As ESPN's College GameDay kicked off Saturday morning from Pittsburgh, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Pitt Panthers were preparing for the top-25 showdown.
The cast went through their usual game-day picks and concluded with their opinion on who would come out on top of the Notre Dame-Pitt matchup. Unsurprisingly, celebrity guest picked and Pitt legend Aaron Donald stuck with his Panthers.
Former Michigan player and ESPN college football analyst Desmond Howard also picked Pitt to win. The rest of the cast went with the Fighting Irish to come out on top, including Pat McAfee.
After McAfee made his (shirtless) pick, Donald did the only thing he could think of to show he wasn't happy with McAfee's opinion.
Pat McAfee sacked by Aaron Donald after picking Notre Dame over Pitt
As McAfee stood on top of his chair and ripped his shirt off, picking Notre Dame to win, Donald also took off his shirt. Then, the future Hall of Fame defensive lineman tackled McAfee.
Yes, you did in fact read that correctly. Donald was so unsettled by McAfee picking the Fighting Irish over the Panthers (which Nick Saban and Kirk Herbstreit also did) that he had to tackle the man on national television.
Aaron Donald pushed Pat McAfee off the College Gameday set 😠pic.twitter.com/OOWCFQlmqR
— CFB Kings (@CFBKings) November 15, 2025
A man who is usually (somewhat) sure on his feet and is at least stabilized by Saban clinging onto his chair for dear life was pushed off the College GameDay set and onto the field.
The rest of the cast couldn't help laughing out loud at Donald's take-down, but it was likely the best tackle that the Pitt football team would see that day.
The No. 9 Fighting Irish were favored to take down the No. 22 Panthers by 12.5 points, according to FanDuel Sportsbook, and nobody (other than maybe Donald and Howard) would be surprised if the spread was even bigger by the end of the fourth quarter.