Pat McAfee is going to be one busy person this fall.
The New York Post’s Andrew Marchand reported Tuesday that McAfee will be joining the cast of ESPN’s “College Gameday” starting this Saturday when the show is in Austin for Alabama vs Texas.
NEWS: Pat McAfee is joining ESPN's "College GameDay" as a full-time member of the show, The Post has learned.https://t.co/hUAA9Ncp82
— Andrew Marchand (@AndrewMarchand) September 7, 2022
Update: McAfee is off SmackDown to work on “College GameDay.”
McAfee off Smackdown due to taking a job on Game Day for ESPN during football season.
— Dave Meltzer (@davemeltzerWON) September 7, 2022
McAfee wouldn’t confirm the news to the Post but tweeted about it:
It’s an absolute honor 2 have this tweet tweeted about me.
GameDay is a show that I’ve been a fan of FOREVER
So many moving parts including real cool conversations w/ the fine folks from WWE..all moved quickly
Will lead show manana w/ all the deets
🗣 DUMBEST LIFE OF ALL TIME https://t.co/wC4vhzUJIv
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) September 7, 2022
My life is dumb. If I was 2 die tomorrow, right b4 passing I’d be proud & dumbfounded of what I have been lucky enough 2 do.
Massive announcement coming at some point this week..truly Bananaland.
Have a great night beautiful people.
I appreciate u all more than u could imagine pic.twitter.com/xXD4AgiPzG
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) September 7, 2022
McAfee also has a daily show that appears on Youtube. He recently parted ways with Sirius with that program.
He has a $120 million deal with FanDuel over four years. It bears watching whether FanDuel will look to slot the show into its newly launched FanDuel TV, which was previously known as TVG, a horse racing network.