{"id":701927,"date":"2026-06-13T15:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T15:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/701927\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T15:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T15:30:13","slug":"2026-college-world-series-pat-mcafee-bummed-out-with-handling-of-roccos-jello-shot-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/701927\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 College World Series: Pat McAfee ‘bummed out’ with handling of Rocco’s Jello Shot Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the first time in program history, the West Virginia baseball program is in the College World Series<\/a>. That means that Mountaineer fans get to partake in the festivities of Omaha. But perhaps the most famous West Virginia alum, ESPN\u2019s Pat McAfee<\/a>, did not start his Omaha experience in a strong way.<\/p>\n

After arriving on Thursday night, McAfee and the co-hosts of his daily ESPN show went to the iconic \u201cRocco\u2019s\u201d bar, where the yearly jello shot challenge<\/a> takes place. As many wealthy alums have done for their schools in the past, McAfee wanted to make a donation on behalf of West Virginia. However, it doesn\u2019t sound like things went according to plan<\/a>, leaving a sour taste in his mouth.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019ve never done this before. West Virginia\u2019s never been here,\u201d McAfee began. \u201cWe were just kind of happy to come and do this entire thing. So then I started asking questions. I go, \u2018How\u2019s this work? Like, do I write a check?\u2019 I brought checks. brought checks with me like, this is fuckin\u2019 1995. I literally brought checks because I assumed that was gonna be the thing. I go, \u2018So like, do I write checks?\u2019 Guy goes, \u2018Yours would bounce, I think.\u2019 Just kept walking, wasn\u2019t like a joking thing. This is the general manager of the place.\u201d<\/p>\n

To keep track of how these comments impact Rocco\u2019s Jello Shot sales, check here for live updates<\/a> on the counter for each team.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: Since McAfee\u2019s rant, the bar has since accepted<\/a> the \u201clargest tip Rocco\u2019s has ever seen.\u201d It moved West Virginia into the lead with 7,911 shots.<\/p>\n

McAfee had seen previous notable alums participate in the trend, such as LSU alum and Raisin\u2019 Canes co-founder Todd Graves, who bought 6,000 shots on behalf of Tigers fans in 2023<\/a>, totaling $30,000. McAfee wanted to do something similar, but was not able to.<\/p>\n

\u201cI came here literally to do this to represent for West Virginia before this thing gets started,\u201d McAfee said. \u201cHow\u2019s this work? He goes, \u201cCard.\u2019 I go, \u2018Okay, well, how\u2019d that guy do 300,000 bucks? He\u2019s got a \u2014 is there a credit card out there that has a $300,000 limit? That\u2019s incredible, I need to find that.\u2019 He goes, \u2018Well, he wrote a check.\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018So, can I write a check?\u2019 He goes, \u2018No, we\u2019ll figure it out.\u2019 \u2026 It was very much like a \u2018You\u2019re lucky to be giving us this money to do this entire thing,\u2019 as opposed to, like, a celebration. And I think they\u2019re treating everybody like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

McAfee states plans to not return to Omaha<\/p>\n

Seeing as this is West Virginia\u2019s first trip to the College World Series, it\u2019s far from a guarantee that this is a trip McAfee will be making every year. But if the Mountaineers do continue to make trips back to the CWS, McAfee\u2019s experience at Rocco\u2019s might result in him not coming back.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis guy publicly told me I need to come give hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy shots at this guy\u2019s bar, basically,\u201d McAfee said. \u201cAnd I come in there and the guy told me that my check was going to bounce, and then did this entire thing, and people were buying these shots, and it was zero celebration. It felt like \u2014 I\u2019m tellin\u2019 ya, I was very bummed out.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026This will be a one-and-done thing for us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the first time in program history, the West Virginia baseball program is in the College World Series.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":701928,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[399,398,396,397,147627,99],"class_list":["post-701927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-football","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-pat-mcafee-05-plum","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=701927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/701928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=701927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=701927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=701927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}