i liKe tHis guY

my opinion surrounding kirk herbstreit bears no relevance whatsoever in society at large, yet based on my two (all be them extremely limited) encounters with the guy, i feel the need to submit it anyways. thumbs up to this guy as far as im concerned. i know he happens to be a local celebrity here, around columbus, which in actuality takes him down a few notches in my book as OSU grads and fans can be and are quite annoying (although this is slowly but quite surely changing as my time in columbus extends...). that being said, my opinion regarding him began to unfold probably 7 or 8 months ago after he and his family dined at moretti's, my former and current place of employment. he and his wife came in and ate dinner with their 4 boys...all of them probably under 7 years old or so. even if it had not been the herbstreit fam, they would have impressed the heck out of me because of how freaking well behaved every one of their boys was. im sure my respect and awe stems from the fact that i have one of these little energy balls and the fact that all four of them were respectful and patient and looked me in the eye when they spoke and minded their ps and qs is something to be applauded. i dont know, it just seemed like a cool family to me, one who had certainly not let the fame and fortune (even if it is rather local) go to their head. their tip was rather generous as well (which didn't hurt in terms of the formation of my opinion). so anyways, time passed and i didnt think much about the herbstreits until a week or so ago at work. im setting up the patio outside (umm, duh) and i notice this guy pulling one of those ride behind the bike seats that holds 2 little kids, and then 2 older kids following him on their own bikes. they all pull over and park their bikes on the sidewalk and head on into the local icecream shop. as they came back out i looked again and low and behold, its the herbstreits, but only kirk with his 4 boys on a father/son bike outing. how cute is that? this, perhaps because i am a woman, just seemed to grab my heart as i realized that he just seems like such a great dad. now, my opinion is based on somewhat limited observations of the guy and could be a total misread, but i think it is a fair assumption to say that amidst all the espn college gameday hoopla, kirk truly loves his kids as he a)has taught them the ins and outs of respect and manners and b)gives them the time of day (even if it was only the one day in which i happened to see him all together). these and only these are what i have formulated my opinion on, i know nothing else about this local celeb. so until otherwise proven to me, kirk herbreit is a swell guy:)