Opinion: Georgia fans still owed apology from ESPN star who told them to ‘go to hell’

System · January 24

Opinion: Georgia fans still owed apology from ESPN star who told them to ‘go to hell’

ATHENS — College football seemingly has no stopping point, but at some juncture, it seems an apology from ESPN star Pat McAfee is due Georgia fans.

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reddawg1 · January 24

Too old for clown shows like his. Pollack is a class act.

1SICemDAWGS1 · January 24

Pat Mcafee on his best day may make it to 🤡 level..and even then, that would still be a BIG stretch to make it that high, for this espn "expert", Mcafee= joke.

CWdawg1979 · January 24

Don't hold your breath for an apology from him. He can keep wearing his wife beater t shirt and continue to show a total lack of class. UGA fans really don't care.

reddawg1 · January 24

Curious to see what he gets out of CKS in the future after insulting the UGA fanbase. KARMA is a , well you know.

My_Dawg_Ryan · January 24

This is a dumb story for a writer looking for content bc there isn’t much to write about. He had no control over who Disney was going to fire and there were a lot more high profile ESPN people who got let go over Pollack. I would be mad too if you heard an entire fan base it was his fault Pollack got let go. How about you do some reporting on the upcoming UGA baseball and Softball teams? I don’t know, some actual good stories!

78Dawg · January 24

Can't stand McAfee. Stopped watching Gameday and will not return until he's gone. He's just a punk. Pollack is one fine man with great character. ESPN really phucked up.

FalconUGAFan · January 24

Like the rest of the Dawgs here, I think the guy is a chubby clown unworthy of Pollack. Always disliked him even before the SEC game, but his actions were just the cherry on top.

bogarttad · January 24

McAfee reminds me most of Jerry Springer. Though Springer has departed, I think his fan base has found a home with McAfee.

NorthHallDawg · January 24

If he's dumb enough to return to Georgia for College GameDay, then Georgia fans need to be there to give him a proper reception. By the way, GameDay is trash... Give me the gorgeous Laura Rutledge and SEC Nation any day...

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SCDawgFan · January 24

Don't even give him the courtesy of your time nor effort. He isn't worth it. ESPN will tire of him quickly and he will disappear into podcast land. If everyone just changes the channel whenever he is on he will go away sooner than later.

KDC · January 24

That guy is a tool. A total clown who embarrasses himself every time he opens his mouth. I understand there are folks who love his sleeveless, sophomoric, bro-boy style. Fine. Give him his own show. But I wish ESPN would keep him off the primetime shows like Gameday. And the man can't hold a candle to Pollack in terms of understanding / analysis of the game.

navydawg · January 24

@MikeGriffith Mike you Sir are a class gentleman. You got me really strong with the Dooly Culture article and now again with this one. You are saying what Needs to be said but in a very gracious way. I’m soon to be 67 maybe some day I’ll grow up to be more like you !!

EVEN if there was some truth to what McAfee said UGA fans are mad at him because of what ESPN Did. Even if that’s partially true. As you stated the man is Supposed to be a professional. And he’s a highly paid professional at that $17 mil !!!

There is NO excuse, NONE what so ever for him to say such a thing to an entire fan base. I doubt ESPN will even say anything to him less alone DO something to him in terms of discipline.

ESPN supposedly let David Pollack and others go due to “budget cuts “ but not only did they in short order give McAfee his huge salary, he has his own show which calls for even More money for staff, tech, other resources. So I don’t buy the budget cut excuse.

NO David Pollack was fired due to his perceived snub of Saban sitting right beside him after the 2022/23 National Championship when he said words to the effect that Kirby and the Dawgs are the New King of CFB. Something in that order I forget the exact words. I Don’t forget how red Saban’s face turned !!

Many Dawgs fans accurately predicted that was the end of Pollack at ESPN right after. And sure enough in very short order he was gone !!

The Best way for Dawgs fans to send a messsge to ESPN is boycott Mr. McAfee. And As Tempting as it would be Don’t Go to College GameDay should they come to Athens !! If they have to put up cardboard figurines for the show they Might get the answer.

As I and numerous others have stated so many times, ESPN wields Far to much power in CFB. The Only way for fans to have an impact is Boycott them !!! Go Dawgs !!! Long Live David Pollack !!!

CandlerPark · January 24

I'm no fan of McAfee The whole overreaching-loudmouth-wrestler-in-an-undershirt thing is just sad compared to the gentelmanly intelligence of Pollack.

That said, it's not McAfee's fault that ESPN abandoned Pollack. And I'd really be amazed if alot of Georgia fans got their panties in a **** about his attempt to get attention by insulting us.

If he were lying or said something bigoted or got an important fact wrong ... yeah, he should apologize. This was just him doing what he always does -- and what he was hired to do in contrast to Pollack's low-key style. I say, don't feed his need to get a rise out of people.

DallasDawg · January 24

https://forum.dawgnation.com/discussion/comment/744043#Comment_744043

Amen, @My_Dawg_Ryan. Totally useless piece. With ALL that has gone on with college football and UGA since that moment, probably 90 percent of UGA fans -- if not more -- had forgotten all about McAfee's comment, if they even heard it in the first place (since so many claim to no longer watch College GameDay). the only reason this was written is because @MikeGriffith knows that any negative story about ESPN and/or Pat McAfee will stir up the Georgia fan base and get plenty of clicks. I am by no means a fan of McAfee's, and I even think he should apologize. But folks have said MUCH WORSE to and about Georgia fans, and vice versa. And that won't stop. And ESPN will keep broadcasting our games, McAfee will be back on the UGA campus and when he returns, Kirby Smart will talk to him because it's ALL about the dollar. That's just the way the world works. Writing about that silly episode here just keeps the animus in the atmosphere that much longer for people who want to be angry when, as you correctly point out, there are so many "actual good stories" happening in UGA athletics right now that Griffith could write about.