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Pat McAfee drags Nick Saban for decision to play Jermaine Burton

ESPN College Gameday personality, Pat McAfee let it be known that he did not agree with Nick Saban’s decision to start Jermaine Burton against Mississippi State.

McAfee, who host the “Pat McAfee Show,” feels Saban did not make the ‘right play’ by playing Burton after he was seen on video striking a female Tennessee fan after the Vols defeated the Crimson Tide earlier this month.

“But I don’t know how Saban doesn’t punish that guy,” said McAfee on Outkick’s “Don’t @ Me with Dan Dakich.” “I don’t know how, just for the optics of it, just for you’re playing Mississippi State.