Super Bowl LXI gets Pat McAfee treatment as ESPN adds alternate broadcast

Pat McAfee will host an alternate broadcast for Super Bowl LXI on ESPN, featuring his “Field Pass” telecast style. This follows his successful similar broadcasts for the college football national championship and select “Monday Night Football” games. The game will also be available for streaming on Disney+.

• Pat McAfee will host an alternate broadcast of Super Bowl LXI on ESPN.
• The broadcast will use his “Field Pass” style, previously seen in college football championships and “Monday Night Football” games.
• Disney+ will stream ESPN’s and ABC’s broadcast of the Super Bowl.
• This marks the seventh consecutive year a Super Bowl will be available via streaming.
• Pat McAfee has an expanded role on ESPN this year, appearing on “Monday Night Countdown” and “College GameDay.”
• ESPN was awarded this season’s Super Bowl broadcast in 2021.
• Joe Buck and Troy Aikman will return to call the Super Bowl.
• The game is scheduled to be played on Valentine’s Day.