• Read Part I of Gregg Doyel's reporting from backstage access to Pat McAfee's comedy show.
CARMEL – They are clapping, and he is smiling, and now they're waiting and Pat McAfee is looking around at the Carmel Palladium crowd of 1,300 people. If after his football career he's destined to do standup comedy — and he is — these are the first words of the rest of Pat McAfee's life:
"I can't believe you're (expletive) here."
McAfee can't believe he's here, either. He's the Colts' All-Pro punter, best in the world at what he does, but this ain't Lucas Oil Stadium or even a Bob & Tom radio spot, where his buddy Bob Kevoian snaps him funny spiral set-ups.