, this idea we want Alabama, Texas A&M and Auburn. Are you kidding me? If you’re asking us who we would want, we’ll take Ohio State every year, Notre Dame. This is a ratings bonanza.
“You don’t want these small little Clemsons and small little Southern schools when it comes to cheering for ratings,” Herbstreit said. “Ratings are big, massive Big Ten brands.”…