Kirk Herbstreit will not be on site for College GameDay or the Allstate Sugar Bowl on Friday, but he will be working.
ESPN’s personality revealed on Tuesday that he tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this week. He says he is feeling well, but will be working from home for the ESPN broadcast on New Year’s Day.
It was already an unusual season for Herbstreit. For the first time in years, he is not calling the Rose Bowl, which was moved to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, due to the restrictions of California’s COVID-19.
Instead of Alabama’s No. 1 seed versus Notre Dame’s No. 4, Herbstreit will be calling a Sugar Bowl between No. 2 Clemson and No. 3 in Ohio.
This is the second time that Herbstreit has had to work from home due to COVID-19, having come in close contact with an infected person in week 4. Herbstreit also received criticism the previous month for speculating without foundation that Michigan would use the COVID-19 protocols. to avoid playing Ohio State, for which he later apologized.
Herbstreit joins a collection of ESPN personalities to test positive for COVID-19, which includes Scott Van Pelt, Matthew Berry, Doris Burke, Todd McShay and Dan Dakich.
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