ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit has been a fixture for the network's college football coverage for nearly three decades. Herbstreit, who is ESPN's bona fide voice of college football, wears many hats these days.

College football analyst Kirk Herbstreit recently said he was close to leaving ESPN College GameDay before Nick Saban, Pat McAfee joined.

Kirk Herbstreit has been a face of ESPN’s College GameDay for more than a quarter century, but the analyst revealed that he considered leaving the show in recent years. It all goes back to his having a very full schedule during the football season.

ESPN’s “College GameDay” won’t be in Atlanta for the No. 4 Arizona State vs. No. 5 Texas matchup, but the crew will be live from California for the Rose Bowl. The show will air from the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1, running from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET.

"College GameDay" host and ABC college football announcer Kirk Herbstreit on Tuesday shot down the notion that ESPN has a bias toward SEC football — especially in relation to the College Football Playoff.

Kirk Herbstreit has heard enough about the so-called SEC bias that ESPN has. The College GameDay host says the playoff couldn't be more perfect as it is right now,

ESPN’s top college football analyst, Kirk Herbstreit, is here to set the record straight. With Texas being the sole remaining team from the elite SEC, ESPN's Herbstreit addressed the apparent bias ESP

Kirk Herbstreit is reinvigorated by ESPN’s new “College GameDay” crew. During an interview with On3 this week, the longtime football broadcaster admitted that he believed when he struck a deal with Amazon “three years ago that [he] would probably have to give something up.