THE Pat McAfee Show has announced a major broadcast change for the upcoming college football season.
With Pat McAfee returning to his role at the College GameDay table, the Pat McAfee Show will travel with him to his destinations.
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To open the college football season, College GameDay will travel to Ireland for the College Football Classic between Florida State and Georgia Tech.
The Pat McAfee Show will travel alongside College GameDay to cover the game.
“Breaking news, our show will be live in Dublin,” said McAfee.
“We will have more information about this on Friday or Wednesday.
“We will be live from Dublin on Friday, the day before Week 0 of the college football season.”
Fans shared their excitement about the live stream on social media following the announcement.
“EVERYONE STAY CALM,” said one fan.
“Patrick is going home,” said another fan.
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“This is going to be crazy,” said a third fan.
“Hell yes!!!! Let’s go!!! Can’t wait for Dublin and some college football,” said a fourth fan.
There was some uncertainty about McAfee’s future with College GameDay, but he finally announced his return in early summer.
He shared how difficult the decision was to return to the beloved show.
“There was some drama, obviously, that started to linger,” he said.
“We talked about it, I, [ESPN president of content] Burke [Magnus] It is [ESPN chairman] Jimmy [Pitaro]obviously, whenever the licensing of the program’s conversation occurred.
Pat McAfee’s Playing Days
Pat McAfee had a hugely successful period before switching to a career in media.
The talk show star served as a punter in the NFL for eight seasons from 2009 to 2016.
He was a seventh-round pick in the 2009 NFL Draft out of West Virginia and spent his entire career with the Indianapolis Colts.
The former punter was named to the Pro Bowl in 2014 and 2016, and was also a first-team All-Pro in 2014.
McAfee holds the NFL’s single record for highest career net punting yardage average at 41.4 yards, while his longest punt of all time was 74.
“Then an ESPN lawyer tried to be a super genius. I shut down Sicilian’d. I ended up being a free agent and it was a real look-in-the-mirror moment and say, ‘Am I the right person for this job?’
“Obviously, The Athletic’s research came out last year. I think it was like 50% of people were like, ‘Get this guy out of College GameDay.’
“I’m a fan of College GameDay. I enjoyed waking up on Saturday mornings and watching the show that takes us to college football on Saturday and, inevitably, NFL Sunday.
‘So for those people to have a terrible morning because of my existence was certainly something that weighed heavily on this idiot sports guy’s heart.’
College GameDay will continue to announce its locations as the season progresses, and the Pat McAfee show will likely head to each of those locations.
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