ESPN's Pat McAfee says a University of Utah video mocking him made him uncomfortable

ESPN personality Pat McAfee said on Monday that he was uncomfortable during Saturday's College GameDay broadcast at the University of Utah, after the university posted a video of students doing impressions of him. The video, now deleted, showed students mocking his corny lines and his habit of taking off his shirt on air. McAfee alluded to the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University last year when describing his experience. He picked the visiting Houston Cougars, but Utah won 21-13. McAfee said he hopes never to return to the campus, and the Washington Times reported that the university apologized for the video.

The New York Times, the main left-leaning source, leads with McAfee's own account. Its headline quotes his word "uncomfortable" and mentions the Kirk killing, and it centers his complaint about the university's video. Alternative outlets frame the episode around ridicule. The Hill reports that McAfee faces widespread mockery for apparently comparing himself to Kirk. Defector, in an opinion-style column, calls him thin-skinned, describes the students' jokes at length, and says they were accurate. Right-leaning outlets focus on McAfee's vow. The Daily Wire, republished from Sport & State, quotes him saying he hopes never to go back and notes the video was posted to the university's Instagram before the broadcast. The Washington Times leads with the university's apology. All sides agree on the core facts: the video, McAfee's discomfort and the Kirk reference. They differ in emphasis, with the left on his feelings, the alternative outlets on ridicule and the comparison, and the right on his vow and the university's response.