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In part III of our exclusive interview with Kirk Herbstreit of ESPN, Buddy Martin also spends some time talking with Gary Danielson of CBS who got involved in an emotional exchange with Herbstreit via a Detroit radio station. Danielson felt that Florida, as champion of the Southeastern Conference, trumped Michigan, which won neither its conference championship or its head-to-head battle with top ranked and unbeaten Ohio State.

Gary Danielson and Kirk Herbstreit are in the business of stating their opinions. Sometimes they’re right, sometimes they’re wrong. That’s the nature of the business. Was Herbstreit merely stating an opinion when he said Michigan, not Florida should be in the BCS National Championship Game? Was Danielson right to basically call Herbstreit out in public? Find out in Part III of this exclusive for Gator Country series authored by Buddy Martin.

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About the author

Buddy Martin

Gator Country Executive Editor Buddy Martin is an Emmy winner, former sports editor of the New York Daily News, Denver Post, St. Petersburg Times and Florida Today, as well as a longtime follower of Florida Gator sports. Buddy's new book about Urban Meyer will be released this fall. Buddy, his wife Joni and son Brenden reside in his hometown of Ocala. He is also the co-creator of the Sports Journalism Summit at Poynter Media Institute in St. Petersburg and regularly contributes to sports radio shows in Tampa, Denver, Fort Myers and Ocala-Gainesville.

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