Pat McAfee makes stunning College GameDay pick after Utah social media video drama

Pat McAfee’s whirlwind week had one more surprise — he’s going with the Utes.During Saturday’s “College GameDay,” McAfee, a regular panelist, was making his pick for a College Football Playoff sleeper team.

His choice? The University of Utah — the school he’s had plenty of beef with after it posted a video of students poking fun at him for his personality on “GameDay,” including his propensity for taking off his shirt.“You know, I don’t want to continue to perpetuate anything, especially after the week that I’ve just had, but SEC/ESPN is running wild right now, OK?” McAfee said.“I will say, you know who hasn’t been represented up here? Big Ten, SEC, Independent, ACC… How about — boom — Big 12!”A Utah logo then appeared in the “championship sleeper” category on the board being used for the segment.“I don’t think anybody would’ve expected this,” McAfee continued.

“[Devon] Dampier could go crazy at any time.Their huge win over the Houston [Cougars] last week, I think showed me a lot.

They were down going into the fourth quarter.They responded by blanketing Houston in the fourth quarter.

I like [head coach] Morgan Scalley’s team out there, and I think they will be the best team in the Big 12 when it’s all said and done.”McAfee’s whirlwind week started after “GameDay” made a trip to Utah last Saturday, and he was made uncomfortable by the video the school had posted on social media in which the students made fun of him and called him “corny.” “The university puts that out,” McAfee said on his eponymous ESPN show earlier this week.“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.

This is how the university feels about it.It’s an uncomfortable feeling.

I’m like, I’m getting a lot of shrapnel from a lot of places.The university is putting this out? That something I just had never experienced really in my en...