Pat McAfee Sends Message to Kirk Herbstreit After College GameDay Revelation

Pat McAfee joined "College GameDay" in 2022, partnering with Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, Nick Saban and Lee Corso at the desk. 

In a recent interview on On3's "Andy and Ari" podcast, Herbstreit revealed that he was close to leaving the show after he joined Al Michaels on "Thursday Night Football" as a part of Amazon's deal in 2022. 

"I thought when I took the Amazon deal three years ago that I would probably have to give something up because it's so hard to do all three of these things," Herbstreit said. "And then not knowing that Pat [McAfee] would become a regular and, obviously, Coach Saban would retire—I had no idea. But now, you couldn't kick me off the set. I absolutely love it. I hope it lasts a long time. I couldn't imagine not being on 'GameDay.'"

Herbstreit shared that he had a change of heart when McAfee and Saban joined the show and could not imagine not being a part of "College GameDay." 

After the revelation, McAfee sent Herbstreit some warm wishes on X.