SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit played four years for Ohio State from 1989-1992 and was the Buckeyes’ starting quarterback in 1992.
His father played football for the Buckeyes and coached with Woody Hayes, and he met his wife who was a cheerleader for Ohio State.
Now Herbstreit’s twin sons, Tye and Jake, don the orange and white and will face the No. 2 Buckeyes when third-ranked Clemson marches into the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Fiesta Bowl on Saturday evening.
The Herbstreit family is divided at the moment with half the family pulling for the hometown Buckeyes and the other half choosing blood over water to pull for Clemson.