Paul Finebaum has been talking about college football for a long, long time. Through it all, he has never held his tongue about anything.
He’s going to say whatever comes to mind about a person, player or team. That’s how Finebaum has always been. Sometimes, it makes for good television. It can also create a bit of, uh, let’s call it animosity between Paul and the people he’s covering. Like Nick Saban said, Finebaum made his life hard for 17 years.
He’s got some coaches who’ve got beef with him. We can throw Ole Miss’ Lane Kiffin into that category. He sat down with Finebaum for SEC Media Day and savagely dunked on him.
Kiffin also told a story about how Finebaum actually got him fired from USC with something he said on College Gameday.
“College gameday, you had to make your big splash. They were watching it because I know the other person in the room that was watching it with them. And you said what a joke I was and I’m the Miley Cyrus of college football. They looked at each other and later that night I was fired.”
The exchange was ROUGH. Finebaum tried to laugh it off by pointing out how Miley Cyrus has blown up since then, but Kiffin wasn’t having it. He showed no mercy.
The entire exchange got so awkward.
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“So you were wrong about that. So, really, I don’t know what you’re good at. You predicted coach Saban was done. That didn’t happen,” he said. “You basically said Miley Cyrus stinks and she’s still going.”
SHEESH. Finebaum’s face there says it all.
But hey, man. This is what happens when you talk the way Finebaum talks. It’s great for TV! But, clearly, it’s not the best for working relationships.