Marchand also noted that contractual obligations haven't stopped McAfee from making career-altering decisions in the past. The former Indianapolis Colts punter left FanDuel in the middle of a reported four-year, $120 million deal to sign a licensing agreement for The Pat McAfee Show on ESPN.

Pat McAfee has responded to the report that he considered producing an independent version of College GameDay, among other bits of gossip about his career, and it’s safe to say the ESPN personality didn’t like what he read.

For a long while now it's seemed as though Pat McAfee has outgrown the confines of ESPN and its family of networks. That would certainly explain why a recent rumor about his future with College GameDay makes so much sense.