Kirk Herbstreit Football Series

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 4TH
OHIO STADIUM

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 5TH
OHIO STADIUM

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 5TH
COWBOYS STADIUM

Kirk Herbstreit is a 1993 graduate of the Ohio State University. Kirk is a former OSU quarter back and team cap tain for 1992 season.

Since 1995 Kirk has been a college football analyst for ABC/ESPN. In1996 he joined Chris Fowler and co-analysts Lee Corso on ESPN's popular College Game day program.

In 2006 he joined Brett Musberger for ABC's Saturday Night Prime Time broadcast, broadcast television's first ever weekly prime time college football game. Kirk also annually co-hosts ESPN's broadcast of the Heisman Trophy ceremony recognizing college football's top player.

Kirk was nominated for a Sports Emmy Award as television's top studio analyst in 1997, 2005, 2006 and 2007. In 2007, the third annual reader survey conducted by the Sports Business Daily named Kirk as the favorite TV game broadcast analy favorite studio show analyst for college football. College Gameday was also named the favorite game related studio show (all sports). In 2008 College Gameday received the Sports Emmy Award as television's top studio show (all sports).

Since 1993 Kirk has hosted a variety of daily sports radio shows on The Fan, Sports Radio 1460 in Columbus, Ohio. He also regularly co-hosts The Mike Tirico Show on ESPN radio. Kirk is also a frequent contributor to ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine.

In 2010, over 1 Million people tuned-in to watch the Herbstreit games. A 20% increase from 2009.
For the past six years, 500,000+ fans have attended the Herbstreit games with 20% coming from out-of-state.
Nearly 6,000 student athletes and coaches have participated in the event since its inception.
Since 2005, the event has covered nearly half the U.S. with 80 teams participating from 22 states.
Over 250 participating athletes have gone on to play Division 1 College Football.

Chicago-based Intersport is recognized for its leadership and innovation in a variety of areas: sports television programming, digital media, event execution, experiential marketing and corporate hospitality. Intersport's unique blend of event marketing and media expertise allows us to create one-to-one marketing solutions for our clients while simultaneously reaching a mass audience.

Beginning with the acquisition and successful execution of the Kirk Herbstreit Ohio vs. USA Challenge in 2007, Intersport reacted to the demand and interest of High School sports among fans and sponsors. As a result, Intersport has become a pioneer in delivering the nation’s biggest high school football events and television programming on a national level.

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Drew Russell
Associate Vice President (Events)
Intersport, Inc.
20 W. Kinzie St., Suite 1600
Chicago, IL 60654

Phone:
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