Aaron Murray sends goodbye message to former College GameDay host David Pollack
There had been bad news looming for several months that ESPN was going to make massive layoffs this spring. We just didn’t know exactly how deep those cuts would go. On Friday afternoon, ESPN made a baffling decision to let College GameDay’s David Pollack go. He will not be returning to ESPN or College GameDay this fall. On Saturday, one of the all-time greats in Georgia football history and a colleague at ESPN, Aaron Murray, decided to send him a goodbye message on Twitter.
Check that out below.
“Gonna miss my guy David Pollack on College GameDay each and every Saturday. His insight into the game is some of the best out there. Can’t wait to see what’s next in your journey brother,” Murray tweeted.
Murray isn’t the only one who will miss Pollack on College GameDay. He was one of the very best at what he did. College football fans will truly miss him. It’ll be interesting to see where he ends up.
He developed a remarkably loyal following over the years, as college football fans appreciated him as a staple of the highly popular Saturday college football show.
Many die-hard college football fans and members of the media expressed how surprised they were that Pollack was let go on Friday via social media. On Friday evening, the former Georgia football legend took to Twitter to deliver a brief message to the fans and thank all of the people he worked with at ESPN over the years.
Check out his message below.
David Pollack gives a message to his fans following the news
“What is up everybody? Pollack began his brief message. “I think a lot of the news came out today and all of y’all heard that I won’t be brought back to College GameDay next year or to ESPN. And just wanted to say thank you to so many people. I just appreciate everybody along the journey. You know, 12 or 13 years ago, ESPN taking a chance on me and all the people that I [got] to work with. I got to work with so many great people. Do so many things. Things that [were] awesome for so many years. I’m just very thankful for it.”
The beloved college football analyst then said he has no idea what’s ahead in his career path. “And I don’t know what’s next. I have no clue what’s next in my life. But I have one thing God’s shown me all along the way, man, is he is for me. He’s not against me. And NFL, I broke my neck, career’s over. Find TV. And I found coaching the last couple of years. Found speaking the last couple of years. So I know, God’s got something amazing for me. I don’t know what it’s gonna be, but thank you to all my teammates and all of the people that played a part in it. And all of you that watched and cheered me on. And I don’t know what’s next, but I do know it’s gonna be amazing,” Pollack said late on Friday evening.
Pollack did an exceptional job over the years during his college football coverage with ESPN. College GameDay simply won’t be the same without him. It will be interesting to see where he and many of the other ESPN employees that were laid off end up in the future. Pollack is remarkably talented. It wouldn’t be surprising to see him land a big-time gig very soon.