Pat McAfee is all aboard the Nebraska football bandwagon.
After hosting the Nebraska Cornhuskers ringside at a WWE RAW event Monday, McAfee raved about the team, specifically his interactions with coach Matt Rhule and quarterback Dylan Raiola.
“I love that you brought up Dylan Raiola, who’s a son of a coach, okay, so he, you know, works his ass off," McAfee said on "The Pat McAfee Show" Friday. "I’ve seen him at RAW the other day in Omaha. Looking good. “I’m high on the Nebraska Cornhuskers after getting a chance to meet these boys and chit chat with them one-on-one post-Monday Night RAW in the back…I did think about the conversation we were having while sitting in traffic in Omaha for a good bit there after the program and I would like to let the Nebraska Cornhusker boys know – I said, worth it. It was cool to meet them."
Upon meeting Raiola for a short period, it was enough convincing for McAfee to fully buy into the Nebraska rebuild.
"That Dylan kid was, it was great," McAfee said. "Like, he was, I enjoyed the way he was operating. Like, I enjoyed, he just has like a star kind of vibe about him. I think Dylan Raiola is going to be a star next year. Freshman last year? (Pete Thamel) said, straight up, didn’t do well. Guys playing for Nebraska as a freshman.”
McAfee was gracious with his time, adding one last dose of motivation with the group still in attendance Monday.
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“We’re in Omaha, Nebraska and we’re thankful for this man, coach Matt Rhule, college football icon,” McAfee said. “Dylan Raiola and Emmett Johnson of the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team are here tonight. The boys are beloved. They got hot in the second half of the season…It feels like they’re all the way back.”
The Cornhuskers finished the season 7-6, capping it off with a bowl victory to salvage a year that looked like it was going nowhere fast following a 5-1 start.
It remains to be seen whether Nebraska can build off it, but having McAfee's support is nothing to sneeze at.
We'll find out Week 1.