College Student Claims Pat McAfee’s College GameDay ‘Robbed’ Him Of $600K Opportunity
Ahead of Week 3, Pat McAfee and the rest of the College GameDay crew were in Knoxville, Tennessee, where No. 6 Georgia is slated to take on No. 15 Tennessee at Neyland Stadium.
One Tennessee fan, Gavin, a nuclear engineering major, had the chance of a lifetime when he kicked a field goal for $600,000.
Unfortunately, he would miss that kick.
After he missed his first attempt, Pat McAfee would raise the stakes and offer to raise the prize money by more than half a million, with $200,000 from him, another $200,000 from Kirk Herbsteit, and $200,000 to charity.
It was all on the line for Gavin. Could he do it? NO!
Unfortunately, poor Gavin missed again, which effectively ended the streak of successful kicks as the first two weeks brought winners.
As it turns out, there is more to this story.
University of Tennessee Student Calls Out Pat McAfee
A University of Tennessee student is claiming that he was ‘screwed’ out of the chance to kick a field goal and win $600k on Pat McAfee’s College GameDay.
The student says he was denied the opportunity to win the grand prize.
Jake Lund alleges that he was initially picked for the kicking challenge, but that moment was stolen from him because he did not have identification. Kicking-challenge contestants are chosen by raffle.
Lund revealed that a number was initially pulled by someone under 18, so they did it again, and he was chosen.
‘I started screaming. Like, I’m jumping up and down so excited,’ he recalled. ‘Like, I can’t express how excited I felt.’
Unfortunately for him, a GameDay organizer asked him to verify his ticket and show ID, but he forgot to bring it.
Lund was told he was ineligible for the challenge despite offering other means of identification.
‘He looks me dead in my eyes and says, “Nope. Need a new guy,” he said. ‘It was at this moment that my heart sank. I literally blacked out. I had no idea what just happened. I was on such a high, and then I got told ‘no’ out of nowhere.’
@jakelund_ Just heartbroken @ESPN @College GameDay @Pat McAfee Show Clips #espn #collegegameday #tennessee #vols #fyp ♬ original sound – Jake Lund
‘Everyone was around me telling me I got screwed,’ Lund added. ‘My dreams had gotten crushed. It was my dream – meeting Pat McAfee, meeting Kirk Herbstreit, meeting all of those guys – and I was just heartbroken.’
That really sucks, but it could be much worse. He could’ve been the Tennessee fan who got caught on TV after calling in sick from work.
College Student Claims Pat McAfee’s College GameDay ‘Robbed’ Him Of $600K Opportunity
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