Kirk Herbstreit Recalls His Infamous Report Of 'Les Miles To Michigan' On College GameDay

ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit was recently on Kevin Clark's "This Is Football" show and recalled his infamous false reporting of "Les Miles to Michigan" that he broke live on ESPN College GameDay in 2007.

Herbstreit made it clear that he would never try to break the news after he was burned on that report. Per SDS:

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“This guy called me, and it was late in the year, and he said, ‘Hey, I can’t believe this, I’m heading to Michigan, and I’m going to be their new defensive coordinator,'” Herbstreit recalled to Clark. “And I knew him from just relationships, and I said, ‘What? You’re going to Michigan?’ And he said, ‘Yeah, I’m going to be Les Miles’ defensive coordinator at Michigan.'”

Herbstreit told Clark that he was unsure of how to proceed with his big scoop, but the source had given him permission to report the information. Herbstreit consulted with his GameDay executive producer, who told him to break the story on air.

Speaking to Clark, Herbstreit said he qualified the bombshell by adding “unless there are unforeseen circumstances.” In a YouTube clip from GameDay, however, Herbstreit does not make any mention of “unforeseen circumstances” when reporting Miles to Michigan. Watching said clip also reveals that the defensive coordinator in question, Herbstreit’s source, was Jon Tenuta, a Columbus, Ohio native who was a Buckeye assistant from 1996-2000. Tenuta was on staff at Georgia Tech in 2007.

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