McAfee referenced the Charlie Kirk killing while describing discomfort over a university social media post inviting students to do impressions of him.
Pat McAfee said he was "very, very uncomfortable" during College GameDay's stop at the University of Utah, pointing to what he described as light criticism as the cause. The show was in Salt Lake City for the second consecutive weekend, this time for the Big 12 matchup between Utah and Houston.
McAfee's issue stemmed from a video posted on university social media accounts asking students to submit their best impressions of him. He brought up the Charlie Kirk assassination while discussing his discomfort, though he did not draw a direct comparison between the two situations.
The broadcast had opened with McAfee taking off his shirt and again criticizing The New York Times over a column in The Athletic examining his influence on the show, which outlets described as typical behavior for him. The tone shifted by the end of the broadcast, when McAfee thanked fans who had camped out for the show before turning to his pick for the Utah-Houston game, and his comments about feeling uncomfortable drew attention afterward.