Pat McAfee didn't have a great time when it came to his recent ESPN College GameDay visit to Utah, one that ended with him declaring to a vociferous crowd, "I'll never see you again, hopefully."

It's now ballooned into something bigger, with both ESPN and the University of Utah making statements about McAfee's visit. And McAfee himself has spoken about why all of that came to be, thanks to a video released on social media ahead of him coming to campus.

Wondering what the heck happened here? We've got you covered. Let's explain how this all led to all the statements and backlash and such:

The Pat McAfee conflict with Utah students began with a now-deleted video

The video asked for students to give their best McAfee impression, with one declaring, "I'd say Pat McAfee is gonna say a corny line." Another called him out for ripping his shirt off.

Pat McAfee called out the deleted Utah video

McAfee went on to make reference to the 2025 shooting death of Charlie Kirk who was killed in the state.

Both ESPN and Utah issued statements about the video

Social media reacted to McAfee's response and the statements released

What a wild turn of events.