Finebaum sees the light!

#27
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ftsandersvol said:
Finebaum is just like every other MSM reporter. He just wants to be "invited" to all the "cool kids" parties, so he will say and do anything to get an invite.
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He actually admitted this last year on air. Fans had been asking him why he was so positive on Tennessee after being negative for years, in spite of being an alum. He said, paraphrasing, in so many words "I am a loyal Tennessee alum, but my opinions on air are mostly business decisions". In other words, he says whatever he can to make a buck. I have known this for years, living in bama he has sucked up to bama fans for years because that was very good for his bottom line.

While I understand his approach...I don't respect it at all.
 
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He has to throw some accolades at other teams every so often or his show might as well be call the Paul Finebamma show.
 
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BanditVol said:
He actually admitted this last year on air. Fans had been asking him why he was so positive on Tennessee after being negative for years, in spite of being an alum. He said, paraphrasing, in so many words "I am a loyal Tennessee alum, but my opinions on air are mostly business decisions". In other words, he says whatever he can to make a buck. I have known this for years, living in bama he has sucked up to bama fans for years because that was very good for his bottom line.

While I understand his approach...I don't respect it at all.
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To say it another way, UT gave him absolutely nothing positive to say about its program. It was a dumpster fire and quite embarrassing for 15 years. Him saying anything nice about UT would have made him look insincere and a homer. When he gushed about Alabama its because they were actually good and interesting to talk about when UT was just an embarrassing irrelevant afterthought.
 
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UTFranklinVol said:
People will begin to realize that the reason they thought Finebaum sucked was actually because their own football team sucked for decades. Not Finebaum's fault that UT gave him zilch good stuff to talk about in 15 years. He can actually say nice things when there are nice things to be said.
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Finebaum did his best to bring down the Vols when they were on top, catering to his Bama fan base. He had some jake-leg lawyer that claimed to have proof that Fulmer planted evidence that got the Tide in trouble with the NCAA and he was going to reveal it on his show--Never happened.
 
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UTFranklinVol said:
People will begin to realize that the reason they thought Finebaum sucked was actually because their own football team sucked for decades. Not Finebaum's fault that UT gave him zilch good stuff to talk about in 15 years. He can actually say nice things when there are nice things to be said.
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Yep.
 
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He’s only stating the obvious. At first I got pissed because Heupel wasn’t getting respect for what he accomplished last year but I rather them try to ignore it until they can’t help but talk about TENNESSEE! It’s just awesome how he’s recruiting so well without having to be a big show dog in the media like Kiffin or Saban. Nick is always playing cool daddy smart ass and everybody thinks he’s just so funny 🙄. It’s about time for them to brought down a notch and we’ll see how funny he is. He isn’t anything but a whiner and a hypocrite. It’s new day folks and the skies are BIG ORANGE!!!!!
 
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UTFranklinVol said:
To say it another way, UT gave him absolutely nothing positive to say about its program. It was a dumpster fire and quite embarrassing for 15 years. Him saying anything nice about UT would have made him look insincere and a homer. When he gushed about Alabama its because they were actually good and interesting to talk about when UT was just an embarrassing irrelevant afterthought.
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He never said anything nice about us prior to the wandering in the wilderness In 1996, when he wrote for the Birmingham paper, he wrote an insulting column about the build up and hype of the 1996 UT-UF game. You may recall that, no. 1 vs. no.3, top two Heisman candidates in a recently expanded stadium that was going to set the attendance record at that time In his column Finebaum wrote "those East Tennessee hillbillies need to relax and act like they have been there before". He was playing the local bammer crowd and suggesting bammer had had far larger games in Bham in the past (they had some big games there over the years, but UT-UF 1996 was up there with any of them). What he was really doing was playing to the local jealous inbreds.

And don't get me started on his response/treatment of the whole Alber Means mess, playing up to the most ridiculous conspiracy theories of the inbred crimson morons that infesting the state of Alabama.

I could go on, but he has always been anti-UT and tilted to bammer because all he wants to do is make a buck, and I have heard from someone who attended school with him that all he ever did was complain about UT while he was there.
 
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TennesseeZep said:
I remember Finebaum’s interview with Benedict Arnold - Mike Griffith (former KNS beat writer turned Kirby’s AH) prior to the GA game. Paul rubbed it in that TN was ranked #1 and perhaps were the best coached team in the nation under CJH. It really got under his and the pups skins, and they responded by cheating harder than ever pumping in illegal noise in Athens.
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Lol, you think UGA needed artificial noise to get an edge? As if Tennessee wasn’t use to noisy crowds - you do realize the Bama game was just a few weeks prior?
 
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Finebum was one of the biggest critics, hammering Tenn during the Schiano period /coaching search. He was all over Sportscenter going after the fans as well as the school. At night he dreams about Bama and Sabin in his sleep. I think his latest comments are just attempts to be relevant.
 
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DaddyChad said:
I’m sorry but Ryan Day is Mark Richt at Ohio State. They play one game and he manages to lose it. With the talent he has there and the schedule he should have a title by now. He’s scheming with more talent than the opposition in all games till he gets to the playoffs.
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Why are you sorry ?
 
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BanditVol said:
He never said anything nice about us prior to the wandering in the wilderness In 1996, when he wrote for the Birmingham paper, he wrote an insulting column about the build up and hype of the 1996 UT-UF game. You may recall that, no. 1 vs. no.3, top two Heisman candidates in a recently expanded stadium that was going to set the attendance record at that time In his column Finebaum wrote "those East Tennessee hillbillies need to relax and act like they have been there before". He was playing the local bammer crowd and suggesting bammer had had far larger games in Bham in the past (they had some big games there over the years, but UT-UF 1996 was up there with any of them). What he was really doing was playing to the local jealous inbreds.

And don't get me started on his response/treatment of the whole Alber Means mess, playing up to the most ridiculous conspiracy theories of the inbred crimson morons that infesting the state of Alabama.

I could go on, but he has always been anti-UT and tilted to bammer because all he wants to do is make a buck, and I have heard from someone who attended school with him that all he ever did was complain about UT while he was there.
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Heck, we all complained about UT when we were there, but we all universally loved it when we left 😂 It’s crazy to me, I could never go around bashing UT, no matter how much you paid me… Paul is a special kind of narcissist imo
 
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Finebaum on Dan Patrick Show right now. If its not broadcast in your market you can stream on Peacock.
 
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fossilfiction said:
What kills me about the Schiano thing is all the "Tennessee could have had Schiano instead" as if he has done something at Rutgers. They were lucky to get three of their four wins last season and this year, they could very well win one game. The man has been 3-6, 5-8, and 4-8 with an L in the Gator Bowl on a 5-win season.
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And what connections got a 5 win Rutgers team in a bowl, I wanna know.
 
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DaddyChad said:
I’m sorry but Ryan Day is Mark Richt at Ohio State. They play one game and he manages to lose it. With the talent he has there and the schedule he should have a title by now. He’s scheming with more talent than the opposition in all games till he gets to the playoffs.
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Exactly! I was going to post something about Day, but you nailed it. The did give uga a game though. (Wish Wish Wish)
 
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JohnWardForever said:
Exactly! I was going to post something about Day, but you nailed it. The did give uga a game though. (Wish Wish Wish)
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Richt gave Saban a game in the SEC title game one year. Had they won that game they likely win the national title and he retires as HC of Georgia. I’m not saying Day is a bad coach, he’s just not elite.
 
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TennesseeZep said:
I remember Finebaum’s interview with Benedict Arnold - Mike Griffith (former KNS beat writer turned Kirby’s AH) prior to the GA game. Paul rubbed it in that TN was ranked #1 and perhaps were the best coached team in the nation under CJH. It really got under his and the pups skins, and they responded by cheating harder than ever pumping in illegal noise in Athens.
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Yep all week long Kirby kept saying they needed the fans to be loud. If he wasn't concerned about Tennessee's offense ,He wouldn't have kept that up. Something needs to be done about the noise, other than natural Fan Vocal noise. When the opponent can't hear the signals because of amplified noise, that is just chickenpoo wrong. General Neyland would have run somebody out of the stadium., or refused to participate.
 
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