It’s rare that I post something from Paul Finebaum that I actually agree with. That’s not to say he doesn’t make valid points throughout the year but his strongest thoughts and opinions I usually find to be his worst.
That wasn’t the case on Friday, however.
Finebaum was discussing the rumors that the Big Ten may be looking at starting their football season around Thanksgiving and was discussing how ridiculous that would make the conference appear.
It didn’t stop there though as Finebaum brought up how precipitous the Big Ten’s fall from grace has been.
“I think it’s also an indicator of just how dysfunctional this league has become — what a laughingstock this league has become”
“It’s really sad to say this because five weeks ago the Big Ten was considered the gold standard in big-time college football, and now it’s the punchline to almost any joke you can think of.” – Paul Finebaum 8/28/20
Finebaum also compared the Big Ten to a knock-off brand of professional football because of Thanksgiving week idea.
“The competition, you’re up against the NFL at its peak,” Finebaum said. “Once the College Football Playoff is over on Jan. 11, you look like the XFL.”
Like I said, usually if Paul Finebaum gets a post on this website it’s because I’m upset about something he said, but I couldn’t agree more with him here. So the Big Ten wants to start a football season around Thanksgiving now.
Did I miss that a vaccine for COVID-19 or cure was going to be available by then?
Oh, I didn’t?
The Big Ten has been stumbling all over itself in recent weeks and deserves just about any arrows that are being thrown its way.