{
  "id": 17163212,
  "title": "‘I Could Never Be That Soft’ — Former ESPN Analyst ‘Enjoying Every Single Second Of’ Pat McAfee’s Meltdown Over ‘Ridiculously Unserious’ Thing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/i-could-never-be-that-soft-former-espn-analyst-enjoying-every-single",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-30T02:27:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/could-never-soft-former-espn-022712031.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Former ESPN analyst Michelle Beadle appeared on \"The Dan Le Batard Show\" on Thursday to comment on former ESPN analyst Pat McAfee's reaction to a video of University of Utah students making fun of him before the \"College GameDay\" visit. Beadle described McAfee's response as \"one of the softest reactions to something that was so ridiculously unserious.\" McAfee had visited the university on October 24 for the show's second consecutive weekend in the state, where students had camped out to watch the broadcast and made impressions of him while calling him \"corny\" and \"creepy.\" McAfee later expressed his discomfort with the university putting out the video as he was about to appear in front of thousands of people at the infomercial for the university.",
  "summary": "Pat McAfee has been explaining for days why a University of Utah video of students poking fun at him before “College GameDay”’s visit bothered him so much. However, former ESPN personality Michelle Beadle went on “The Dan Le Batard Show” on Thursday morning and called his response “one of the softest reactions to something that was so ridiculously unserious.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}