ESPN’s Pat McAfee Manages to Save 7 Figures as College GameDay Expenses Reach $14M

Jackson, an Indiana fan, had spent hours on his feet in Bloomington, Indiana, before Pat McAfee gave him the kind of opportunity most college students only dream about. One kick. Thirty-three yards. One million dollars. There was just one problem. Jackson had spent years playing soccer, not American football, and the goalposts in front of him were about to become the most expensive set of uprights he had ever faced. “You have not lied to us one bit,” McAfee told him on the October 31 Kicking is Easy contest at Bloomington during College GameDay .