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Politics● LowSep 18 · Sep 18, 2026, 9:40 PM

Kirk Herbstreit defends having Ted Cruz on ‘College GameDay’

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Football analyst and ESPN personality Kirk Herbstreit defended the network’s decision to have Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on the network’s flagship college football pregame show last week. “We had him on because they were going to be voting this week,” Herbstreit told reporters Friday, referring to the Protect College Sports Act, a Senate bill looking…

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