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Michelle Beadle criticizes Pat McAfee over University of Utah visit
Michelle Beadle criticized Pat McAfee after he said a visit to the University of Utah made him uncomfortable.
McAfee was in Salt Lake City for ESPN’s College GameDay before a football game between Utah and Houston.
He blamed a since-deleted university social media video that showed students calling him “corny” and “creepy.”
McAfee also referred to a fatal attack at a Utah college while urging schools not to share divisive material.
Beadle said female sports broadcasters face rape and death threats online and argued McAfee would not cope with the treatment women receive.
The dispute highlights different experiences of abuse in sports media, though the account gives no further response or next step.
Michelle Beadle criticized Pat McAfee for calling his University of Utah visit uncomfortable, describing his reaction as “soft.”
McAfee said a since-deleted video on a university social media account, which mocked him, made him uncomfortable before his College GameDay appearance.
He also referred to the 2025 killing of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University while urging Utah schools not to share divisive material.
Beadle said female sports reporters face death and rape threats and argued McAfee would not withstand the industry as a woman.
- Who
- Michelle Beadle criticized Pat McAfee, an ESPN analyst and former NFL punter.
- What
- Beadle called McAfee’s reaction to his University of Utah visit “soft.” McAfee said a university social media video mocking him made him uncomfortable.
- When
- McAfee discussed the visit on Monday. Beadle criticized him on Thursday.
- Where
- The visit was at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. Beadle spoke on the Dan Le Batard Show.
- Why
- Beadle objected to McAfee’s safety concerns, comparing them with threats female reporters receive. McAfee said he was uncomfortable because a university account had posted criticism of him before his appearance.
Michelle Beadle
Pat McAfee
Reaction to the visit
Michelle Beadle
Beadle called McAfee’s response “soft” and said the incident was “ridiculously unserious.
Pat McAfee
McAfee said the university’s post criticizing him before his appearance made him uncomfortable.
College GameDay visited the University of Utah, where the sixth-ranked Utes beat Houston, 21-13.
McAfee said on his show that the visit had made him uncomfortable and criticized a university social media post.
Beadle criticized McAfee’s reaction during an appearance on the Dan Le Batard Show.
- Utah game
- Sixth-ranked Utes beat Houston, 21-13
- University visit
- Salt Lake City
- Social media post
- A since-deleted video reportedly appeared on the Utah Student Experience Instagram page
- Charlie Kirk killing
- 2025; Utah Valley University in Orem, about 45 miles south of the University of Utah campus
What people are saying
I could never be that soft. Never,
I've never been more uncomfortable, honestly, in my life, walking in front of a group of people after watching their university put out a post, basically dogging me just moments before,