McAfee

Amazing.

Hey, uh, do that Pat McAfee story.

Okay.

Please.

I've been wondering about this.

Well, I am very, very happy with this news, but Pat McAfee has ruled himself out of replacing Troy Aikman on Monday Night Football.

So right now, Joe Buck has just signed, I believe, a six-year deal worth $100 million.

Yeah, what is the deal? They didn't sign Aikman?

when s- but I mean, that's the kind of stuff.

And then like I was listening to Pete Thamel on, on McAfee on, on Wednesday and he's like, you know, he's talking about Iowa, you know?

Mm.

Like, it's like people aren't using Iowa as a punchline right now.

And, um, when s- but I mean, that's the kind of stuff.

And then, like, I was listening to Pete Thamel on, on McAfee on, on Wednesday, and he's like, you know, he's talking about Iowa, you know?

Mm.

Like, it's like, uh, people aren't s- using Iowa as a punchline right now.

You want him to make sure he's healthy.

Kirk Herbstreit was on Pat McAfee a few minutes ago.

And Herbstreet said this is something that he has dealt with his entire life since he was diagnosed with a blood clot.

Listen to Herbstreet on McAfee.

Listen to you guys talk about Jalen.

I had a calf injury that I thought was a calf injury.

And they had a story about him today in, uh, The New York Times Athletic.

McAfee's in it.

Are you kidding?

No.

Yeah, I can find it.

Find, find ...

McAfee plays a drill sergeant in there.

[sighs]

They can't afford Troy.

They'll just give the job to Stephen A. and McAfee."

[laughs] They're already paying him enough.

You know, that's the rumor, that McAfee's next on Monday Night Football, that the booth would be Joe-

I've, I've seen that rumor, yeah

... and McAfee.

I was am- I was amazed at how many people got mad at me for my Jason Kelce tweet the other day.

But I...

Their three best wins this year have all been on the road, which is, is, is to me a, a, a sign of a great coach to begin with.

When they, when they flew to Maryland and beat them by 51 points, it just had me immediately thinking about your boy Cignetti's interview, I believe it was on McAfee or ESPN or something like that, when, when he was immi- like immediately after they took care of UCLA on the road, I believe it was two years ago, right? 2024? And when he said, "We got to the hotel about 8:00, ate our meal, went to bed, woke up, played 3:30, kicked their [censored] and came home." [laughs] And I was like, that's, it's, that, he, at that point, he got on everybody's radar as like, this guy's one of the best coaches in the sport, right? But yeah, Chesney kind of reminded me of that, how they took care of business and, and, and then, you know, on that cross-country road trip, winning by 51 points, that's huge, man.

This, this program's in a completely different place than it was last year.

So yeah, I'm, I'm just, I'm very impressed.