{"id":897427,"date":"2026-10-28T10:40:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T10:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/897427\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T10:40:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T10:40:23","slug":"the-deleted-college-gameday-video-that-fueled-pat-mcafees-utah-anger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/897427\/","title":{"rendered":"The deleted ‘College GameDay’ video that fueled Pat McAfee’s Utah anger"},"content":{"rendered":"

The University of Utah-produced video that left Pat McAfee vowing to never return<\/a> \u2014 and referencing Charlie Kirk\u2019s assassination \u2014 included students mildly joking about his mannerisms.<\/p>\n

McAfee called out Monday a since-deleted video published by the university in advance of ESPN\u2019s \u201cCollege GameDay\u201d coming to campus for Saturday\u2019s huge 21-13 win over Houston.<\/p>\n

The host of the video asks a fan for his best McAfee impression, and a male fan predicted the host would say a \u201ccorny line.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s going to be like, \u2018Houston, we got a problem. Give the Utah Utes,\u201d the fan said while those around him chuckled.<\/p>\n

Another fan then appeared to joke that he would bet on McAfee ripping his shirt off during the show<\/a>, before another fan chided the ESPN star for doing so.<\/p>\n

\u201cPat, we love you, bro, but like, bro, keep the shirt on,\u201d the fan said with a smile. \u201cNo one is trying to see that. We don\u2019t care, these are college kids, bro. Keep your shirt on homie.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pat McAfee speaks about his experience at the University of Utah. espn<\/p>\n

Those remarks clearly got under McAfee\u2019s skin, along with the student in the show\u2019s kicking contest asking why she was being offered $1 million instead of the $3 million McAfee gave away the previous week at BYU.<\/p>\n

McAfee appeared visibly annoyed at the remark, and signed off by picking Houston to win to a chorus of boos and saying \u201cI\u2019ll never see you again, hopefully.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

On his self-named show Monday, McAfee went scorched earth on Utah and ESPN\u2019s potential $60 million star explicitly referenced the rather tame remarks made by the students.<\/p>\n

The fan doing his Pat McAfee impression. @billgetzfroggy\/X<\/p>\n

He said he did not enjoy his time in Salt Lake City, even using the word hate and saying he\u2019s never felt more uncomfortable.<\/p>\n

McAfee repeatedly stated that he felt that video was the university taking a shot at him.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey do an impression of Pat McAfee and one kid goes, \u2018Ah, he\u2019s corny.\u2019 Another kid calls me creepy,\u201d he said, although the student did not call him corny. \u201cOK, if these kids would have done this on their own blogs, all good. I mean, everybody\u2019s taking shots at me anyways for everything. I get it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe university puts that out? Like, as I\u2019m about to go out and do an infomercial for the place, and then I\u2019m walking in front of thousands of these people. This is how the university feels about it? It\u2019s an uncomfortable feeling. I\u2019m getting a lot of shrapnel from a lot of places. The university is putting this out? That\u2019s something I just had never experienced really in my entire life.\u201d<\/p>\n

This fan asked McAfee to keep his shirt on. @billgetzfroggy\/X<\/p>\n

McAfee later tied his experience to the September 2025 assassination of Kirk, a political pundit, at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought to myself: \u2018Has anything like really scary happened at like a college gathering in the state of Utah recently?\u2019 Like, do we think we should be amplifying reasons for why people hate my guts as a university? I don\u2019t know,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was a lot of mixed feelings for me going out there,\u201d McAfee said.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udea8 Pat McAfee GOES OFF on the University of Utah \ud83d\ude33<\/p>\n

He says he\u2019s never felt so uncomfortable, even bringing up what happened at UVU last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did not enjoy the University of Utah.\u201d<\/p>\n

HOLY SMOKES \ud83d\udc80 pic.twitter.com\/YCXQPM3vEH<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Bill (@Billgetzfroggy) October 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Utah has since apologized for the video<\/a> and said officials have reached out to McAfee \u201cto express appreciation and regret.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur goal during the visit was to create lighthearted engagement regarding Pat being back on campus, but we missed the mark,\u201d the school said in a release. \u201cUniversity staff are responsible for reviewing and posting content on official social media accounts and we take full accountability for that decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe sincerely apologize for creating any perception that Pat was unsafe or unwelcome on our campus. Nothing could be further from the truth. Pat and the entire GameDay crew are always welcome at the University of Utah and we deeply appreciate the opportunity ESPN provides to showcase our university and community.\u201d<\/p>\n

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