ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit has made it a tradition to bring one of his dogs, Ben, with him wherever he travels. Seriously. Everywhere.
Even on the field before games as Herbstreit fulfills his responsibilities both for College GameDay and as an broadcaster calling games.
Ben is, by all measures, a very good boy. He even gets his credentials to hang out on the field and in the broadcast booth. It’s all very by the book. However you feel about Kirk, Ben seems to be living his best life with his person — otherwise known as every dog’s dream.
Missouri coach Eliah Drinkwitz, who’s jokes haven’t always landed as well as he hopes, decided to troll Herbstreit and his companion on Saturday during a remote segment on College GameDay.
As Drinkwitz walked the field, he made sure to bring along a robotic dog with him and you have to at least give him an A+ for effort on this troll.
What is going on in Missouri? 😅 🤖 pic.twitter.com/iWQL2rgJEw
— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) September 14, 2024
Followers of emerging technologies will note the dog was not created by Missouri, but robotics company Boston Dynamics. The Mizzou version has been modified by it’s engineering school, but we don’t expect Drinkwitz to have all that info stored away.
That said, bringing a piece of expensive technology down to the field opened the coach up to some Connor Stalions-sign stealing jokes, which, yeah. He probably should’ve seen that coming.
Who’s controlling that thing 😂😂#CollegeGameDay https://t.co/cJ9CfDjk5i pic.twitter.com/w1VIyWRgvM
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) September 14, 2024
“This dog it not a signal stealer,” Drinkwitz said. “I don’t think.”
We’ll be keeping a closer eye on the Mizzou-Boston College game Saturday just to make sure.
