Herbstreit, an ESPN college football analyst, has been doing this for over a decade. This time every season, he has some fun identifying players, teams, coaches, compelling game matchups, College Football Playoff teams, even favorite college town restaurants, as nominees in a mixture of serious as well as wacky award categories.
Baker Mayfield was the Herbie Award winner last year in the “Offensive Player of the Year” category.
As an example of some of the more unusual Herbie Awards to be presented at the end of the season, there are categories this year for “Throwback Player,” “Best Looking Field” “Best Celebrity CFB Fan” and Rodney Dangerfield (no respect).