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Why so much apparent hate for Pat McAfee? He played the
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Aug 27, 2023, 11:51 AM
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game of football at its highest level, albeit as a punter. He has an actual personality, unlike some of his cardboard cutout, sawdust for brains contemporaries at ESECPN. He makes Gameday somewhat entertaining again, within the confines of the corporate entity is has become. If people came to me throwing the kind of money they threw at him, I would jump all over it, just like he did. What is the problem with him?
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Re: Why so much apparent hate for Pat McAfee? He played the
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Aug 27, 2023, 11:53 AM
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He has an actual personality.
An unlikable one.
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All-In [25049]
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He is just one of those personalities
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Aug 27, 2023, 11:54 AM
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That isn’t happy unless they are the ones dominating a discussion or interaction and that can be hard to stomach for too long.
I think he was better for short periods and bit pieces on gameday.
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Re: He is just one of those personalities
Aug 27, 2023, 7:15 PM
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I agree TIP, 110%!
Don’t hate him, just prefer small doses.
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Re: Why so much apparent hate for Pat McAfee? He played the
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Aug 27, 2023, 11:55 AM
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No hate. Not my cup of tea for a college fb preview show. Don't understand the incessant need, on all these shows, to be loud and comedic.
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Re: Why so much apparent hate for Pat McAfee? He played the
Aug 27, 2023, 12:16 PM
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I haven’t cared about the game day show or crew for several years now. Started off okay then the talking heads just got worse over time. Throw in corporate sponsorship and their commercials as well.
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Re: Why so much apparent hate for Pat McAfee? He played the
Aug 27, 2023, 6:32 PM
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Don’t forget about the Tom Rinaldi weekly sob story.
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Re: Why so much apparent hate for Pat McAfee? He played the
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Aug 27, 2023, 12:29 PM
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In previous years he was a loud mouth, over animated yapper. I noticed yesterday he’s calmed down since now being an ESPN Game Day regular. Hopefully they keep him sedated and all will be good or at least better.
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Re: Why so much apparent hate for Pat McAfee? He played the
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Aug 27, 2023, 12:34 PM
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Because he reminds me of a loudmouth at the bar that leaves you with 2 choices.
Cash out and leave or go knock him the #### out.
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Re: Why so much apparent hate for Pat McAfee? He played the
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Aug 27, 2023, 1:49 PM
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If you can stomach it, watch ESecPN for most of a day time broadcast. Their protocol is to talk loud and scream and disagree with one another. Their head cheerleader is Stephen A** Smith.
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He is another example of...
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Aug 27, 2023, 3:02 PM
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... a personality I don't like. Very similar to McAfee.
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Re: He is another example of...
Aug 27, 2023, 4:29 PM
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Funny both are some of the highest payed people at espn. Why because they bring eyes to the tv. Just look at game days ratings when pat joined. I get some here don’t like him but that obviously doesn’t resonate country wide. I for one like him.
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Some people enjoy intelligent football discussion over yelling and screaming
Aug 28, 2023, 7:21 AM
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He’s great for WWE. He gives very little insight when it comes to CFB.
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And, that's why they pay those guys so much.
Aug 28, 2023, 7:52 AM
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You are in the majority. I am in the minority.
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Re: Why so much apparent hate for Pat McAfee? He played the
Aug 27, 2023, 2:45 PM
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Don’t hate. Think he is too loud and says outrageous. Wonder if due to lack of prep. Don’t appreciate cursing from time to time. Doesn’t add to broadcast.
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Anyone on this board that played football knows
Aug 27, 2023, 2:59 PM
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kickers are not football players and no one ever likes the kicker. ESPECIALLY the loudmouth, know-it-all kicker.
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Re: Why so much apparent hate for Pat McAfee? He played the
Aug 27, 2023, 3:00 PM
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His personality or TV persona is annoying. Not trying to watch fake wrestling.
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Different personalities are liked...
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...by different people.
I'm one of those who doesn't like his personality. I'm not particularly attracted to obnoxious, egotistical blowhards.
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Re: Why so much apparent hate for Pat McAfee? He played the
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Aug 27, 2023, 3:01 PM
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I find him extremely annoying.
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He embodied the reason ESPN is failing, and shows they haven’t
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Aug 27, 2023, 3:12 PM
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learned anything. ESPN went downhill when they started focusing more on the personalities than the sports. He is just a loudmouth with a bunch of antics, like Stephen A Smith. Give me Chris Fowler or Herbstreit over him any day.
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Re: He embodied the reason ESPN is failing, and shows they haven’t
Aug 27, 2023, 4:30 PM
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Game days ratings went up when he joined the show. Those are the facts so what you just said is bs.
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Orange Blooded [2723]
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Too Much Bro Energy
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Aug 27, 2023, 3:18 PM
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Like many have echoed so far -- better in doses than as a main character on the segment.
Frat bros and teens will probably enjoy him most and I imagine that's what ESPN was considering (attracting younger viewers) when bringing him on.
Personally, I still find some clips from his show funny every now and then but sitting through an entire show with him as a main draw is just not for me.
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Re: Why so much apparent hate for Pat McAfee? He played the
Aug 27, 2023, 4:03 PM
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Personality? Yes he does have one. It is one of the most abrasive and irritating I have even encountered. I refuse to watch anything he is on.
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Re: Why so much apparent hate for Pat McAfee? He played the
Aug 27, 2023, 4:12 PM
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He’s just too much and too interested in trying to be loud and outrageous. If I was still watching ESPN pre-game, it would be to hear some analysis of the games. I think if he had a small segment it might be ok, but I can’t take him for an entire show. It’s a shame they dumped Pollock for this guy. He’s way too much except for in small doses.
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What's really a shame is, Espin is supposedly losing money,
Aug 27, 2023, 6:51 PM
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but chose to give McAfee an obscene contract, yet fire the much more knowledgeable Pollack, who supposedly was paid only $80,000 per year. Apparently, they think McAfee is worth a 1000 times more than Pollack!
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Re: Why so much apparent hate for Pat McAfee? He played the
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Aug 27, 2023, 4:24 PM
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The decision to get rid of Pollock and keep him is head scratching.
I guess it shows why they are going broke.
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Re: Why so much apparent hate for Pat McAfee? He played the
Aug 27, 2023, 4:31 PM
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Not at all. Pollock didn’t single handily make ratings go up.
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Re: Why so much apparent hate for Pat McAfee? He played the
Aug 27, 2023, 4:47 PM
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I refuse to believe he made the ratings go up. Who would watch GameDay just because of him.
Personally I think he is okay. My point is the money he is making can't be worth it.
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Re: Why so much apparent hate for Pat McAfee? He played the
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Aug 27, 2023, 5:57 PM
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All you have to do is simply look at the ratings. There is a reason a contract was struck quickly to bring him in. Not only that it was a very lucrative one at that.
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Orange Blooded [2746]
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Belongs on WWE***
Aug 27, 2023, 4:34 PM
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He was paid for the popularity of his podcast
Aug 27, 2023, 6:21 PM
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The Pat McAfee Show channel on YouTube has 2.2 million subscribers and 1.6 billion total views, and his contract with ESPN allows them to broadcast all 230 episodes per year on ESPN and ESPN+. GameDay is just a side gig for him. ESPN is probably hoping that his podcast subscribers will tune in to watch him on GameDay, and also that GameDay viewers might decide to start watching his podcast.
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Re: Why so much apparent hate for Pat McAfee? He played the
Aug 27, 2023, 6:40 PM
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Hurts my ears to listen to him. If that’s entertainment I can do without it. But haven’t watched game day since it got so political so he can babble on as long as he wants
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Has to be the center of attention. Don’t like those
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Aug 27, 2023, 6:57 PM
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types.
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Orange Blooded [3161]
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He makes a lot of people ponder why they are watching
Aug 28, 2023, 7:28 AM
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Gameday when they miss...well you know.
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