ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit reacted on X to the news of Michigan hiring Whittingham, calling it a perfect hire. "Congrats on a fantastic hire," Herbstreit posted. "Couldn’t have hand-picked a better coach to reestablish the Michigan brand."

In the aftermath of Sherrone Moore’s firing at Michigan, Biff Poggi has been working to keep the program on track. All the while, Kirk Herbstreit is getting a unique perspective on the situation. Herbstreit’s son,

In light of the firing and arrest of Sherrone Moore, Kirk Herbstreit is looking at the Michigan scandal through the lens of a father.

The ESPN college analyst, whose son is a quarterback for the Wolverines, saluted Poggi for how he's managed the team since Sherrone Moore was fired last week.

Read how quarterback Chase Herbstreit, Kirk Herbstreit's son, ended up with his father's archrival team as a Michigan football player.

What Kirk Herbstreit, whose son is on Michigan, had to say about how Biff Poggi and the football program have handled the Sherrone Moore firing.

ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit has been one of the busiest figures in college football since August. He travels weekly for “ College GameDay ” and calls games for ESPN and ABC. He also works NFL broadcasts on Amazon Prime’s “Thursday Night Football.” Recently, he and ESPN coworker Joey Galloway launched a podcast called “Nonstop .”

On the show's "Grab Bag" segment, Herbstreit was asked to name the most underrated rivalry in the country, in his opinion. "I’ll tell you the one that stands out to me. There’s two. South Carolina vs. Clemson, doesn’t matter what’s at stake.