Kirk Herbstreit is a great television analyst. For whatever reason though, he gets a ton of crap from college football fans on Twitter that always think he is biased against their team for whatever reason. This includes pseudo-celebrities whose lives have been depicted on the big screen like Leigh Anne Tuohy of The Blind Side fame. The Ole Miss supporter wasn’t too happy with what she perceived as a lack of credit after the Rebs upset #2 Alabama on the road.
I agree! I'm so sick of @KirkHerbstreit and @cbfowler acting like we were just lucky to be on the same field as Bama https://t.co/YRFjkg7L6s
— Leigh Anne Tuohy (@LeighAnneTuohy) September 20, 2015
Herbstreit had apparently had enough from crabby Ole Miss fans and fired this shot, saying Tuohy was embarrassing herself…
You're embarrassing yourself. Please stop and enjoy your victory. And to think I was a fan of Blindside. https://t.co/ObzPSTiCnn
— Kirk Herbstreit (@KirkHerbstreit) September 20, 2015
And then another towards the “lunatic fringe” of the Ole Miss fanbase…
Wow, didn't realize Ole Miss had a lunatic fringe that was so vocal. Think they'd be happy they just beat Bama in T-Town. #EmbarrassingFans
— Kirk Herbstreit (@KirkHerbstreit) September 20, 2015
Thankfully, cooler heads prevailed Sunday morning. Herbstreit apologized to Tuohy and she accepted.
Like to apologize to @LeighAnneTuohy Its never my intent to be disrespectful to any1-just surprised to see some comments on my TL. Good luck
— Kirk Herbstreit (@KirkHerbstreit) September 20, 2015
Thank You! Lord knows I need a filter ever now & then. I'm just passionate about Hugh & OleMiss. Hope to see u soon https://t.co/kcddggB11x
— Leigh Anne Tuohy (@LeighAnneTuohy) September 20, 2015
Someone needs to make the definitive “Leave Kirk Herbstreit alone” YouTube video. If fighting with television analysts is what happens after Ole Miss wins, I wonder what would have happened had they lost to Alabama…
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