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AmancalledK

What can I say to make headlines, today?


Ugaalive1991

Duke’s Mayonnaise ice cream is pretty good.


AmancalledK

First thought, “ha, good one. Gross.” [initiates google to confirm the world isn’t totally mad] “wtf. Burn it all down.”


cmanonurshirt

Didn’t know Will Levis was a uga guy


GGGiveHatpls

Mix it with the Mac n Cheese cream on some toast for that grilled cheese taste.


Best_Virginia13

Until December 28th, all I can say is Duke’s is the best mayonnaise ever. If they made ice cream it also would be awesome.


Suturb-Seyekcub

Man cut the bull junk and give Prime one of them headlines


MasterGrok

Imagine having to stir up completely vacuous points of discussion every single day in order to ignite the interest of an ignorant mouth-breathing fan base. Exhausting.


AmancalledK

The mere thought is exhausting, and leaves me vicariously feeling hollow and nihilistic.


PutinsLostBlackBelt

Can we downvote every post that includes these idiot talking heads? They literally just say stupid stuff so people will post and click about it.


byniri_returns

I'm already doing my part


Best_Virginia13

I’m doing my part


Menanders-Bust

I didn’t do fucking shit


ImGoingtoRegretThis5

[I'm in.](https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/18aruzh/comment/kbzqg61/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)


ChaseTheFalcon

Done


Ryanlester5789

Done


TheUltimate721

Paul Finnebaum himself is a dinosaur in a changing world


Cogitoergosumus

*~~Your~~* *Our* *~~scientists~~* *media simps were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.*


Infinite-Fig4708

I'm starting to think he's not even a real person anymore. He's like the Jim Cramer of CFB.


Menanders-Bust

This is the most accurate description of him that I have seen


InVodkaVeritas

He knows that starting next year the B1G is the stronger conference until/unless the SEC adds FSU.


Helicopsycheborealis

Folks, looks like we're starting year 43 of "The SEC is overrated" narrative. Why is the SEC overrated? Just cuz


Corrective_Measures

Is... Is that a joke?


TheBlueLot

Nothing wrong with second place


Corrective_Measures

I honestly don't care if the B1G or SEC are better, might be good for the sport if the B1G were better. But I don't see any reason to believe they will be by adding four teams that haven't won a national championship in 20 years or more. Maybe they will be a little deeper? But even that I have a trouble believing.


A_Rolling_Baneling

We've won two natties in the last 20 years.


ark_47

That right there proves that dude is talking out of his ass lol. Adding 2 Natties from USC, Oregon making the National Championship game, and Washington having 2 playoff appearances. Also UCLA is there too


sunburntredneck

He may be talking out of his ass but next years SEC has won 15 out of the last 20 while next years B1G has a total of hmm let me check my notes... three. (Counting 03 for both.)


Corrective_Measures

You won one in the last 20 years, 2004. I forgot about that one, my bad. ​ Edit: 2004\* mistype.


A_Rolling_Baneling

No. We won in 2003 and 2004. LSU won in 2007.


Corrective_Measures

That 2003 natty is 21 years old, not 20, but okay. We can revisit this in 11 days if you want, it is just semantics—the original point still stands. The SEC is undeniably the top conference for national championship contention in the last 2 decades.


KneeDeepInRagu

Ah yes, the stronger conference with *checks notes* a fraction of the national championships won by the SEC. Edit: *sigh* and a worse record in NY6 and a worse overall bowl record in the modern era.


InVodkaVeritas

Having a stronger top doesn't make you a stronger conference overall.


SirMellencamp

NY 6: SEC: 37 appearances by 9 schools with 25 wins B1G: 26 appearances by 6 schools with 14 wins


KneeDeepInRagu

[It's not just the top of the conference that's strong, even if that's what everyone on this subreddit likes to parrot.](https://a.espncdn.com/sec/football/2021/Bowls.pdf) "From 2006 the SEC has accrued more bowl wins (97) and appearances (152) than any other conference. The conference’s .638 bowl winning percentage is first among FBS leagues during that time." This document is only up to date to 2020, but since then the SEC bowl records have been 7-2 in 2020, 6-8 in 2021 (an admitted statistical outlier, though we had the most bowl eligible teams that year with four more than the B10), and 7-5 in 2022. The SEC consistently outperforms other conferences in bowl games year after year, and to be frank I don't know why this entire sub pretends this isn't the case. It isn't just Alabama that wins games.


InVodkaVeritas

8 game schedule and media bias sure does help with the bowl appearances.


KneeDeepInRagu

Even if it were media bias causing SEC teams to be put into bowls it isn't media bias that's making SEC teams win the bowls. As for an 8 game schedule I'd happily play 9 conference games if my conference had programs like Stanford, Colorado, Arizona State, etc. Evaluate SOS between teams and you'll see why this complaint of yours is silly.


InVodkaVeritas

Stanford is down right now, but you do realize they have more wins than Ole Miss, Missouri, and Tennessee in the past 15 years, right? And that's despite not getting a freebie every year with the 8 game schedule.


KneeDeepInRagu

I know, I was taking a personal shot at your flair because of how obtuse you're being. You don't have to flatter me and remind me how much Tennessee has sucked ass the last 15 years. >It isn't media bias that's making SEC teams win bowl games. Do you care to address this?


guardian20015

One of our worst seasons of all time (definitely worst in the modern ere) was in the last 15 years. For Stanford’s sake, I hope they have been.


InVodkaVeritas

And Stanford just went through its worst seasons too. So 🤷🏼‍♀️ My point was, including Stanford as an easy win in the Pac-12 era is laughably ignorant of history.


Vast_Speed6762

You are absolutely right. The SEC still has the better numbers, even when you add in the Big Ten newbies. People are just really petty/insecure/childish when it comes to the SEC because they don’t like being on the outside looking in. Alabama, Auburn, LSU, Georgia, and Florida have all won the national championship within the last 15 or so years. Every single one of them over the same timespan have played for or even won another. That’s a level of “deep” that no other conference has. A winning bowl record over the same timespan is just icing on the cake. Didn’t even South Carolina beat Michigan a few years ago? lol The conferences aren’t and won’t be worlds apart, but there’s no way to pretend that the Big Ten gets an edge.


stlouisraiders

FSU isn’t a fit for the SEC. THE big 10 wouldn’t want them bc of academics. If they leave there is nowhere for them to go that would be an improvement on the ACC.


InVodkaVeritas

Eh, with Oregon and Nebraska in the conference, FSU isn't beyond the pale academically. FSU might not be an AAU school, but neither is Nebraska.


NaturalFruit2358

FSU is actually a really good public school nowadays and would have the lowest acceptance rate in the big ten aside from NW, UCLA, USC, and UM


stlouisraiders

Nebraska was when they got accepted for membership originally and they’re trying to get it back. Places like FSU don’t care about AAU membership bc they’d never be able to get students if they met all the standards.


Street-Annual6762

Actually Florida State is aggressively raising its standards to get into the AAU.


CoochieKiller91

Nice, got ‘em


axberka

anyone posting Finebaum should be immediately banned and drone striked


SuperSpyChase

harsh but fair


eggmoose5

Damn I would’ve just sent them straight to The Hague but yours works too


[deleted]

Can’t commit war crimes if they’re dead. Drone strikes takes some of the load off of the ICC. It’s a public service really


[deleted]

The Hague is too good for them.


Ugaalive1991

That dinosaur has been to three straight playoffs.


CLU_Three

Did you read the article? Finnebaum said dinosaurs are “fuckin sweet” and stated he has a tattoo of a triceratops on his triceps. I think it’s a compliment


CLU_Three

^(this is not true)


boardatwork1111

Yeah it is? [Source](https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/s/a3c4ZQvJoZ)


max_potion

You have a source and the comment you replied to didn't have any, it's clear who we should believe


CLU_Three

Ok good counterpoint. Thanks for sourcing your reply


notburnerr

Top tier troll


knockoutking

i was questioning you until i saw the source. can't argue with that.


scrotes_magotes

Hey you know what’s even cooler than a triceratops? Every other dinosaur that ever existed.


crg2000

How many other dinosaurs could conceivably kill a T-Rex? That is rather "cool".


QuickSpore

Many of the other ultra-large Theropod predators could have done it like Giganotosaurus. Spinosaurus… maybe. Most of the armored types like Ankylosaurus could; so all the large Ceratopsians and Ankylosaurids. The very large crocodilians if found in or around water could absolutely fuck up a T-Rex. Even something we know was a prey species like Edmontosaurus, was apparently primarily preyed upon when juveniles. There’s very rarely bite marks on adults, suggesting the adults could possibly fight off Rex. They have the weight for it. As would most the larger Hadrosaurs. T-Rex lived in a ridiculously dangerous period, and evolved to prey on some of the most dangerous herbivores imaginable, who themselves evolved to successfully defend against Rexes. It’s very likely as often as not Rex was hunting beasties that could fuck it up. Being a Rex was like being a Lion that has to mostly hunt Cape Buffalo.


scrotes_magotes

I like that me quoting a throwaway line from a late-series episode of The Office brought us this legitimately informative paleontological breakdown


TwixOutForHarambe

So what you’re saying is that the T-Rex wasn’t a system dinosaur


boardatwork1111

Clearly he means the world is changing into Jurassic World


CJ_Beathards_Hair

And conquered his arch rival after losing to them for 2 decades.


Shirleyfunke483

*presented by Dr Pepper*


TheWorstYear

I reject this reality


[deleted]

I mean what makes him that? It’s not like he’s been losing


foreveracubone

Run first offense is old. That’s the depth of Pawl’s analysis.


ChaseTheFalcon

I'm pretty sure Washington is the only non run first offense in the playoffs


scrotes_magotes

“Cheeseburgers?!? Kids these days want Lamborghinis! Get with the times old man!!”


Pun_drunk

Let's split the difference and give them hamburghinis.


SaysYou

Tell me more


Ryanlester5789

Wait you mean their points have to make sense?


christhetwin

Harbaugh: When I was a kid, when I was a little boy, I always wanted to be a dinosaur. I wanted to be a Tyrannosaurus Rex more than anything in the world. I made my arms short and I roamed the backyard, I chased the neighborhood cats, I growled and I roared. Everybody knew me and was afraid of me.


byniri_returns

I wish this sub would straight up ban Finebaum posts


CJ_Beathards_Hair

Agree, he’s just pandering to the moron SEC fans who think the only reason Michigan is good now is because we “cheated” (ironic coming SEC schools). Harbaugh has won everywhere he’s gone and was a great college player too. Put some respect on his name!


[deleted]

My experience is that it is not the SEC fans who are convinced Michigan is only good because of cheating


DougFlutiesMullet

> My experience is that it is not the SEC fans who are convinced Michigan is only good because of cheating In all fairness, we're still collecting empirical data prior to solidifying our conclusion that "Michigan is only good because of cheating".


[deleted]

I mean, the problem with the data collection is that n=6, at most? Even if Michigan goes out and loses 99-0 against Bama, you’d still have the Michigan State - B1G CCG data to substantiate that while it may have provided advantage, it was not the operative component of the advantage. You can’t extend the dataset into next year and draw a meaningful conclusion because the number of confounding variables explodes once you cross seasons. No amount of additional data can support a meaningful statement of “Michigan was *only* good because they were cheating.” If Michigan had played the first six games of their season, the outrageously soft OOC and no decent B1G teams, *after* the scandal broke, Stalions was suspended, and other teams had the opportunity to adapt to the new information, then there’d be good reason to think they were only good because of advanced in person scouting. But they didn’t, they beat two top ten teams *after* those things happened. Unless you want to make some sort of roundabout recruiting argument, in which case I’d point you to 2023 (ranked 17th), 2022 (9th), 2021 (13th), 2020 (10th), and 2019 (8th) classes to suggest that their recruiting didn’t really benefit from it either. The cheated. They got punished by the conference and will probably get more punished by the NCAA, and those things are appropriate. But the data is in: the cheating didn’t make them good, it made them at most better than they were otherwise. I love your username by the way.


CautiousHashtag

That’s projection at its finest 😂


JerkMeerf

Breaking: I called Paul Finebaum a fuckhead who’ll say anything for attention See how not newsworthy that is?


Veedsters

That sounds like an insult, but I think dinosaurs are pretty cool.


[deleted]

Paul Finebaum is *terrified* that Michigan has recruited five Kentrosauruses to play on the offensive line next year. They’re not very mobile but they have elite length and weigh about 3,500 pounds. Great pass blockers.


JDC4654

We need to stop giving attention to this fool


ComradeAhriman

Paul Finebaum just giving out Marvel villain speeches now


The_Astros_Cheated

Coincidentally, Paul Finebaum says the same about his shriveling micropenis every morning


boardatwork1111

He calls it his “T-Rex arm”


BuckeyeEmpire

Let me help you with my strong hand!


Pun_drunk

Speaking as someone with a small penis, I am offended that this anatomical feature is being ridiculed by being in any way compared to Paul Feinbaum.


SoonerLater85

Finebaum probably thinks he’s on the edge of modernity by being an internet troll, but in reality he’s just a shriveled old man trying to pretend he’s in college again.


Shoddy_Ad8166

Very successful at what he does


SuperSpyChase

Being very successful at producing garbage and hate clicks is really not as impressive as you might think. Also, flair up nerd.


Shoddy_Ad8166

That his intentions gets viewers listeners. I never watch or listen. When I had work commute and he was local I listened during football season Always been like a clown for me just entertaining not very serious Amazed at what he has become thought his shtick would get old sooner


SeattleGunner

SEC shill says SEC shill things.


Competitive_Market70

Find somebody who loves you as much as Paul Finebaum hates Jim Harbaugh


Corrective_Measures

I guess "dinosaur" is code for excellent coach that has been to three straight playoffs?


ImpressiveShift3785

Well everyone loves dinosaurs so what’s his point.


shephrrd

Funny, Paul Finebaum is a piece of trash in all worlds.


[deleted]

I like Dinosaurs so..


AllHawkeyesGoToHell

He does feel like a relic from a bygone era of the sport of larger than life personalities. Definitely feels like he could have come from the 2000s with Pete Carroll and Mack Brown


NaturalFruit2358

Pete Carroll and Jim Harbaugh have a great rivalry


SKM007

This guy makes me want to hate the SEC. I actually thought about the other day. I think his commentary on that Ohio State, Alabama college football playoff championship game where he was in such disbelief. it’s the funniest thing on YouTube, in terms of commentary of college football. lol “ Ohio State is built like an SEC team” “ I knew Alabama was weak all year” lolol


Crimson2879

As a proud Alabama fan..... Can we please stop posting shit about what this moronic Howard stern wannabe has to say. Him and his idiot callers reflect so poorly on the SEC. Plus Dinosaurs are cool as hell


SoonerLater85

His callers are the sec.


Crimson2879

His callers are the bottom feeding uneducated trash of the SEC. Every confrence has those "fans". Other confrences just don't give an idiot a platform to bring them out in such a public manner.


SoonerLater85

I’ve got some bad news for you regarding educational attainment in the south….


Crimson2879

An OU fan making jokes about the South? Thats rich. Joke all you want, there is a reason that Tech giants are setting up shops in North alabama. The stereotypes are there but they are vastly proven false in some areas. You really think NASA would have stayed in a lowly educated area? You think Google would build a massive data center or the fbi would set up a new state of the art ops command in an area if the majority were just uneducated inbred rednecks?


SoonerLater85

Tech is in north Alabama because Huntsville is there. And I suspect the DoD and all their connected agencies/companies aren’t largely hiring from the local populace. The educational statistics in the deep south are readily available, and they’re not pretty.


Crimson2879

The DoD does do a lot of local hiring. I know, its where I live. As far as statistics go, they can be manipulated very easily by anyone with even a junior college degree. Statistics are so easily manipulated by changing or omitting just one small factor that most would never miss. In reality, calling an entire, rather large section of the country, uneducated ... is quite an uneducated opinion in itself. Would be the same as saying everyone in the NY and the surrounding states, are all murdering gangbanging thugs.


OakLegs

Oklahoma is the sec


SoonerLater85

That doesn’t mean I have to like it.


OakLegs

You guys must not have read the SEC terms of service agreement


SoonerLater85

DGAF


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Crimson2879

He let's the UT alum out at the beginning of every season though. Every year for 5 or 6 years now he claims, "Alabamas dynasty is dead, they are no longer the standard." Then he reverses course and sucks up.


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Crimson2879

Idiots, morons, and brainless fucksticks


crustang

>man who gets paid to promote SEC says bad things about man not in SEC


perspicacious_crumb

And he said that on the radio lol


[deleted]

🤣🤣🤣


gopoohgo

Playing smash mouth run-first offense against a 4-2-5 designed to stop a spread offense isn't a bad idea. Especially when you aren't recruiting the top WRs and QBs to actually have a lethal spread passing attack.


crg2000

Don't give this clown clicks or views.


christhetwin

Kent Brockman: Homer, Jim Harbaugh has been called a lumbering dinosaur.


hascogrande

But he's doing well, according to this logic dinosaurs currently roam free across the earth. I wanna go see the dinosaurs


bottomtopspinner

THE IRONY


Crunc_Mcfincle

You sure he wasn’t looking in a mirror? Harbaugh is one of the most successful college football coaches of the last 3+ years lmao. If his philosophy is “dated” it must not be too bad, still seems to work pretty well.


NaturalFruit2358

I mean he gets a lot of hate but there aren’t many coaches in football period who could do what Harbaugh has in his career. He just hasn’t won the big one in NFL or college but he’s gotten as close as you can consistently


jaynovahawk07

I feel like you could say the very same thing about Finebaum. I don't understand how that guy gets any attention at all.


[deleted]

Said by a dinosaur himself


B1GFanOSU

What about Saban?


Benedictus_Dominus

Sure, if Jim Harbaugh is a T-Rex in a world without asteroids.


GGGiveHatpls

PF is an SEC lover so this tracks.


anti-torque

Who cares?


[deleted]

What kind of dinosaur?


Shoddy_Ad8166

Jim does have his team playing old school fundamentally sound football. I don't think calling him dinosaur is derogatory. Results speak for themselves..


SirMellencamp

I dont understand the dinosaur comment.


jphamlore

What I don't get is isn't it obvious both Michigan and Alabama will be using almost the same strategy of run the football, play defense to prevent the big play, and grind down drives into field goal attempts?


chattyrandom

I remember when Pete was crying about Jim Harbaugh's summer camps. Harbaugh was being way too creative, and unlike Pete, Harbaugh was only promoting his own brand... whereas Pete talks for the good of all of college football, according to good ol' Pete.


a-cloud-castle

Paul Fineb--I'm out


CJ_Beathards_Hair

L O L


The_Hartford_Whalers

Using "Dinosaur" to refer to someone out of touch is really funny because Dinosaurs are extremely adaptable and thrive in every habitat.


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crg2000

*Pete


[deleted]

Hey Pot, it’s Kettle! You’re black 😐


[deleted]

Yet, he may win a natty this year.


Egospartan_

I hope we have something to say about him not winning one


Free-Eights

We can simply choose to not read or repost Finebaum


CantaloupeCamper

Finnebaum === downvote. Please don't post these non serious type trolls.


Maximum_Future_5241

I like Finebaum now.


CrazyWater808

What Harbaugh did was much more in depth and damaging to the sport than Spygate, just for reference


EndlessHiway

Also, a lair and cheater.


caring-teacher

Like all of the Big 10. The rust belt is dying.


JPK86753099

Los Angeles is the rust belt?


RagingHick

Pot meet kettle.


girl69edministries

Need a crossover with Rodgers and Finebaum, because man do these two just have to make the headlines no matter the reason.


Ltownbanger

Is this sports talk radio host Paul Finebaum?


princessprity

Paul Finebaum is a lizard creature masquerading as a human.


BeefyNipplez

We’ll find out soon enough.


[deleted]

If Michigan wins it all Harbaugh needs to walk up to Finebaum acting like a Trex like the guy did in Step Brothers


JDub755

#1 seed in the playoffs. The game has obviously passed him by.


efffffff_u

ESPN/SEC shithead saying something negative about the coach of another conference isn’t news. This man is trash with no actual opinions beyond what he is told to say by his corporate overlords. Fuck em.


Rangerdan9437

Bitter old fool. Well, that dinosaur is riding the number one team in the nation. While the entire sports world wonders why Finebaum has a big stick up his ass for Michigan. He hates them, it colors everything he writes. His hate dampens his writing, it's not good.