In his final show, the legend Lee Corso was the lone man on the College Gameday panel to pick against Alabama and correctly predict his Florida State Seminoles’ upset of the Crimson Tide. Still, after Pat McAfee closed out College Gameday in Week 2 from Norman, Oklahoma, as the Sooners host Michigan on Saturday night, even scorned Tide fans would happily welcome Corso back.
McAfee is the new closer for Gameday, cutting what felt like a WWE-style promo before picking the Sooners in front of the home crowd.
The first College GameDay of the post-Lee Corso era ends with Pat McAfee cutting a WWE-style promo before picking the home team in Oklahoma. pic.twitter.com/TW8LSvvj30
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) September 6, 2025
Pat McAfee and Kalen DeBoer are both learning that it’s no fun to follow a legend
Nick Saban set the bar so high in Tuscaloosa that no matter how DeBoer’s tenure started, as long as it wasn’t with a national championship, it wouldn’t have been good enough. Now, after DeBoer’s Week 1 loss to Florida State, he has as many unranked losses (4) in 14 games as Saban had in 17 years.
DeBoer clearly hasn’t met the standard, but a fanbase that has been as spoiled as Alabama doesn’t quite have the most patience. As college football fans, we’ve all been spoiled by years of Corso and his iconic headgear selections. It’s hard to fathom that anyone will ever feel the same about McAfee’s monologues, but it doesn’t help that he’s forced to follow a legend.
Please get Pat McAfee off the set 😒
— Michael Hanich (@MichaelHanich) September 6, 2025
Alabama fans and the rest of college football didn’t seem to enjoy the chane this week after last week’s pomp and circumstance in Columbus for Corso’s final show for the Week 1 matchup between Texas and Ohio State.
College Gameday would be so much more enjoyable if McAfee wasn’t on the show.
— Jared Goff Stan Account (@PatEdwardHagan) September 6, 2025
If you’re not a fan of McAfee’s brashness, maybe you’d prefer Barstool founder Dave Portnoy on FOX’s Big Noon Kickoff? Or Saturday morning could be a good time to go for a walk, maybe spend some time with family and friends, you could even read a book (or my Best Bets for Week 2)? Anything not to watch McAfee or Portnoy would do.
god i hate the frat-ification of saturday morning college football coverage. what do you mean i have to pick between pat mcafee and david fucking portnoy??
— Almond-Ma St. Brown (@hotfeller_noah) August 30, 2025
It’s not easy to follow a legend, and DeBoer and McAfee are both struggling to live up to their predecessor. I’m sure if Alabama fans had to choose which one they’d prefer to start turning things around, they’d sacrifice McAfee’s Gameday in a second.