Aug 18, 2026 · 15 min · 7 segments
Welcome to The Real Oshow, 0:00 Intro 0:40 The Diary of a Polarizing Figure 5:40 Avengers: Doomsday trailer 10:20 Game of Thrones: War for Westeros 14:00 Closing Thoughts Pat McAfee…
Pat McAfee just dropped an album, and he's apparently been writing music for almost 20 years now.
It's called The Diary of a Polarizing Figure, and it's a 14-song album inspired by Pat's life and everything that's happened to him along the way.
Pat said that Jelly Roll was the main person to help push him to make this album real, and after listening to it, it's not bad.
It just reminded me of something that would be perfect for, like, college game day or an NFL Sunday ticket
intro.
My initial thought when listening to this, these songs were meant to be commercialized.
That's not...
He also launched it as an independent artist.
So if these songs do anything, you're cashing in on that.
So I think that's brilliant.
Plus, he obviously has a following who's going to listen to it.
And there's going to be plenty of people who clown him, but they're still listening to it.
It was a brilliant idea for Pat to make music.
But it goes to the question of why does every famous person, everybody who gets a following, they're like, I need to make music.
It's the most common thing.
And I'm not even mad.
I like your angle that you said about commercializing the song and him being independent, how much money he would make.
The average song that is played on like a major broadcast makes anywhere from $10,000 to $500,000 for a one-year agreement.
So if Pat writes this into some ESPN deal that they got to play his songs or something like that, that could be millions of more dollars in his pocket straight away, not to mention how many places are going to want him to perform this.
Every college game day, he does the kicking thing.
That'd be a perfect time to add a musical performance.
College game day already does a musical performance.
Who's to say next time they go to West Virginia, he ain't fucking playing his own music.
There's so many applications for this.
Pat McAfee just dropped an album, and he's apparently been writing music for almost 20 years now.
It's called The Diary of a Polarizing Figure, and it's a 14-song album inspired by Pat's life and everything that's happened to him along the way.
Pat said that Jelly Roll was the main person to help push him to make this album real, and after listening to it, it's not bad.
It just reminded me of something that would be perfect for, like, college game day or an NFL Sunday ticket
intro.
My initial thought when listening to this, these songs were meant to be commercialized.
That's not...
He also launched it as an independent artist.
So if these songs do anything, you're cashing in on that.
So I think that's brilliant.
Plus, he obviously has a following who's going to listen to it.
And there's going to be plenty of people who clown him, but they're still listening to it.
It was a brilliant idea for Pat to make music.
But it goes to the question of why does every famous person, everybody who gets a following, they're like, I need to make music.
It's the most common thing.
And I'm not even mad.
I like your angle that you said about commercializing the song and him being independent, how much money he would make.
The average song that is played on like a major broadcast makes anywhere from $10,000 to $500,000 for a one-year agreement.
So if Pat writes this into some ESPN deal that they got to play his songs or something like that, that could be millions of more dollars in his pocket straight away, not to mention how many places are going to want him to perform this.
Every college game day, he does the kicking thing.
That'd be a perfect time to add a musical performance.
College game day already does a musical performance.
Who's to say next time they go to West Virginia, he ain't fucking playing his own music.
There's so many applications for this.
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