While all of the talk about college football on TV centered on the Big Ten and its new deals with FOX, CBS, and NBC in the off-season, it was ESPN that made a deal to steal the spotlight during the season. The network added Pat McAfee to the College GameDay crew ahead of the show’s week 2 visit to Austin, TX. Now, the flamboyant analyst is ready to go from pregame to in-game.
McAfee’s College GameDay co-host Kirk Herbstreit was a guest on McAfee’s show Friday. He revealed that he and McAfee will serve as co-hosts for ABC’s broadcast of the Las Vegas Bowl on Saturday, December 17.
“It’s gonna be a blast,” Herbstreit told McAfee. “It’s your game. I’m just kinda there to hang out with you.”
Pat McAfee joked that can’t be true because he will still be identifying a lot of players by numbers while Herbstreit will be able to give the guys’ entire career history. He added that the idea that he gets to share a booth with Herbstreit is “hilarious.”
The Las Vegas Bowl will feature the Florida Gators and the Oregon State Beavers. Dave Pasch will call the game. Laura Rutledge will be on the sidelines.
In his first deal with ESPN, Pat McAfee worked with Adam Amin and Matt Hasselbeck. The trio called Thursday night college football games during the 2019 season.
