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Reason Donald Trump isn’t ESPN College GameDay guest picker revealed by Pat McAfee
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- Sep 26, 2026, 2:59 PM UTC
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American sports analyst and athlete (born 1987)
Patrick Justin McAfee is an American sports analyst, color commentator, former professional wrestler, and former professional football punter and kickoff specialist. He is an analyst on College GameDay and the host of the sports talk show The Pat McAfee Show on ESPN. In professional wrestling, he is best known for his tenure in WWE, as a color commentator and an occasional wrestler.
More on Wikipedia ↗ESPN analyst Pat McAfee has rarely been front and center in headline-grabbing news this year, and on Saturday, he once again attracted intense backlash during Week 4 of college football action. McAfee was widely criticized after a troll account online accused the ESPN host of picking President Donald Trump to win the…
Donald Trump will be at Neyland Stadium for No. 1 Texas vs. No. 14 Tennessee, but he won't be the guest picker on ESPN College GameDay for a very specific reason.
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