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What’s got McAfee so fired up about the University of Utah?

By Deseret News · October 26, 2026 · 1 min read
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Pat McAfee has made a career out of being loud, unpredictable and willing to get under people’s skin. But after spending Saturday morning at the University of Utah for ESPN’s “College GameDay,” the former NFL punter-turned-ESPN-superstar says he left with a feeling he rarely experiences on the road: discomfort.

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