ESPN BLOWS UP On Utah, GameDay Disaster Puts BYU Game In Jeopardy, Pat McAfee Unleashes...

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When ESPN’s College GameDay set up camp at the University of Utah, the expectation was a routine celebration of Big 12 football. Instead, Saturday morning turned into an awkward standoff between host Pat McAfee and the home crowd in Salt Lake City. The atmosphere grew even more strained during the show's weekly kicking contest. The student participant openly complained on air that her $1 million prize opportunity lagged behind the $3 million offered at BYU the previous week. An visibly annoyed McAfee addressed the comment directly before watching the attempt fall well short of the uprights. By the time the panel made their game picks, the politeness was gone. McAfee explicitly picked Houston to pull off the road victory, claiming Utah had not yet been truly tested this season. He capped off the segment with a blunt sign-off to the Rice-Eccles crowd: "Thank you, guys. I'll never see you again, hopefully." Utah fans ultimately got the last laugh on the field as the Utes earned a 21-13 v...