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Locked On West Virginia - Daily Podcast on West Virginia Mountaineers Football & Basketball

Locked On West Virginia - Daily Podcast on West Virginia Mountaineers Football & Basketball

DEATH THREATS?! Pat McAfee Responds to a VILE Online THREATS that MUST STOP!

Sep 28, 2026 · 38 min · 17 segments

Pat McAfee is speaking out after a disturbing online post invoked violence against him. This goes far beyond a College GameDay pick or any argument about football. Death threats and calls for violence…

Pat McAfee is speaking out after a disturbing online post invoked violence against him. This goes far beyond a College GameDay pick or any argument about football. Death threats and calls for violence have no place in sports fandom. On Locked On West Virginia, Mountaineer Paul breaks down what Pat shared, how an altered GameDay image fueled the conversation, and why fans need to draw a hard line when online backlash turns threatening. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Pat McAfee is speaking out after a disturbing online post invoked violence against him. This goes far beyond a College GameDay pick or any argument about football. Death threats and calls for violence…

Speakers: Mountaineer PaulHost

Show signals: SuitabilitySafeBiasNot politicalAudience≈8k followers

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Top entities: Pat McAfee×37 Michael Hawkins Jr.×20 WVU Football×17 FanDuel×9 Oklahoma State Cowboys football×10

Defending Pat McAfee from Online Abuse2:26 – 16:23

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Mountaineer PaulHost

2:26

But when I saw the Pat McAfee tweet today, something stirred up inside me and I Not everybody's going to agree with this.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

2:37

Not everybody's going to think I need to come to his aid.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

2:39

He doesn't need me or whatever.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

2:41

That's not really what this is.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

2:44

I'm speaking out against this, really, is what I'm doing.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

2:48

Secondarily to that, I do think that Pat McAfee needs Mountaineer Nation because he's under attack.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

2:55

And I'm not even making this political.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

2:58

I'm not.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

2:58

I'm really not.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

3:00

I'm just saying that crazy people are doing crazy things online and And if you look at what Pat McAfee said today, I woke up this morning, folks were really coming after me for being a really big piece of SHIT who has ruined everything.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

3:15

Man, that's the first host game pick I've gotten wrong this season.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

3:18

Both GGD and MNCD folks are really pissed off about it, I immediately thought.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

3:27

He said, then, I'm not exactly sure.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

3:29

Game day, I'm not really exactly sure.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

3:33

um he said then i kept scrolling and just some awesome internet really happening being sarcastic um last week it was johnny root completely lying about what i said and dropping me into something with potential real-life repercussions this week shane tuttle ncaa does some of its finest internetting the good news is all these folks are very excited to believe this definitely got a follow-up about this being fake right i know this is a scrolling app once you see something we all just continue on scrolling on our journeys If it gets community noted later on, is X forcing it back onto folks' feeds? I'm sure they all know it's not real, right? The community note probably cleared it up for all the millions of people that saw this.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

4:15

Let's check in and see some of the quote tweets, and they're really bad.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

4:21

I'm not going to use the term that this person uses, but...

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

4:28

It's sickening.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

4:29

It's sickening.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

4:30

It's a death threat to Pat McAfee.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

4:35

And one of the most horrific things that's ever happened, you know, that I've ever seen online is being used as a... as kind of a term now.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

4:48

So I won't even go into what it is.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

4:50

I told my boss, I wasn't going to say it.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

4:52

So I'm not going to say it.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

4:54

Um, I did get permission to talk about this first because it's heavy.

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Defending Pat McAfee from Online Abuse2:26 – 16:23

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

2:26

But when I saw the Pat McAfee tweet today, something stirred up inside me and I Not everybody's going to agree with this.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

2:37

Not everybody's going to think I need to come to his aid.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

2:39

He doesn't need me or whatever.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

2:41

That's not really what this is.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

2:44

I'm speaking out against this, really, is what I'm doing.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

2:48

Secondarily to that, I do think that Pat McAfee needs Mountaineer Nation because he's under attack.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

2:55

And I'm not even making this political.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

2:58

I'm not.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

2:58

I'm really not.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

3:00

I'm just saying that crazy people are doing crazy things online and And if you look at what Pat McAfee said today, I woke up this morning, folks were really coming after me for being a really big piece of SHIT who has ruined everything.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

3:15

Man, that's the first host game pick I've gotten wrong this season.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

3:18

Both GGD and MNCD folks are really pissed off about it, I immediately thought.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

3:27

He said, then, I'm not exactly sure.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

3:29

Game day, I'm not really exactly sure.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

3:33

um he said then i kept scrolling and just some awesome internet really happening being sarcastic um last week it was johnny root completely lying about what i said and dropping me into something with potential real-life repercussions this week shane tuttle ncaa does some of its finest internetting the good news is all these folks are very excited to believe this definitely got a follow-up about this being fake right i know this is a scrolling app once you see something we all just continue on scrolling on our journeys If it gets community noted later on, is X forcing it back onto folks' feeds? I'm sure they all know it's not real, right? The community note probably cleared it up for all the millions of people that saw this.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

4:15

Let's check in and see some of the quote tweets, and they're really bad.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

4:21

I'm not going to use the term that this person uses, but...

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

4:28

It's sickening.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

4:29

It's sickening.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

4:30

It's a death threat to Pat McAfee.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

4:35

And one of the most horrific things that's ever happened, you know, that I've ever seen online is being used as a... as kind of a term now.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

4:48

So I won't even go into what it is.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

4:50

I told my boss, I wasn't going to say it.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

4:52

So I'm not going to say it.

M

Mountaineer PaulHost

4:54

Um, I did get permission to talk about this first because it's heavy.

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