Former college football and NFL star Cam Newton believes that he should be front-and-center in the first-ever “All-Black College GameDay” show.
On the newest episode of his 4th & 1 podcast, Newton spoke about Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy landing a lucrative partnership with FOX Sports and how he’ll now be featured on Big Noon Kickoff.
“I pay homage where homage is needed to be paid,” Newton said. “Dave Portnoy has been a trailblazer for content for years. What he’s been able to do with Barstool and create characters within Barstool — Big Cat, those guys — it’s just wowing.”
But Newton believes that he can market himself in the way that both Portnoy and Pat McAfee have on their respective platforms. He said that a College GameDay show featuring HBCUs at front-and-center would be ideal for him.
“Give Cam Newton a Pat McAfee-like deal… You talk about the content, then you can start showing the tailgates, the student section,” Newton continued. “When it comes to box offices, I can show you what’s interesting about HBCUs. Well, you talking about the content? Which one of these members of the media is willing to go into the student section? I am. This is the sweetest gig in sports.”
“Since y’all don’t want me, that’s cool,” Newton said with a clear nod to ESPN and Fox. “I want to be a part of the Black college football GameDay.”
“You give me that @PatMcAfeeShow deal… I’ll show you what box office REALLY is!”Cam Newton doesn’t want to join @CollegeGameDay… he wants his OWN version for HBCUs pic.twitter.com/BJA0grHmkL
— 4th&1 with Cam Newton (@4thand1show) July 25, 2025
It’s an ambitious idea but also one that would probably be a tough for major networks like ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC.
There’s nothing really stopping Newton from just making his own College GameDay-like show on his own for HBCUs in the first place. He can just work with some schools to set up his own show for either YouTube, Twitch or another streaming service in that format and hire people to make the production with him. It doesn’t even have to be all that big or expensive.
Waiting for a network to give him a call is probably the slowest path to making it a reality.
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If Cam Newton really wants to prove that he’s the next Pat McAfee or Dave Portnoy, the best path forward would probably be to focus on creating the best possible content that mass audiences enjoy, not stirring controversy with opinions.
Social media beefs are good for a few discussions, but they don’t keep people coming back for more.
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