Last week, Pat McAfee and Kirk Herbstreit were wowed by guest picker Caitlin Clark\u2019s college football knowledge beyond the biggest games.<\/p>\n
They might have wanted to pick her brain a little, as their lack of knowledge about games outside the SEC and Big Ten showed this weekend.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s nothing new that GameDay doesn\u2019t spend much time discussing Group of 6 and non-Power 4 games weekly, and it often becomes abundantly clear how little<\/a> its analysts think of those teams<\/a> once playoff conversations kick in<\/a>. It\u2019s one thing to gloss over them, but some viewers have noticed an uptick in GameDay personalities flaunting their lack of knowledge about those games and taking\u00a0delight in proving how little they care.<\/p>\n A perfect example was during Saturday\u2019s gambling picks segment when McAfee presented his \u201cSuperdog\u201d of the week. He selected Sacramento State while casually admitting he knew absolutely nothing about them.<\/p>\n The College GameDay crew, reveling in their lack of knowledge about non-Power 4 college football teams. https:\/\/t.co\/upGeBdQGGG<\/p>\n \u2014 Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) October 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cHow about this Sacramento State, plus eight and a half over Bowling Green,\u201d said McAfee while Herbstreit chuckled at the mere mention. \u201cI know next to nothing about both these teams,\u201d he continued, as Desmond Howard started to laugh.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was pretty ripe and picked over by the time whenever we got to my selection of SuperDogs, because everybody gets their picks in early,\u201d added McAfee.<\/p>\n \u201cI felt the same way,\u201d Rece Davis said.<\/p>\n \u201cSacramento State just got dog-walked in their last game. They\u2019re coming back with a vengeance.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHow about Fresno State at home in the valley, getting a touchdown against Boise State?\u201d Davis asked, confirming why he agreed with McAfee. \u201cYou know, Fresno State has won the last three meetings. They\u2019ve got \u201cSpeedy\u201d Luke at running back, Jayden Mandal\u2019s been a good quarterback\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIs that a conference game?\u201d asked Herbstreit.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is; it\u2019s a Pac-12 game now,\u201d added Davis.<\/p>\n It\u2019s true that Fresno State and Boise State are a Pac-12 game this season, but they\u2019ve been conference foes every season since 2001, except 2011. Not to mention the fact that both teams are 4-1 and Boise is nationally ranked.<\/p>\n Obviously, College GameDay\u2019s bread and butter is the biggest college football games of the week, especially those involving the Big Ten and SEC. No one expects Desmond Howard and Pat McAfee to offer keen insights into New Mexico State\u2019s football program.<\/p>\n However, there\u2019s a difference between a lack of knowledge and gleefully flaunting that gap, especially when your program is, on paper, supposed to celebrate the sport, not just the 24 biggest teams.<\/p>\n And people have noticed that lack of care.<\/p>\n So sick of College Gameday and the little jabs they take at the rest of College Football.<\/p>\n Pat McAfee: \u201cI\u2019m taking Sacramento State over Bowling Green, I know nothing about either of these teams!\u201d<\/p>\n Herbstreit: \u201cFresno State over Boise State. Is this a conference game? Oh yeah, PAC 12 I think.\u201d<\/p>\n Your job is literally to be the experts on ALL of college football, not just the SEC.<\/p>\n \u2014 First and 16 \u2013 A Big 12 Show (@Firstand16_Pod) October 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n If you\u2019re outside of the P2, why watch GameDay?<\/p>\n It\u2019s embarrassing that the most prominent figures in the sport are PRETENDING not to know about the sport.<\/p>\n Boise State is ranked. Boise-Fresno has been a storied rivalry for decades. They know that.<\/p>\n \u2014 Herd Bros (@TheHerdBros) October 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n $60 million to McAfee and he can\u2019t be bothered to do a lick of research<\/p>\n \u2014 JaguarGator9 (@JaguarGator9NFL) October 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n @Firstand16_Pod Fresno vs Boise has been a conference game since 2012. Absolutely embarrasing comment from Herbstreit<\/p>\n \u2014 Nevada Slant (@Nevada_Slant) October 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n While it might be silly to expect Herbstreit, who spends half the week focused on calling the NFL, and McAfee, who has his weekday show and 15 other things going on, to lock in on Group of Six football, that\u2019s also kinda the point. What was once a show hosted by college football people for college football people<\/a> has evolved into something else.<\/p>\n The ratings will tell us this is all working for a lot of viewers. And the chorus saying, \u201cIf you don\u2019t like what\u00a0<\/a>College GameDay<\/a>\u00a0is doing these days<\/a>,\u00a0it isn\u2019t for you,<\/a>\u201c keeps getting louder. But situations like this make you wonder: if it\u2019s not for college football sickos and die-hards, who IS it for?<\/p>\n