Paul Finebaum paints bleak picture for Pac-12’s future: ‘They’re still in big trouble’
"I would not want to be part of the Pac-12 anymore because I think their future is bleak."
"I would not want to be part of the Pac-12 anymore because I think their future is bleak."
"It's a special place to work, but it can be cruel."
"He did what all of us have wanted to do for at least the last 25 years, and that’s call Skip Bayless an idiot."
"If it doesn’t matter to the people who govern the sport, and by the way, that includes everyone who sits in on these meetings and on these management councils, then it’s certainly not going to bother me anymore."
"I do not believe the Pac-12 can exist"
"Underneath the bravado, she was a lovely and dear friend who meant so much to so many.”
Maybe they should be called "Paul-bearers."
"As far as Jimbo's contract, that $90 million contract, a hit man costs a lot less than that."
Rodgers wasn't the only one impacted here, with Marty Smith later tweeting "Still can't feel my lips," but he definitely had the biggest on-camera reaction.
"I said, 'if the American people wanted me to run for the presidency of the United States of America, I would strongly consider it' And damnit I mean it!"
"If enough people came to me and said ‘Stephen A., you have a legitimate shot to win the presidency of the United States of America,’ I would strongly, strongly consider running."
The first-ever Finebaum Space will also feature Shane Beamer, Roman Harper, Blake Sims, and Twitter head of global partnerships TJ Adeshola.
"If I saw Chris “Mad Dog” Russo one more time on my screen, I was going to go crazy!"
"I just wanted you to know how much your show has actually meant to me and it means a lot to a lot of people"
"One guy is a known felon. He was convicted of murder at a very young age. I jokingly said to the next (caller) 'Don’t tell me you served time in prison too.' He said 'Absolutely.'"
In addition to media outlets' embrace of Spaces, some of the biggest college football Spaces have been led by fans.
"So if you throw Tim Tebow in there, surround him with a structure, have about three or four previous head coaches on his staff to help him figure out the vision of his program, that's going to bring excitement to the Florida Gators."
The younger Biggs would've portrayed Finebaum at an earlier stage of his career.
Finebaum will continue in his multiplatform role, including his daily radio show simulcast.
SEC Nation looks to be getting some new faces this year.
"I’ve always felt from that moment on, I would never be able to outrun him — even though I’ve tried."
Finebaum could possibly leave ESPN as soon as after the 2020 college football season, and DAZN or a startup like The Ringer have been floated as possible options.
"I think if we had to do it over again, we probably would have moved on without any rancor. But he was on the air, he said some idiotic things which I tried to point out, and I personally regret having to subject some of our friends out there to that."
Giving a convicted felon a national TV platform to defend his actions doesn't seem like the best idea.
Alabama-LSU has been a primetime CBS game every year since 2010, but it won't be this year thanks to CBS' pick of Notre Dame-Georgia as their one contractually-allowed primetime game.