Kirk Herbstreit reveals that frightening fallout will face Howard after loss of Osu in Oregon Originally appeared on Sports Athlon.
University football creates a passionate context for players and fans, but the competitive nature of the game has the unfortunate ability to bring out the absolute worst of people.
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This is something that the ancient quarter of the state of Ohio Will Howard, a sixth round of the Pittsburgh Steelers in April, learned last season after the Buckeyes lost a nail face to face the possible Big Ten Oregon Ducks champion.
ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit recently detailed Howard’s experience, which included death threats after this defeat in Eugene on October 12, 2024.
“Will Howard, he knee against Oregon”, ” Herbs said On the June 1st edition of “The Learning Leader Show” with Ryan Hawk. “He played his [expletive] in Oregon. He got a knee because he lost time and took death threats. It’s so crazy that these people have a voice to reach you. And you have just insulated yourself in a way the best possible, because it is brutal. “”
Howard spoke of the difficulty of this loss and the balance sheet that it took mentally and emotionally in the next day, although he never mentioned death threats.
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Ohio State also lost its last game of the regular season, a rivalry confrontation against the University of Michigan, after which the head coach Ryan Day employed private armed security To keep your house due to fans’ backlash.
Howard and Day continued to win a place in the very first field at 12 teams in the university football playoffs, winning four games and taking revenge via a victory over Oregon on the way to a national championship.
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This story was initially reported by Sports Athlon On June 2, 2025, where he appeared for the first time.
