Herbstreit speaks ahead of Man Xpo

By David Paschall June 22, 2014 9 min read

Kirk Herbstreit, ESPN analyst, will be the special guest at the Times Free Press Man Xpo on June 28.

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Even the most casual of college football fans is quite familiar with Kirk Herbstreit.

Once a quarterback at Ohio State, Herbstreit provides color commentary on ABC and ESPN telecasts, and he is an analyst on ESPN’s “College GameDay” show. The 44-year-old husband and father to four sons will be the featured speaker Saturday afternoon at Chattanooga’s inaugural Man Xpo at Finley Stadium.

Herbstreit previewed his visit this past week as a guest on “Press Row” on Chattanooga’s ESPN 105.1 The Zone.

Q: What is your advice for guys who want to cling to their college football Saturdays but have wives or girlfriends with lengthy to-do lists?

David Paschall

David Paschall has covered sports at the Chattanooga Times Free Press since 1999 and wrote for the Chattanooga Free Press in the nine years before that. David has mostly covered college athletics, with a focus on the University of Georgia from 2000 to 2019 and the University of Tennessee since 2020. He grew up in Chattanooga and is a graduate of the Baylor School and Auburn University. David has received multiple writing awards and has served as a Heisman Trophy voter since 2003. He has also worked in radio in Chattanooga and has been on the SEC Network's "Classic Rewind" series since 2014. David and his wife, Kelly, have three children — Conner, Emily and Spencer.

Contact David Paschall at dpaschall@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6524.