ESPN SC | Paul Finebaum reacts to Vanderbilt shocks top-ranked Alabama for 1st win vs AP No. 1 team

ESPN SC | Paul Finebaum reacts to Vanderbilt shocks top-ranked Alabama for 1st win vs AP No. 1 team
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[@BILLEON2005]

It’s official: The Saban era is officially over at Alabama…

[@jackshaftoe1715]

I'll Quack to that ! 🦆

[@darvincarter2396]

Said that last night. 😂it is done.

[@MicMic-s9o]

As a Bama fan…you’re correct…team captain’s dancing in the end zone while we’re still losing and throwing temper tantrums at the end 😮😢EMBARRASSING!!!

[@patrickturner4581]

You got that right! It won't be the last loss this year for Bama!

[@giostevens7669]

Man nah nil killed saban he can’t be sneaky now that’s why he don’t like it

[@stephenholbrook4391]

I disagree with Heather. The Bama loss to Vandy is WAY worse than the UGA loss to Bama. UGA will be ahead of Bama in the polls. Head to head doesn’t hold as much weight until the end of the season. Just look at the point spreads between the games. UGA was a 2.5 favorite on the road against Bama. Yet Bama was a 22.5 point favorite against Vandy on the road….

[@BirchKST]

No she's right, it's sad Georgia lost to that Bama team

[@johnnyblue1101]

This lady should stick to needlepoint

[@thomasgoss9988]

​@BirchKST no she's wrong

[@withchza]

You are correct. Should Vandy be ranked ahead of Bama now? I wonder what Heather thinks about that? 2nd half of UGA-UA game makes a difference. Four turnovers in a hostile territory makes UGA's loss almost as good as some wins. UA HAS to fall below UGA.

[@sleeper9728]

Loosing to Vanderbilt is the worse feeling EVER for number 1 or any rank teams

[@James-y8n5k]

Clearly Vanderbilt was the better team yesterday and they played to win

[@thomasgoss9988]

This lady knows nothing. Bama should fall out the top five. They lost to a team ranked 130th.

[@jackshaftoe1715]

SEC Lover Heather.

[@davidwurm3308]

Vandy not close to 130. They are pretty good this year, but Bama needs to be around 15. Defense is a joke.

[@thomasgoss9988]

@@davidwurm3308 actually they are ranked that high. The announcers said it on ESPN

[@Watermark61]

Only dropping Alabama to 3 or 4 would be absurd.

[@AK-sq1jl]

As a Bama fan I agree. We shouldn't even be ranked after that and will win 7 games this season.

[@Used2Could]

​@AK-sq1jl come on. All Vanderbilt did was wake up a sleeping giant.

[@cljackson512]

​@@AK-sq1jl You're not a real Alabama fan.

[@cljackson512]

​@Used2Could I don't know man. The way we looked on DEFENSE. Now I have my gripes with Nick Sheridan, but Kane Wommack? That defensive gameplan was unacceptable. The adjustments, WHERE were the 2nd half adjustments? We have coordinators who can script plays really well....who can't make in-game adjustments to save thier lives. They were handed a Lamborghini and can't keep it on the road. They have crashed it into a light pole.

[@bodacious117]

@@Used2Coulda sleeping giant? Bama will go 9-3 at best this year

[@AlexLightGiver]

"Vanderbilt is an easy place to get a win" ( nick saban on nation tv two weeks ago)

[@cv4875]

Did that lady just say Bama will still be in the top 5? lololol idiocracy. Bama should be 12-15.

[@jordandennis6794]

Bama should fall all the way to 14.

[@thomasgoss9988]

She's crazy. She must be a Bama fan

[@wesleygary6651]

Heated spinach's football knowledge=Paul Finebaum's monthly hair transplant bill. In other words..........no much.

[@svartahaxa4263]

Never fear! Disney/ESPN has a billion dollar contract with the SEC. They will make sure the right teams make it into the playoffs.

[@jacobsteele7138]

Wasn't Heather a 3rd string place kicker holder for Vanderbilt or was that Paul?

[@BozBoy101]

i dont think alabama deserves to be above georgia anymore, in their last 8 quarters they have performed to their best in 2 of them. alabama should be at 8.

[@ethanjones4375]

That’s what I was thinking

[@cljackson512]

So then you're saying the head 2 head win doesn't matter then?

[@Crankinstien]

Bama always gets help. Drop to 3? What a F joke

[@jordandennis6794]

Complete joke

[@frederickyoung563]

No.5

[@hoyte942]

If Alabama only drops 3 spots when GA dropped 4, that's ridiculous

[@JohnGlass-hi1jd]

Beyond embarrassing unbelievable. Worst loss in Tide history. Deboer and Womack get your shit together fact!!!!! That would have never happened under Nick Saban fact!!!!

[@Ryan.C.Wright]

It’s a hard fall from last week to believing in DeBoer to now feeling like our defense sucks.

[@livingadreamlife1428]

You’ve lost your mind. Bad losses under Saban included ULM, A&M, So Car (Saban called for an idiotic Fake FG attempt), OM 2x, just to name a few. There are prob couple of more.

[@anthonyshaw3631]

Facts?? Didn't St Nick lose to Lousiana Monroe ?😂😂😂

[@crestoneman8497]

A 1-loss Saban team also lost to a Mountain West team in a bowl game. I remember that one whenever people say that a group of 5 team doesn’t belong in the playoffs with the SEC.

[@bodacious117]

@@livingadreamlife1428the problem with that statement is saban took over a shit program and lost to ulm.. Daboer took over the most talented and stable program in the nation and lost to the worst program in sec history

[@tpgorman15]

Love how finebaum can just give Vandy its flowers. Has to make it about Bama blowing the game, or Vandy winning. How does this dork have a job still? Because he rides for Bama all day that’s why

[@drdoc7508]

Bama has some Temper Tantrum babies on the team .. NO discipline

[@okiesailor5417]

Finebaum will bring up things from the past to try and make the Bama loss look less dramatic. This is an embarrassing loss for Bama.

[@aerofool66]

This was predicted on the Finebaum show last week. One of his guests made the remark that Bama played an ultra physical game with Georgia that may have weakened them. With them on the road playing a team they are certain to beat made them take the Commodores for granted. This was a great opportunity for Vandy to take advantage, and they did!

[@johnnyblue1101]

Well, well, well … the whole stinkin scheme to anoint the flawed “golden boys” from Bama to the pinnacle of its “star system” just blew up in ESPN/ABC/Disney’s face. You had it comin to ya, bro. To make matters worse, running something like 15 straight commercials during the waning moments of the Vandy game was beyond egregious: it smacked of corporate greed at is worse, showing where the real interest of the broadcasters lie - not with the viewers

[@kshay1882]

You are a DA!!! Give me a break the SEC has always beat each other up because we always come to play. When you win every game because you play none, beat we will still have more teams in top 12 than anyone because when it counts the SEC has won championships than anyone!! LMAO

[@eaglesphan5650]

I love Paul dude doesn’t hold back and keeps it 💯

[@ronlee5571]

So Georgia’a loss to Bama was a “monster loss”? Typical media bias I’ve seen my entire life from ESPN when it comes to reporting on Bama. Georgia beat Georgia last week just like Bama beat Bama vs TN two years ago. Our Dawgs lost, fair and square last week but let’s get real

[@desertdog1125]

Debor is Mike Shual 2.0. Kalen inherited a 5 star roster. Pitiful exhuse for a non dsiciplined team.

[@davidwurm3308]

He is actually Ray Perkins 2.0

[@royalidiot9001]

They lost to an unranked team....not only lost but trailed the entire 60 minutes.....that is NOT top 10 worthy..

[@larrylanham2779]

It's not that this would never happen under Saban..... this would have never happened without NIL and the Transfer Portal. The top is lower and the bottom is higher. It’s that simple. That's why Saban retired

[@chrisbishop1969]

Drop 2 spots after getting embarrassed? Nah they'd be around 10. Still in playoff possibly but fornsure way below 3. Terrable take!

[@titusshowers8988]

Bama deserves to be out of the TOP 10! They will lose 2 more games this season as well.

[@Dirty_Farmer_1977]

You talking about a team that has only beaten bama once since i was born 47 years ago...this has to have reprecussions

[@cljackson512]

Not really. Teams are allowed to improve in 47 years. Especially given they have a new coach who actually cares about the program.

[@cheaptoyman]

Fire, Heather. Terrible.

[@hoyte942]

GA has only lost 3 games in the last few years, they just don't give us enough credit.

[@World_Act]

Bama trailed Vandy the entirely game. Vandy whooped their ass play by play , sec by sec.

[@jerrywashington5122]

We should drop past the top 25. No excuse! They just showed their true caliber. Always dancing like a shake joint professional when they get in the endzone. Be a man and play like one. The state of Alabama is sick today.

[@JarrettBarker]

We’re all tired of this shit! Sec teams lose and don’t get punished, ridiculous

[@ericthurman1050]

Last week as a GA fan I was not upset at losing to BAMA. I looked at their remaining schedule and said that they HAD to beat GA because they only had TN left. But losing to VANDY should almost kill their season unless the voters do their BAMA bias again.

[@cljackson512]

No it shouldn't. It's just one L. They all count the same. Stack more W's, it'll be fine.

[@jemi_27]

@@cljackson512ITS VANDY😂😂😂😂

[@ONeal-j3h]

Ga we kick that a! 😂

[@reid4391]

@@jemi_27bro do you not understand it’s a 12 team playoff😂😂

[@Rhodie441]

They have played someone Paul. They beat the darling of the SEC. With out that amazing 4th quarter against south Florida and barely holding on against Georgia. Alabama could be 2-3. So let’s not act like this is the same or even a better Alabama.

[@deloachapproach4273]

They are Bama homers, and the woman is so wrong on so many things football related. Yes, Bama beat UGA head to head, but that doesn't automatically mean they will be ranked higher come the next poll. UGA barely lost to a highly ranked team, and led in the second half. Bama lost to an unranked team, and never led. Regardless of the head to head, Bama had the worse loss by far.

[@rockerfarm6445]

We also gotta recognize that Vandy is a good team though, Georgia State was Bad but they we're so Close to being 4-1 right now

[@thomasgoss9988]

​@deloachapproach4273 you're exactly right. She's just kissing Alabama's butt. Alabama looked suspect the 2nd half against Georgia and the whole game against Vandy

[@Rhodie441]

@@deloachapproach4273 bama should drop to atleast 6-8

[@Rhodie441]

@@rockerfarm6445 I totally agree. A few plays go vandy way they are in the top 25

[@pnwadventurer802]

Neither GA nor AL shoukd be top 4. There are still 0 loss teams that deseve to be higher since they have taken care of businesses. Oregon is the only team with 0 losses and the best win against the highest ranked team in Boise St

[@kshay1882]

There might be some upsets in the SEC, but I bet you they will bring it when it counts.

[@kennymyers-yg8jo]

The last 6 quarters showed me that the Alabama defense and that hack Womack are not an elite caliber SEC unit. Watching #2 Hollywood was the only pleasure I had watching the game, those under achieving defensive wannabes ruined the rest of the game! Vandy took it to them and Womack was not good enough to adjust, he was a poor choice!

[@markkim663]

ESPN is already 4 SEC teams in college playoffs. I really hope somebody investigate ESPN for promoting SEC

[@MichaelCottle]

Bama to 4 what a joke. Should be but won’t be at least 15. You want to be fair how about dropping one loss one point win over Kentucky Georgia to 16. You would in any other conference. Mizzou hot garbage and it finally caught up with them. Tennessee is still Tennessee. Just trying to get 5 SEC teams in the playoffs as usual. How about 6-0 Indians in the top 10.

[@kelvinwatkins1596]

College football powers to be will make sure that Alabama is in the playoffs even if they don't win another game this entire season.

[@notpoliticaljustarealist3969]

Sec didnt take a blow. Sec is best top to bottom. That showed yesterday. They all got beat by sec teams.

[@DivaBooHoney]

Is Heather stable minded? Bama no lower than #3 or #4 and ranked above GA 🙄 Bama made history all right yesterday BUT not in a positive way. Both BAMA and TENN better pray they make the top 10 rankings…7-9 maybe at best

[@KEVINBROWN-x6n]

We got what we deserved in the end. Vanderbilt was better than us...period. Our defense is mediocre at best. Our offense is not consistent at all. Our offensive play calling is mediocre too. Our team effort was mediocre other than Milroe trying to win a heisman for dancing in the end zone WHILE WE ARE LOSING!! Players and coaches need to go home and view this mediocre effort on film. You went from #1 to laughing stock...

[@johnholstun5128]

This reminded me of the Mike Shula days at Alabama. Constant breakdowns offensively and defensively.

[@lynnglidewell7367]

I didn't think anything could ever be more humiliating then Michigan losing to Appalachian State back in 2007 but I was wrong. Alabama managed to top them and in convincing manner. Unranked Vanderbilt made them drop their pants in public for an embarrassing spanking. Shameful!

[@luismartinez7880]

Paul time to face the music

[@ArmedPatriot]

Somebody needs to find some s a dc that can actually make adjustments

[@SpikeDawgins]

Should be interesting to see where the Tide slides. Humility is a week away. Crappy sportsmanship at the end of that game too. Hate to see it.

[@ad7711x]

I don’t care how good Ryan Williams is if you let a 17-year-old dominate you score on you or take your position you’re weak and the fact that he can come in and dominate against SEC teams shows how weak the SEC is shows how college football is the game isn’t the same.

[@drdoc7508]

well, bama may lose another 1 or 2 this year. congrats Vandy. bama sucked

[@AlexLightGiver]

I got my LSU against BAMA in death valley. It's hard to win on the road this year in the SEC

[@polo_sheridan2869]

I am a Bama fan and they need to drop to 20 at the least

[@johnholstun5128]

Alabama plays at south Carolina next week. That's a hard place to play because SC almost beat LSU up there.

[@chrisbishop1969]

It means SEC is over rated. AS USUAL!

[@LightNtheDark84]

Paul is so but hurt right now 😆 🤣 This ones for you Paul

[@adambarrientos7658]

Bama does not suck…Tennessee does tho🤷🏻‍♂️

[@jemi_27]

Yess yall do how you lose to Vandy? 😂😂

[@tylenoljackson9378]

40 minutes of possession, 75 plays and only 20 of them passes? Yeah, I'd say Bama sucked yesterday.

[@lastoutlaw_2129]

GA lost to a ranked top 5 team and dropped to 5 from 2. Ain't no way in hell bama goes to 3 or 4. And they lost to a hospital and probably the worst SEC team in the past 10 years. Who never beat a top 5 team and then to have vandy play the quote Saban said about them. Chef kiss. Bama is 7 or 8 at best

[@lekeith5445]

The greatest enemy of success is success…

[@gabrieldean9559]

Pavia! 505 in the house!

[@daveyohn2016]

Heather is wrong this loss hurts Georgia also. They lost to Bama and struggled against Kentucky. Bamma ranked 6 at best.

[@patrickturner4581]

Hey Bama you just got Northern Illinoised!

[@GBU61]

If you remove the name Alabama from that team it would be moved out of the top 10. You have to also ask how good the SEC is? The B10 may have the two best teams 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@danielking3134]

Where would you put Georgia. Above Alabama? Are good wins more important than bad losses? Texas 1 Ohio state 2 Oregon 3 and Georgia 4 or Bama 4?

[@jackshaftoe1715]

Yer NOT gonna get your "all SEC playoff".

[@jamiephillips5930]

I can't believe Tennessee let the game go. The defense sucked big in this one.

[@wesleygary6651]

Bama will fall to where they spent most of last year....8. Maybe 9th. I've seen a bunch of projected standings since midnight and it's 1,4, 9, 10,11, 12,, 22 and 25 all falling. What's more interesting to me is Duke, Army, Navy, Indiana and others are all undefeated so where to put them?

[@jemi_27]

GO DAWGS !!!!

[@ChaseVickers-l8i]

Alabama just lost to unranked VANDERBILT!!! HOW THEY ONLY DROP 2 OR 3 PLACES?

[@KB3TLE]

SEC is a big joke ! > Texas is the only team worthy of a top 5 ranking - except maybe Georgia - yet to be determined ? Tenn was a laugher & Mizzou too !!! Crazy happenings for the actual best to overcome ? 🤔

[@c8203]

12 team playoffs has made regular season games less important . I see a 3 loss Bama team making the playoffs. I don’t agree but I can see it happening.

[@Matttaylor016]

Not a chance with 3 losses. One being Vandy.

[@ivansalazar5448]

Jalen Milrod will win the Heisman outright. He has got the best WR room in the nation.

[@mattalwayslearning2184]

Nope. Texas does.

[@chefbrad73]

Can you say bama and uga OVERRATED!!!! They won't admit that either because then you'll know the narrative

[@edszewczyk]

It was oy 20 points because Vandy missed an extra point.

[@RB-fn3lt]

Paul wet the bed last night and he will still have bama in the top 5

[@markrodrigue6913]

Kalen DeBoer losing to Vanderbilt 🤦is just helping to ........ SHOW WHY SABAN WAS THE GOAT

[@coachblocker9682]

Losing to vandy has to land you outside of top 8 😂 maybe a 10 or 11

[@DarinBlosser-in9bt]

Everyone knows about sec privilege if you don't pay attention to the rankings this week

[@scizorbullet8185]

Paul is the worst

[@90000cg]

Yes. He is a dweeb.

[@marlonbeckett8793]

Not the real 1# the real 1# in Austin HOOKEM 🤘🏾💯

[@Americansfinest21]

Alabama got helped with Tennessee and Missouri losing

[@newtonboy3510]

How can you rank Alabama 3. Rank IU higher. Hoo hoo Hoosiers!

[@rammone5241]

All I can say is that Saban would not have let this happen, they never had the lead the entire game! The win was alrady chaulked up on some parlays. Bama got the wrong jockey riding the stallion, I knew this was gonna happen this year. Terrible coaching decision by the UA, worst ever pick. Not the worst upset this year, go back a decade, they never had the lead after beating Georgia last week, the rat poison must be good. Vandy lost to Georgia State!! Crying out loud! The Bama locker room is ruined, time to jump ship. GO WEST young man, GO WEST! This game was not even televised locally, thank god they did show this. If I were a sophmore or junior, go to CU, most of your games will be prime time and televised. Every game is a job interview, be smart, Saban erra is gone. NIL, make as much as you can and been seen as much as you can!! Be smart, Bama pride is not going to get your mama a house and nice car.

[@dwaynesmith5406]

Probably drop to 8. Notre dame only dropped 6 after losing to NIU.

[@mat3o557]

Thats bs, Alabama needs to be out of top 5

[@terry5452]

Those guys will probably drop them to 1 1/2

[@malcolmt7883]

Bama Fans want to dig up Saban.

[@bucknut6631]

SEC looks average. Texas gonna win SEC in their first year

[@2muchOfme2000]

Bet they wont even drop out of the top 3 .. watch .. ppl still sukin Bama off

[@Bond007fan]

TODAY'S REAL top 25 with no politics! 1) Texas 2) Ohio St. 3) Oregon 4) Penn St 5) Clemson 6) Indiana 7) Iowa St 8) BYU 9) Army 10) Navy 11) Texas A &M 12) Colorado 13) Nebraska 14) LSU 15) Pittsburgh 16) Ol' Miss 17) Boise St 18) Notre Dame 19) Alabama 20) Georgia 21) Liberty 22) James Madison 23) SMU 24) Miami, Fl 25) Utah 26)Tennessee 27) Oklahoma 28) Utah 29) Illinois 30) Missouri 31) Kansas St 32)Syracuse 33) Kansas St 34) Rutgers 35) Duke 36) Virginia 37) Arizona St 38) UNLV 39) Oregon St 40) Washington St 41) Texas Tech Penalize for the eye test and near loses. Numbers for dummy's .. Georgia almost lost to mediocre Kentucky. Alabama beat Georgia yet lost to a Vanderbilt team that lost to GEORGIA STATE NOT Georgia! They should count Miami Fl having 2 loses to mediocre teams. Reward for improvements: Clemson, Texas A & M, Colorado, Nebraska, LSU Reward undefeated teams: I know last year Florida St proved this theory wrong however, they did nothing to prove they don't get rewarded over any 1 loss team.

[@PEP_3164]

His feelings are hurt

[@sidhawkins9858]

Dispense.

[@nate9798]

Can Paul please retire? He's so annoying and creepy.

[@davidfloyd9134]

Sec is overrated

[@AnthonyEason-qk7tu]

Exactly

[@kshay1882]

Hilarious since the SEC owns the national championship game. It's always hilarious when they beat each other up until the SEC comes for you. REMIND ME AGAIN, WHO HAS WON THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE PAST 20 YEARS!!

[@jayfizz9884]

So which conf is better? Uhhh who has the nattys? Yeah that's right SEC! GTFOH! bunch nerds talkin stupid!

[@AnthonyEason-qk7tu]

Lmao,none of what yall said has nothing to do with the fact that the sec is overated in the here and now,the present.that same Vanderbilt team got waxxed by Georgia State,not Georgia but Georgia State, that same Arkansas team that beat Tennessee, lost to a reeling Oklahoma State team,that Texas A&M that crushed Missouri, got owned by a mid Notre Dame team on their home field,want me to continue?

[@DivaBooHoney]

@@kshay1882 Correct!

[@Chris4Bama]

WOMACK SHOULD BE FIRED IMMEDIATELY.

[@cobaltss50]

Bama lost to a team that id bad every year and an sec punching bag, the fact number 1 let a team like that put up 40, Bama should drop out of the top 10 at the very least.