ESPN star Pat McAfee appeared to reference the killing of Charlie Kirk as he ripped the University of Utah over a social media post he says made him feel "very, very uncomfortable" before Saturday’s "College GameDay" broadcast.McAfee said he saw a video on the university’s Instagram account shortly before going on air in Salt Lake City.The post asked students to do impressions of him, he said, and included comments calling him "corny" and "creepy."The video has since been removed from the university’s social media accounts.PAT MCAFEE HAS OFFICIALLY SURPASSED STEPHEN A SMITH AS THE FACE OF ESPNPat McAfee at the 2025 Rose Bowl and quarterfinal game of the College Football Playoff at Rose Bowl Stadium on Jan.
1, 2026.(Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)The former NFL punter said he would not have minded if students had shared the remarks themselves, but he took issue with the university posting them before he walked in front of thousands of fans."The university puts that out, like as I’m about to go out and do an infomercial for the place, and then I’m walking in front of thousands of these people," McAfee said Monday on "The Pat McAfee Show.""This is how the university feels about it.
It’s an uncomfortable feeling."McAfee said the post "set me off a little bit" and made him feel "a little weird." He then appeared to reference the September 2025 shooting of Kirk, the conservative activist who was killed during an event at Utah Valley University in Orem, about 40 miles south of Salt Lake City.30% OF COLLEGE STUDENTS SAY VIOLENCE ACCEPTABLE WAY TO STOP SPEAKERS ON CAMPUSES, SURVEY FINDSCharlie Kirk speaks at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025 in Orem, Utah.Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, was speaking at his "American Comeback Tour" when he was shot in the neck and killed.
(Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)"Has anything like really scary happened at like a college gathering in the state of Utah recently?" McAfee asked."Like, do we think we...