Hit someone! Kill someone! Kirk Herbstreit is proud that his son plays the Ohio State game

With one minute to enter Ohio State Football Route 52-21 from Wisconsin, Kirk Herbstreit had the opportunity to see one of his sons line up for the Buckeyes.

Zak Herbstreitwho joined the Ohio State football program in June 2021 as a favorite assistant, was fielded as the Buckeyes tight end to the delight of his father, the former Ohio State quarterback who was finishing his duties as color commentator for television. transmission.

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“What do you have for us 89?” Kirk Herbstreit She said. “Hit someone. Grind someone.”

Zak Herbstreit helped Buckeyes’ offensive line make room for the Ohio State running back Dallan Haydenwho carried the ball for three yards in the last play of the attack.

“Take the big guy and keep moving him,” Kirk Herbstreit said as he and the announcer interrupted Zak’s film.

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Zak Herbstreit played a tight end at the Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville, Tennessee, received four touchdown passes and was named senior all-region first team.

But when Zak Herbstreit left the field, Kirk Herbstreit he was obsessed with his son’s mustache, something, he said, that reminded him of the pilots of “Top Gun: Maverick”.

“I just don’t know with a mustache,” said Kirk Herbstreit. “I don’t know what’s going on with that.”

Chase, the brother of Zak Herbstreit, currently a 2025 quarterback at St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati, he also visited his father in the broadcast booth during the game.

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• week 1: State of Ohio 21, Notre Dame 10

• week 2: State of Ohio 45, State of Arkansas 12

• week 3: State of Ohio 77, Toledo 21

• week 4: State of Ohio v State of Ohio Wisconsin, September 24, Columbus, Ohio

• week 5: Ohio State v Rutgers, October 1, Columbus, Ohio

• week 6:State of Ohio vs. State of Michigan, October 8, East Lansing, Michigan.

• week 7:Ohio State vs Iowa, October 22, Columbus, Ohio

• week 8:State of Ohio vs. Penn State, October 29, State College, Pennsylvania.

• week 9: State of Ohio v State of Northwestern Ohio, Nov. 5, Evanston, Ill.

• week 10:Ohio State vs Indiana, November 12, Columbus, Ohio

• week 11: Ohio State vs. Maryland, November 19, College Park, MD.

• week 12: State of Ohio vs. Michigan, noon November 26, Columbus, Ohio

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This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Kirk Herbstreit is proud to bring his son into the Ohio State game

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