If It Ain't Broke, Break It!

Don’t know if you caught this or not –actually, with its repeated scrolling across the ESPN platforms, it was sort of tough to miss- but last Saturday, college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit went on the record in saying that LSU coach Les Miles would be leaving the Tigers to coach at his alma mater, the University of Michigan. That headlining story proved erroneous. Miles is reportedly staying in Baton Rouge, long after the January 7 national title game against Ohio State. With his tails between his legs, Herbstreit had the following to say about breaking already-cracked information…

“Honestly, the best way to describe it is, by the time Friday came around, I had some information that, trust me on this it, was very accurate base on not a source but someone that was going to be involved in the situation. I made the mistake, I guess, telling the ESPN bosses it. And in doing that, they are journalists and they said you’ve got an obligation to talk about that and go with it. You guys know I, as a former player, really pride myself on my relationships with coaches and players and [I am] just not real comfortable in breaking stories. Leave that up to Pat Forde and the others to do that stuff. When they talked about that and really thought it over and over because it was going to happen, they didn’t want to get beat on the story and they suggested that I go with it.”