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College GameDay Gives Touching Tribute To Kirk Herbstreit’s Dog Ben

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College GameDay Gives Touching Tribute To Kirk Herbstreit's Dog Ben (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

College GameDay gave an emotional tribute to Kirk Herbstret’s dog Ben who recently passed away from cancer. It was a tearjerker.

Ben was a good boy. He was often seen with Kirk on set at College GameDay and became a star on social media. Unfortunately, he crossed the Rainbow Bridge and the entire country has been mourning Ben and sending support and love to Kirk Herbstreit during this difficult time. If you’ve ever owned a pet, you’re familiar with the pain. You aren’t just losing an animal. You’re losing a part of the family. You’re losing a friend, a companion, and so much more.

College GameDay Gives Emotional Tribute To Kirk Herbstreit’s Dog Ben

Kudos to Kirk for showing up on Saturday to join his teammates on College GameDay during their visit to Baton Rouge, Louisiana on campus at LSU before the big game against Alabama. It was heartbreaking watching him attempt to talk about it after his co-host brought it up and gave him condolences. Kirk tried to respond but was able to speak. He waited and everyone respected him taking his time. Lee Corso even put a hand on his shoulder in a show of love in support. That was an incredibly emotional and significant moment because it was almost a role reversal. For so long Kirk has been the one supporting Lee following his health concerns and issues. Now, it was Lee’s turn to be there for Kirk during his difficult time. Kirk was unable to comment as he held back tears as they introduced a touching video detailing what Ben meant not only to Kirk–but the entire country.

You can watch that video below. Make sure you have some Kleenex nearby or some sort of tissue. It’s a tearjerker and it will make you want to hold your furry friend even closer.

Oh, man. That got me. I had been following the story for a while and was absolutely gutted when I saw that Ben had passed. It’s one of the worst feelings in the world losing a pet. Kirk is one of the good guys, too. I’ve never met him but you just know it. He’s always been supportive of Lee Corso and has shown compassion countless times. Seeing a good dude like him hurting can’t help but make you hurt as well. It also reminds you that your dog or cat or whatever pet you have won’t be around forever. Maybe it reminds you of a previous pet and that heartbreaking moment you had to say goodbye.

It was an emotional start to the day on Saturday seeing that tribute video but you have to respect Herbstreit for showing up. You have to imagine it was incredibly difficult and the last thing you want to do is go be on camera during the worst moments of your life, but he did it and owned it.

Cort Freeman was born and raised in Metro Detroit. He was named Clarkston High School 2009 Class Clown 13 years after graduating. Totally normal thing to happen. That’s thanks to his time spent as an Intern at Comedy Central and Social Media Correspondent for The Colbert Report. Cort has done comedy across the country, both standing up and sitting down. When he’s not trying to make you laugh on-air and online, he’s probably at home enjoying his favorite shows like Seinfeld, South Park, and The Office. He’s also totally uncomfortable writing about himself in the third person. Cort enjoys writing about comedy, food, sports, and entertainment. So, basically anything and everything.

5 Of The Best Football Movies Of All-Time

What are the best football movies of all-time? We came up with a list of 5 of our favorites, did yours make the list?

There are no shortage of excellent movies that are about football. There are classics, new movies, comedies, and dramas all about football. However, what are the best football movies of all-time?

What Are The Best Football Movies Of All-Time?

Football season is quickly coming up! I’m already picturing Sundays in front of the TV with my gameday snacks and no plans for the entire day but watching some games and placing some bets. We’re only a few months away from the start of the 2024-2025 NFL season!

To celebrate, we came up with a list of 5 of the best football movies of all-time. Of course, only picking 5 meant that some great football movies were being left on the cutting room floor. They couldn’t all end up making the list. Recently, we also made lists of the Best Baseball Movies for the MLB season and the Best Basketball Movies during the NBA season. Make sure to come back to check out these lists after you see the list of the best football movies of all-time.

Do you have a football movie in mind? Hopefully it ended up making the list! For this list, I decided to try to make it the best of the best when it comes to football movies. I didn’t want this to be my personal list of favorite football movies, so I tried to think of what most people would consider to be the best. Did some of my personal favorites slip through the cracks? Probably. However, I did my best to remain totally unbiased.

Unfortunately, some great movies didn’t make the cut. I didn’t include Friday Night Lights because I thought the show was better than the movie. Little Giants is one of my personal favorites but I didn’t think it was good enough to earn a spot on the list. Radio is another great movie that you won’t find on the list. Jerry Maguire is a great movie but football wasn’t a big enough part of the movie for it to be considered a “football movie,” in my opinion. Are they great movies! Absolutely! They just didn’t make this list.

Ready to check out the list? Let us know if we missed your favorite football movie if it didn’t end up on the list! See our list of 5 of the best football movies of all-time below!

5 Of The Best Football Movies Of All-Time

  • Remember The Titans

    Remember The Titans is my favorite football movie and I think it’s arguably the best of all-time. It has everything you’d want in a football game! There’s leadership, quality football, there’s comedy, the story is great, you care about the characters–it’s excellent from start to finish. There are so many great quotes in the movie. It’s also very relatable to anyone who played football and grew up playing the game while addressing racial issues at the time.

  • Any Given Sunday

    Is Any Given Sunday my favorite football movie? No, it definitely is not. Is it in my personal Top 10? Honestly, I doubt it. However, you can’t argue it’s one of the best football movies of all-time. You got great performances from Al Pacino, Dennis Quaid, Jamie Foxx, and Cameron Diaz. They were all perfect in their roles and the movie was well cast. You simply can’t discuss football movies without bringing up Any Given Sunday. It deserves a spot on the list.

  • The Waterboy

    I know I said I wasn’t going to let any personal biases affect the list, but this might be the one exception. We had to have The Waterboy on the list! It’s probably the football movie I’ve seen the most times. It has to be the funniest movie about football, right? Sure, The Longest Yard is good, but it doesn’t hold a candle to The Waterboy. Do you agree?

  • The Replacements

    The Replacements had a great cast with Keanu Reeves, Gene Hackman, Brooke Langton, and Jon Favreau. The movie came out in 2000 and has been considered one of the best football movies ever sense. Again, it’s not my personal favorite but I can’t deny it a spot on the list because I don’t like it. However, if another movie were to be added I will admit it would probably take The Replacements place. It would be the replacement…pun not intended but pretty cool how that worked out!

  • Rudy

    You were waiting for this one weren’t you? Thinking it might not make the list? Of course Rudy is going to make the list of the best football movies of all-time. I’d bet most would consider it to be the greatest football movie of all-time. It’s often synonymous with football movies. It’s a timeless classic that will live on for many more generations.

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