Overview

• McAfee opened ESPN’s College GameDay in Knoxville with an emotional speech ahead of the Volunteers’ matchup with Georgia.
• He declared it a great day to be a Tennessee Volunteer and to live in the United States, emphasizing pride and unity.
• He described the locker room and stadium as the greatest places on Earth, casting football as a force that brings people together.
• The Neyland Stadium crowd, reported at 102,000-plus, responded with loud chants as the pregame atmosphere intensified.
• The Pat McAfee Show posted the full speech to X shortly after it aired, as coverage highlighted Tennessee’s 2-0 start and Georgia’s first-year starter Gunner Stockton in a game with SEC and CFP stakes.