After successfully breaking out in the indie music scene with her 2019 debut Beware Of The Dogs, Australian artist Stella Donnelly decided to take a different approach with her sophomore effort. Following months of lockdowns, self-discovery, and experimentation, Donnelly wrote 43 songs as she continually relocated across Australia. But after trusting the process and being struck with inspiration by a photo of migratory birds, Donnelly put finishing touches on Flood, an album that manages to encapsulate a range of emotions from meditative and confessional to witty and evocative.
As a whole, Flood displays Donnelly’s versitle songwriting from demure, piano-led ballads like “Underwater” to talky and bright numbers like the title track “Flood.” To celebrate the release of her sophomore album, Donnelly sits down with Uproxx to chat System Of A Down, rapping “Fergalicious”, and a banana cake failure in our latest Q&A.
What are four words you would use to describe your music?
Lyrics, piano, guitar, voice.
It’s 2050 and the world hasn’t ended and people are still listening to your music. How would you like it to be remembered?
Warmly.
What’s your favorite city in the world to perform?
Tokyo.
Who’s the person who has most inspired your work, and why?
Broadcast, ballads disguised as ugliness, the best kind of music. I do ugly songs disguised as ballads though.
Where did you eat the best meal of your life?
Bar Idda on Lygon Street in Naarm.
What album do you know every word to?
Toxicity by System Of A Down.
What was the best concert you’ve ever attended?
Alex G in Berlin, he took requests and it was such a beautiful vibe.
What is the best outfit for performing and why?
Leotard and tights, I can do handstands.
Who’s your favorite person to follow on Twitter and/or Instagram?
While fans may have been distracted by Måneskin’s lead vocalist Damiano David’s butt cheeks during the band’s performance of “Supermodel” at the MTV Video Music Awards, they also noticed that the camera briefly zoomed out away from the stage for about 30 seconds, showing a bird’s eye view of the audience.
It turns out, the camera zoomed out after bassist Victoria De Angelis’ top fell of mid-song. Today, MTV has shared an “uncensored” version of the performance.
“Blessed to share @maneskinofficial’s #VMAs performance in all their glory – the way we couldn’t on TV,” MTV said on Instagram. “Thanks for being supermodels and superstars, my loves.”
While De Angelis’ nipples are strategically censored, fans can now enjoy the performance of “Supermodel” without weird camera angles facing the audience, and see the band as they move to their music.
Earlier that night, on the black carpet, De Angelis wore a dress that exposed one of her breasts, while she had a pasty over the nipple, seemingly paying homage to Lil Kim’s iconic 1999 VMAs outfit. In a pre-show interview, De Angelis told MTV, “I think it’s very important for us to share a message of freedom, generally. So just for everyone to be free to be themselves and express who they are … and also to have more equality [between showing] a woman’s body and a man’s body.”
Sudan Archives is having a massive year, between being named one of YouTube Music’s Foundry Class of 2022 and appearing on the popular Song Exploder podcast. Ahead of the release of her sophomore album, Natural Brown Prom Queen, the R&B singer has shared the new video for the record’s fourth single, “OMG Britt.”
Directed by Zach Sulak, Sudan dances in various mysterious futuristic rooms as she performs the energetic trap single. She is also featured on the production credits for “OMG Britt,” alongside JD Reid (Slowthai, Mabel, Ghetts), Ben Dickey, and Simon On The Moon.
Natural Brown Prom Queen is inspired by Sudan’s teenage years as she unveils her new alter ego, Britt. Although Sudan’s real name is Brittney Parks, the album’s alter ego is a little different. She described in a statement that Britt is “the girl next door from Cincinnati who drives around the city with the top down and shows up to high-school prom in a pink furry bikini with her thong hanging out her denim skirt.”
Following the album’s release, Sudan is gearing up to embark on her Homecoming Tour across North America and Europe. A complete list of dates is available below.
09/24 — Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern
09/25 — Santa Barbara, CA @ Soho Music Club
09/26 — Sacramento, CA @ Harlow’s
09/27 — San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
09/29 — Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
09/30 — Vancouver, BC @ Fortune
10/01 — Seattle, WA @ Neumos
10/04 — Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
10/05 — Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
10/07 — Toronto, ON @ Axis
10/08 — Ottawa, ON @ Bronson
10/10 — Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
10/11 — Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe Live
10/12 — Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere (The Hall)
10/14 — Washington, DC @ Black Cat
10/15 — Pittsburgh, PA @ Sound Series Block Party
10/17 — Asheville, NC @ The Grey Eagle
10/18 — Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
10/19 — Nashville, TN @ The Basement East
10/21 — Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room
11/04 — Milan, Italy @ Circolo Magnolia
11/05 — Zurich, Switzerland @ Moods
11/06 — Munich, Germany @ Ampere
11/08 — Vienna, Austria @ Grelle Forelle
11/09 — Prague, Czech Republic @ Futurum Music Bar
11/10 — Warsaw, Poland @ Hybrydy
11/12 — Copenhagen, Denmark @ Hotel Cecil
11/13 — Berlin, Germany @ Metropol
11/14 — Hamburg, Germany @ Uebel & Gefährlich
11/15 — Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso Noord
11/17 — Brussels, Belgium @ Orangerie
11/18 — Paris, France @ Pitchfork Music Festival
11/20 — Glasgow, UK @ SWG3 Studio Warehouse
11/21 — Dublin, Ireland @ Whelan’s
11/23 — London, UK @ KOKO*
11/24 — Manchester, UK @ Band on the Wall
11/25 — Barcelona, Spain @ La 2 de Apolo
11/26 — Lisbon, Portugal @ Super Bock em Stock
Natural Brown Prom Queen is out 9/9 via Stones Throw Records. Pre-save it here.
The late Robin Williams could make picking out socks funny, so pairing him with the fuzzy red monster Elmo was bound to be pure wholesome gold. Honestly, how the puppeteer, Kevin Clash, didn’t completely break character and bust out laughing is a miracle. In this short outtake clip, you get to see Williams crack a few jokes in his signature style while Elmo tries desperately to keep it together.
Williams has been a household name since what seems like the beginning of time, and before his death in 2014, he would make frequent appearances on “Sesame Street.” The late actor played so many roles that if you were ask 10 different people what their favorite was, you’d likely get 10 different answers. But for the kids who spent their childhoods watching PBS, they got to see him being silly with his favorite monsters and a giant yellow canary. At least I think Big Bird is a canary.
When he stopped by “Sesame Street” for the special “Big Bird’s Birthday or Let Me Eat Cake” in 1991, he was there to show Elmo all of the wonderful things you could do with a stick. Williams turns the stick into a hockey stick and a baton before losing his composure and walking off camera. The entire time, Elmo looks enthralled … if puppets can look enthralled. He’s definitely paying attention before slumping over at the realization that Williams goofed a line. But the actor comes back to continue the scene before Elmo slinks down inside his box after getting Williams’ name wrong, which causes his human co-star to take his stick and leave.
The little blooper reel is so cute and pure that it makes you feel good for a few minutes. For an additional boost of serotonin, check out this other (perfectly executed) clip about conflict that Williams did with the two-headed monster. He certainly had a way of engaging his audience, so it makes sense that even after all of these years, he’s still greatly missed.
There are a lot of reasons to feel a twinge of nostalgia for the final days of the 20th century. Rampant inflation, a global pandemic and political unrest have created a sense of uneasiness about the future that has everyone feeling a bit down.
There’s also a feeling that the current state of pop culture is lacking as well. Nobody listens to new music anymore and unless you’re into superheroes, it seems like creativity is seriously missing from the silver screen.
But, you gotta admit, that TV is still pretty damn good.
A lot of folks feel Americans have become a lot harsher to one another due to political divides, which seem to be widening by the day due to the power of the internet and partisan media.
Given today’s feeling of malaise, there are a lot of people who miss the 1990s or, as some call it, “the best decade ever.” Why? The 1990s was economically prosperous, crime was on its way down after the violent ’70s and ’80s, and pop culture was soaring with indie films, grunge rock and hip-hop all in their golden eras.
The rest of the world was feeling hopeful as globalization brought prosperity and Communism fell in Europe and Asia.
The mood in America would swiftly change at the turn of the century when the dot-com bubble burst in 2000 and the 2001 9/11 attacks would lead to the never-ending “war on terror.”
A Reddit user by the name purplekat20 was clearly feeling some ’90s nostalgia on May 16 when they asked the online forum to share “What ’90s trend would you bring back?” A lot of people noted that it was a lot cheaper to get by in the ’90s, especially considering gas and rent prices. Others missed living in the real world instead of having one foot in reality and the other online.
Here are 17 things people would love to bring back from the 1990s.
1.
“Inflatable furniture and transparent electronics.” — Dabbles-In-Irony
2.
“Hope.” — DeadOnBalllsaccurate
To which HowardMoo responded: “I hate this despair thing that’s all the rage these days. I miss optimism.”
3.
“The ’90s web was the best web. People actually made their own home pages. Now it’s all social media.” — IBeTrippin
4.
“Affordable housing.” — Amiramaha
5.
“Ninety nine cent per gallon gas.” — Maxwyfe
6.
“The ‘mean people suck’ statement everywhere. People seemed generally a lot happier and kinder back then. It was a nice reminder to be kind.” — simplyintentional
7.
“Being detached. Not being attached to an electronic gadget every minute of every day.” — SuperArppis
8.
“Calling fake-ass people ‘poser.’ The state of social media and ‘reality’ tv demands that this word be taken out of retirement.” — rumpusbutnotwild
9.
“Grunge music.” — ofsquire
10.
“I want movies to be the same caliber as ’90s.” — waqasnaseem07
Cremmitquada nailed it on the head with their response, “Everything has been redone. It’s all recycled ideas now.”
11.
“Pants that didn’t have to be super-tight to be in style.” — chad-beer-316
12.
“People really expressing themselves. Very few people take any risks with style anymore, or they do something ‘different’ that’s just enough to still conform. In the ’80s and ’90s there were people doing crazy things with hair and piercing and just didn’t give a fuck. I don’t think I’ll ever see that come back.” — FewWill
13.
“Great animated TV. Spongebob started in the 90s (99 but it counts), Hey Arnold, X-Men, Batman, Justice League, Dexter’s Lab, Powerpuff Girls, Boomerang cartoons… the list goes on.” — Phreedom Phighter
14.
“Fast food restaurant interiors.” — Glum-Leg-1886
Another fantastic photo of Taco Bell in the 1990s, before the disease of modernismpic.twitter.com/GIiAyNWxiu
“Hypercolor shirts and neon puff paint designs on t-shirts. But here in a few months, that’ll be changed to abortion and voting rights, probably.” — TheDoctorisen
16.
“News that was news instead of rage bait.” — nmj95123
17.
“We had a stable country with a vigorous economy. In fact, we drew a budget surplus some of those years.” — jeremyxt
Kim Kardashian has been keeping herself busy for years, embarking on various successful business ventures like SKIMS, and other not-successful ventures, like the short-lived KardashianKard, which, in hindsight, was a very risky product. But, Kardashian does know how to hop on a trend, so the reality star is jumping into the ever-growing true crime universe.
In a recent interview, Kardashian revealed that she is currently working with Spotify for an intriguing new true crime podcast. “It’s called The System,” Kardashian explained. “The first season is about a really crazy case where a guy got the death sentence for a triple homicide that happened in Ohio. There are so many twists and turns with how it was handled—or mishandled—and we take the listener along for a journey in search of the truth.”
Last year, Kardashian passed the “Baby Bar” exam in California after failing the massive test the first time. The reality star has been working with wrongfully-incarcerated people over the last few years and has expressed interest in opening up her own firm in order to help others. So, she actually might have some interesting insight on the law side of things in regard to this case.
True crime has dominated the podcast scene over the past decade, with various movies and TV shows inspired by certain episodes and cases. The recent true crime boom also gave us Only Murder In The Building, and for that, we are all thankful.
(SPOILERS for the recent Power Book III: Raising Kanan will be found below.)
The second season of Power Book III: Raising Kanan continues the story of Kanan Stark’s early days after a dramatic ending in season one. For the show’s second season the main cast that includes Kanan himself, his mother Raq, his uncles Lou-Lou and Marvin, and best friends Jukebox and Famous are back on the small screen. In addition to that, there are also some new names that have joined the original cast for recurring roles that have a huge impact on the Raising Kanan story.
What Is LeToya Luckett’s Role In Power: Raising Kanan?
Luckett has taken the role of Kenya in Power: Raising Kanan. Kenya is Marvin’s ex and Jukebox’s mother who, according to a character description from Power, left the family at a young age to “make it in LA as a singer, but three years ago, she moved back to New York. Upon her return, she settles in Harlem where church is a big part of her life.” She is seen in episode three of Raising Kanan, but it’s not until episode four that she and Jukebox officially reconnect. This happens when Jukebox appears at Kenya’s home to ask her questions about her departure. Kenya is also a choir singer which proves to be pivotal as it explains the singing connection between her and Jukebox, who is striving for a music career of her own.
As we all know, Luckett began her career in entertainment as a founding member of Destiny’s Child, a group that she went on to win two Grammy Awards with. After a brief solo career, Luckett pivoted to the acting world where she landed roles in movies like Preacher’s Kid. She returned to music in 2017 with her third album Back 2 Life. As for acting, Luckett has continued to take roles in TV shows like Greenleaf and T.I. & Tiny: Friends & Family Hustle as well as movies like Seven Deadly Sins: Lust and Line Sisters.
New episodes of STARZ’s ‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’ are available to watch on Sundays at 12:00am EST.
And now, we know the title of their upcoming duo album thanks to a trailer shared on Quavo’s social media pages (but not the Migos pages or Takeoff’s pages, further complicating the issue). It’s ironic that the new album they just announced evokes the name of a Wu-Tang Clan member’s classic solo debut because the rollout has been one big Wu-Tang caliber question mark. Only Built For Infinity Links is due on October 7, giving them a full 30 days to sort this rollout and get fans invested.
They’re already well on the way with “Hotel Lobby” and its follow-up, “Big Stunna” featuring Birdman, but fans can’t help questioning whether this really means the end of Migos, especially since Offset has been teasing his own solo project. While each member of the group did release a solo project a few years ago and Quavo has even done group projects with other artists, the trio did make clear that they would reunite after all three individual albums were out. This time, it’s anybody’s guess, and that could work in their favor if fans decide to check out the two albums they’ve got coming out of curiosity, but it could also backfire, since fans love them so much as a trio.
Either way, we’ll find on 10/7 when Only Built For Infinity Links drops on Quality Control Music.
You might not be flying to Munich to take part in the festivities, but that shouldn’t stop you from enjoying a delicious Oktoberfest-style beer when the historic festival kicks off on September 17th. Back after a two-year hiatus, Oktoberfest will begin in Germany and at various venues, random farm fields, and breweries all over the world. And while you can spend the middle of September until early October drinking the likes of Spaten, Hofbrau, and Ayinger, we’re here to offer an alternative.
Today, we’re delving into American-made Oktoberfest-style beers. The goal isn’t to dissuade anyone from trying the great European beers that came before, simply to highlight the American craft beers that draw inspiration (and ingredients) from their German counterparts.
Since we’re looking for the best, most authentic take on the Oktoberfest style, I thought it was only right to take the blind taste test route. I picked ten well-known American Oktoberfest-style craft beers, nosed them, tasted them, and ranked them. Keep scrolling to see how everything turned out.
Today’s Lineup:
Founders Oktoberfest
Shiner Oktoberfest
Odell Oktoberfest
Schell’s Oktoberfest
Troegs Oktoberfest Lager
Jack’s Abby Copper Legend
Leinenkugel’s Oktoberfest
Great Lakes Oktoberfest
Samuel Adams Octoberfest
Saint Arnold Oktoberfest
Part 1: The Taste
Taste 1
Christopher Osburn
Tasting Notes:
Dried fruits, fresh bread, vanilla, and toffee are prevalent on the nose. No hops presence could be found. Drinking it revealed more sweetness with caramel and vanilla taking the center stage alone with more bready malts and just a hint of spice at the finish. It’s a flavorful fall beer, but a little sweet and spicy for my liking.
Taste 2
Christopher Osburn
Tasting Notes:
Not surprisingly, like in many Oktoberfest-style beers, I was met with a nose of sweet grains, freshly-baked bread, and floral, slightly piney hops. But that was about it and none of the flavors stood out. The palate is all bread-like malts, some light caramel, and floral hops. Sadly, none of the flavors really shined.
It’s kind of a boring beer.
Taste 3
Christopher Osburn
Tasting Notes:
On the nose, I found biscuit-like malts, fresh bread, toffee, and a nice presence of floral, slightly spicy Noble hops. The palate is sweet, malty, and loaded with yeasty bread, caramel malts, cereal grains, and gently spicy, slightly bitter hops that tie everything together nicely.
My only qualm is that I wish it wasn’t slightly less sweet.
Taste 4
Christopher Osburn
Tasting Notes:
Complex aromas of grassy hops, fruit esters, toasted malts, and sweet caramel malts met my nose before the first sip. Drinking it, I found cracker-like malts surrounded by caramel candy, bread, and lightly floral, herbal hops. The finish is dry, slightly nutty, and highly memorable.
Taste 5
Christopher Osburn
Tasting Notes:
Bread, toffee, and dried fruit on the nose. But I couldn’t find anything else of note. The palate was more of the same with bready malts, sweet caramel, and a slightly dry, floral finish.
This definitely wasn’t a bad beer. It just felt a little thin and watery for a real celebratory beer.
Taste 6
Christopher Osburn
Tasting Notes:
Aromas of freshly-baked bread, sticky toffee, and vanilla beans great your nose before your first sip. There doesn’t seem to be any hop aroma that I could find. The palate was more of the same with cereal grains, caramel, vanilla, and bread. It was sweet and easy to drink but lacked that extra kick from floral, Noble hops.
Taste 7
Christopher Osburn
Tasting Notes:
A nose of toasted malts, bread, fruit esters, vanilla, caramel, and grassy, herbal hops met my nose before diving in to take a sip. The welcoming aromas were just a preface for the freshly-baked bread, dried fruit, caramel malt, vanilla, and floral, slightly spicy Noble hops flavors to come.
The finish is a perfect mix of sweetness and bitterness.
Taste 8
Christopher Osburn
Tasting Notes:
Toasted malts, fresh-baked bread, caramel, and earthy, herbal hops are prevalent on the nose. Sipping it, I found notes of bready malt, toffee, toasted malts, vanilla, and gentle, floral, slightly spicy hops at the finish. The ending is a nice mix of sweetness and bitter hops.
Overall, a very well-balanced beer.
Taste 9
Christopher Osburn
Tasting Notes:
Surprisingly light on the nose, I noticed aromas of bready malts, cereal grains, and slight floral hops. The palate makes up for the mild nose with wave after wave of buttery caramel, bread-like malts, vanilla, slight spices, and herbal, piney, slightly bitter hops.
Surprisingly balanced and dry at the finish — this is a great take on the popular style. Albeit a little more bitter than most.
Taste 10
Christopher Osburn
Tasting Notes:
On the nose, I found caramel malts, doughy bread, fruit esters, and light nutty flavor. But it lacked hop aroma. While the nose had a few flavors, the palate was a bit of a one-trick pony with freshly-baked bread and caramel dominating any other potential ingredient. It wasn’t abrasive and undrinkable, just a little sweet and one-dimensional.
This 5.1% Oktoberfest-style beer is only available from August to October. This Marzen-style beer is the brewery’s homage to its German heritage relying on a balance of sweet malts and floral, spicy hops. It was created to be enjoyed with grilled brats and Bavarian pretzels.
Bottom Line:
It would seem that Leinenkugel’s Oktoberfest had all the makings of a classic late summer beer. It was… just okay, though. Nothing bad about it. Just overall kind of boring.
Besides this brewery’s iconic Bock beer, I haven’t encountered many of their beers over the years. Like many American breweries, Texas’ Spoetzl Brewery has its heritage in Germany. That’s why they take great pride in this 5.8% Marzen-style beer.
Bottom Line:
Shiner makes a really great Bock beer. Its Oktoberfest beer is simply okay. It’s fairly muted. Not the kind of beer you’re going to run to your friends and tell them to try.
Jim Koch takes his beer seriously. And it’s no surprise this 5.3% Marzen-style beer is brewed with Tettnang Tettnanger and Hallertau Mittelfrueh hops from Germany as well as Samuel Adams Lager Yeast, two-row pale malt blend, Munich-10, Sam Adams Octoberfest malt, and Caramel 60.
Bottom Line:
Samuel Adams Oktoberfest skews surprisingly in the sweeter, maltier realm. I definitely expected to smell and taste more hops than I did. I wish it had a little more balance.
This 6% Marzen-style beer is available from July-October. Why you’d want to drink an Oktoberfest-style in July, I have no idea. But that’s on you. This traditional German-style beer was brewed using imported German malts and hops in an effort to create the most classic Oktoberfest-style beer possible.
Bottom Line:
Like some of the beers that have landed lower on this list, Founders Oktoberfest doesn’t have the balance and flavor profile I’d prefer in an Oktoberfest-style beer.
Odell’s take on the classic Oktoberfest-style beer is a Marzen brewed with Munich malts and Noble hops. It’s only available from August to October and the folks at the Colorado-based brewery believe it’s a great beer to drink as you head into fall.
Bottom Line:
Once again, Odell’s take on the classic Oktoberfest-style beer skews a little too far into the sweet, malty area for my liking. I didn’t find a single hop aroma or flavor at all.
This seasonal, award-winning brew is only available in late summer and early fall and the flavor profile is appropriate for the end of summer weather. This Marzen-style beer is brewed with Munich, Pale, and Vienna malts to create a rich, caramel, malty backbone.
Bottom Line:
Schell’s Oktoberfest is definitely a good take on the classic style. It’s loaded with traditional malts and hops. It’s just a little sweet for my liking.
Higher in alcohol than many of the other Oktoberfest-style beers on the market, this 6.5% celebratory beer is a mix of old-world and American brewing techniques with 2-row, Munich, and Caramel 45 malts, as well as Mt Hood Hops.
Bottom Line:
As American takes on the Oktoberfest-style go, this is hard to beat. This is a beer for American hop fans as it’s a West Coast hop-based beer and not the usual German Noble hops.
This seasonal 6.6% ABV Oktoberfest style is known for its high malt content and full body. Available from August to October, it’s the kind of beer you want to sip on a cooler fall evening as it’s a little heavier than some of the other Marzen-style beers on the market with Munich malts as well as Czech Saaz and Tettnanger hops.
Bottom Line:
If you’re looking for a more potent (6.6% ABV) Oktoberfest-style beer with a full, fairly heavy body and decent hop bitterness, this is the beer for you. Otherwise, opt for something lighter.
This beer is called Copper Legend for a reason. Not only is it copper in color, but it’s also a legendary beer that is eagerly awaited each fall by Jack’s Abby fans. This 5.7% ABV lager is malty, sweet, slightly bitter, and surprisingly crushable on a cool late summer or early fall evening.
Bottom Line:
It’s tough to find a better example of an Americanized Oktoberfest-style beer than Jack’s Abby Copper Legend. It’s malty, slightly sweet, and has the right amount of floral, slightly spice hop bitterness.
Few American breweries take the time to make an Oktoberfest-style beer as authentic as Troegs’. Brewing using decoction and with their house lager, Munich and Pilsner malts, and Hallertau Tradition hops, this is a beer worth waiting until late summer for.
Bottom Line:
This is by far the most balanced beer on this list. It’s sweet, malty, and bold enough for a cold evening, but also has fruity flavors and grassy, herbal hops to remind you that summer isn’t over just yet.
Part 3: Final Thoughts
I think we’re starting to see a trend when it comes to my blind taste tests. When all is said and done and all of the beers have been revealed it seems that I always go for the traditional, most balanced beers. This is especially true when it comes to Oktoberfest-style beers as it appears I was looking for a beer that most resembled the classic, German beers I know and love.
ESPN is bringing an old friend back to College GameDay. On Tuesday night, New York Post reporter Andrew Marchand brought word that Pat McAfee, the former NFL punter who has turned himself into a ubiquitous media presence in recent years, will become a member of ESPN’s Saturday morning college football pregame show.
McAfee has appeared on GameDay in the past and was generally well-received, and now, he’s back in a more permanent capacity. ESPN announced the news on Wednesday morning, which included that McAfee will appear on Get Up! and coverage of the Super Bowl and Pro Bowl.
“College GameDay is one of those shows that is universally beloved. It’s an institution. It’s a Saturday tradition for everybody. From truck drivers to suits and all the folks in between, GameDay is a staple of all of our fall routines,” McAfee said in a statement. “Getting the opportunity to join full time is an absolute honor. I understand the weight that the show holds in the sports universe and I will try my best to somehow add to it.”
This does come with a pretty major downside for professional wrestling fans. In addition to his daily talk show, McAfee has been the analyst on WWE SmackDown in recent years, which he’s parlayed into a few (rather impressive) in-ring appearances. Both McAfee and Triple H announced on Wednesday that due to his role with ESPN, McAfee will have to put his WWE career on pause. The pair made it a point to say that this is not a permanent end to his time with the promotion.
Pat McAfee said on his radio show today that his role commentating SmackDown will be on hold while he does College GameDay, but he’ll remain part of the WWE family. https://t.co/H9N9TpnNYK
.@PatMcAfeeShow approached us about his amazing opportunity with College GameDay. We’d never stand in Pat’s way, as he continues to architect his exceptional career.
Pat will remain a member of the @WWE Universe and we look forward to his return. #UpToSomethingSZN
McAfee’s first College GameDay broadcast will be this week when the show heads to Austin for the Texas Longhorns’ matchup with the Alabama Crimson Tide.
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