Paul Finebaum ADMITS the best team won the CFP 🏆 'OHIO STATE PROVED EVERYTHING' | SportsCenter

[@kobekobe8527]

Paul mad as fck this morning that the SEC ain’t win this year 😂😂

[@captalex1]

If last year

[@VinnieDelvecchio]

He's a hack

[@tonetones7853]

I agree with you 💯 I have never been a fan of fienbaum.

[@timkinley1779]

Or Colorado.

[@MikeVrabelINC]

You act like he hasn’t known for a whole week an SEC team isn’t winning it 😂😂😂 idiot

[@therealnasr]

Legend has it Paul used his ears to fly off into the night sky like dumbo after ohio state won.

[@hhl316delta]

🤣🤣This deserves lots of likes

[@hhl316delta]

I admit I'm SEC homer myself..but even I can't stand that goofball

[@anthonyaliberti]

😂

[@raymondgillespie3529]

My brother calls him Big Ears Finebaum

[@robertsherrow3627]

“The gift of rage!” after the Michigan loss. So true…

[@buzzwaldron6195]

Mostly SKILL !!!!!!!!!!

[@steveturansky9031]

That statement by the Xichigan player is going to be post game billboard material for years to come. Every time any team beats Xichigan, we will hear it.

[@joshuahoward2214]

As a buckeye fan Michigan under achieved this season but let’s not forget it’s still a lot of NFL talent on that roster at the end of the day im happy that the title stayed in the Big Ten another year Go Bucks

[@deetheseeker2356]

Fasho them MFs tough fr ask Alabama lol #Buckeyenation

[@kengy1991]

Michigan had a good end to the season beating Ohio State and then Alabama.

[@terrythompson1980]

None of us will ever experience anything like that again!. That was historical no matter if you hate them or not.

[@RayMon504]

Last year wasnt a fluke. Big 10 > SEC officially

[@thatguybill34]

*The SEC is SOFT.*

[@Wesmancan]

No but Michigan is gonna get stripped of that title. It will be announced soon now that it’s all down for year.

[@UHLSU1982]

​@@WesmancanNo they won't LOL. Keep crying.

[@AuburnFanSince2010]

SEC is a basketball conference

[@thekidfromcleveland3944]

​@AuburnFanSince2010 you really pulled out the Scooter "We're a basketball school"😂😂😂😂

[@solosolosiervodecristo1488]

That loss against Michigan woke a sleeping Giant and what a Giant of a team they have been this past 6 weeks!

[@razor7241]

When we were up 31-7 ND did come back! Egbuka’s fumble let them back in. If Emmka doesn’t fumble that ball it would have been a blow out! Really doesn’t matter. The Ohio State University is the NATIONAL CHAMPS!

[@tonetones7853]

@razor7241 exactly what I was thinking. Overrated ND had one good drive and thats all they had in their tank. Lol

[@doernbecherr]

31-15* but yea that really gave them life

[@WaldoHaraldoFaldo]

Egbuka didnt drop the bALL.. its called a force fumble idiot

[@Randy-x8x]

I live in Columbus, love the Bucks. I’ve never been a Ryan Day fan, but numbers talk. He’s 70-10 as head coach.

[@db1872]

Honestly what this means is the Michigan game and even conference championships are no longer the end all be all they used to be. They're important but this shows the changes worked. The best teams all have a chance.

[@mike3309-x5o]

this is how it should be. the last time an NFL team won the super bowl undefeated was 1972

[@jagpilotohio]

There shouldn’t be conference championship games at this point. Cut them and go on year end rankings. The Season is already too long to get to the end of it.

[@mvpfocus]

@@jagpilotohio Conference championships are a critically important recruiting tool for every school that _doesn't_ win the national championship.

[@robertshodeen4501]

You know it just kills those SEC lovers watching and not seeing their show ponies playin 😂

[@thefireshow1]

It was an all-Yankee National Championship! Bucks won.🏆

[@afridgetoofar1818]

Once they sobered up, Michigan fans are punching the air this morning that Ohio State are now the greatest national champions of all time (beat 5 top 5 teams)

[@dre2931]

not even close lol. you guys got the commitee to expand the playoff to get in-- and then had to face the likes of quinn ewers, dillion gabriel and riley leonard...

[@Jag0106]

@@dre2931you guys had to cheat to win a title😂😂😂 at least OSU title didn’t have an asterisk

[@dre2931]

​@ those reports came out of Mr.Ohio, buckeye camp. Notice how no sanctions have happened and chargers with our Old DC and HC have a top 10/top 5 NFL defense? Yeaaaaa i dont see that asterisk

[@mikekellum6238]

@@Jag0106 * 20 million in NIL cash. Pretty big asterisk.

[@Jag0106]

@@mikekellum6238 yes spending money which everyone can do is an asterisk😭😭🤣🤣😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂you wanna look in the mirror and make sure your make up is on🤡🤡🤡

[@jlarrywhite8]

don't nobody wanna hear nothing about Michigan with they 7-5 record 😂😂😂😂

[@gregjacksun]

Indeed. So played out. 😂

[@roccospinelli5642]

especially when they got road-stomped by Indiana and 4 others on national TV. Next month NCAA verdict will be issued lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@gerardgerkin4875]

get over it corn and blue, is that all you have?

[@fvckyourcomments]

Michigan beat that OSU a** 😂

[@rolandogarza5771]

in 2025 be ready with #1 QB in the fold and top 5 defense in coming to Ann arbor 2025. enjoy your for 4 months before its ready again

[@Godsoutlaw1611]

If the college football playoffs was a twelve team playoffs for the last twelve years, ohio state would have a lot more championships. Go back. And look at how many times they were excluded because of a single loss at the end of the year.

[@Andy-AJC72]

I don’t know if Ryan Day is the top coach in the country, but he is definitely the most resilient

[@jamescooper3324]

Also, as a Michigan fan, glad to see Paul upset about another B1G team winning it all 🤣

[@mattwalter6207]

Ah yes, the great Kirby smart, who had his freshman backup drop back pass with 38 seconds left in the half on the 25 yard line. Genius coaching mind

[@dorianlawson6094]

No surprise here Paul picks a SEC coach who didn’t make the final 4

[@armandopena2906]

Kirby us 1-6 against Alabama. Well, let's not bring that up.

[@timkinley1779]

If only you valued proofreading.

[@wireroom7939]

Bama can't beat vandy

[@tobiaswilliamson00]

As an Alabama fan who was born and raised in Knoxville, TN, I think that the SEC's reign of dominance that lasted 25 or 30 years is over and the B1G is once again the kings of College Football. The B1G has tv deals with three different networks, a footprint in major US Cities (NYC, DC/Baltimore, Philly, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, Minneapolis, Seattle, and LA), and clear definitive tiers in the B1G. The SEC has one source of income (ESPN/ABC), not many markets that are either major markets, long established markets, or traditionally tied to the conference markets (Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Memphis, New Orleans, Nashville, Orlando, St. Louis, Tampa), and no clear top teams in the league as everyone had at least 2 losses by Championship Sunday.

[@gabrielgonzalez6456]

It’s more like 20 years… I wouldn’t count UF, it was more of state of Florida dominance cause of recruiting between UM, FSU and UF. Since then it spread north to the SEC region getting Florida players and now the Big10. Money will now dictate recruiting now more then ever

[@mvpfocus]

@@gabrielgonzalez6456 more _than_ ever

[@fredericklockard3854]

The days of the SEC being able to walk into a championship game because of ESPN bias has ended. Now they’ll have to beat 3 or 4 outside teams and I don’t see it happening. The myth of the SEC being the best is gone. Now that they can’t load the CFP with SEC teams and they’ll actually have to play tough teams to advance. We saw how that worked this year. Boy how this back fired on ESPN and the SEC 😂.

[@wireroom7939]

2yr run and the best players play down souf.. Those naysayers r trying to help the big ten out n this 2yr playoff Gap RELAX THE SEC WILL WIN AGAIN enjoy short lived success 😂

[@fredericklockard3854]

@ we will! You enjoy not winning or even having a team play for a natty 😂

[@gunner-qf9eh]

​@@wireroom7939If the SEC recruits and plays like your spelling, punctuation and grammar, the Big Ten will have nothing to worry about.

[@beanblues]

@@wireroom7939 nah, the SECheat has been put into its proper place

[@demetriusevans4139]

It's always an upset when OSU loses to them. Except for last year, they're nationally considered the inferior team

[@anthonyaliberti]

They completely dominated this playoffs😤

[@traddad2]

ESPN has a Finebaum problem and will have to address it. Credibility drain will cost them $$ as folks tune out on him.

[@kchall5]

You have to admit that after that Mich loss they went on an absolute rampage. They beat Tennessee, Oregon, Texas, and ND in succession, and in convincing fashion.

[@unclecreepy4324]

Ohio against the world.

[@wonders.6334]

Not to long ago many people wanted to fire Ryan Day. If they do I hope we get him.

[@kellywiewall4928]

I have a drinking buddy that last night after the game still wants to fire Ryan Day

[@mattnorcia5593]

@@kellywiewall4928wow that’s really low IQ stuff right there

[@mvpfocus]

Who's we?

[@John-yz9lr]

Amazing Paul picked a sec coach!( what a surprise)

[@joekay3348]

I’d say the *Ann Arbor Astros really pissed them off

[@GeneWaas-jo1or]

Thank God for the 12 team playoff! Remember if it was still the four team CFP Ohio State would not have been in and they were the best team!

[@rossohio07]

Can't Paul just be happy for somebody..🙄

[@situated4]

Kirby Smart is a FRAUD!!!

[@markgrissom]

Sorry, but the loss to Michigan does not "all go away" with this win, as some would say. As a proud member of the Therapy Wanting Lunatic Fringe, I am happy and grateful to God that our players stood up and took control of their destiny to make this run and win it all. Their last 4 games were the most impressive strings of victories I have witnessed in 55 years of watching Buckeye football, especially after losing to Michigan! And, it is great that our genius coaches finally got their heads out of their behinds and got out of the way, by finally ceasing the reliance on the stupid zone blocking schemes that our big guys have not been able to consistently execute for years under Day. That being said, as we go forward I would love to see Day go on to a level of greatness that exceeds Sabin.

[@bluemystic7501]

Yeah it does. The Michigan game only matters to two teams. The Natty is coveted by all.

[@garywascovich8436]

I think we are watching the maturation of Ryan Day, the coach, right before our eyes....thanks to scUM loss! we saw glimpses of his senseless micromanaging the play calling in the Texas and ND games, but another thing stands out to me, last years Ryan Day would not have hesitated to call out Lou Holtz on that stage last night, but Ryan Day, post scUM, chose to keep his mouth shut and take the high road!!

[@joepeters8926]

Michigan woke up a sleeping giant! Ohio State definitely the best team in college football 🏈! Big Ten football 🏈!

[@bobdelaney3126]

LOVE THE BUCKEYES

[@JohnDoe-yi9rm]

He's still at it!!!!!!!!! Finebaum is picking ALABAMA to win the National Championship ...... in Basketball.

[@MC7791]

Interesting. The loss to Michigan fueled this? Works for me! Buckeyes rule!

[@joeressa]

ohio state had to build another building for all the trophies they received this season

[@KeyBorg1]

Die hard OSU fan here, but I don't disagree with Paul on the coach question...I think Kirby Smart is the top coach in college football right now. We'll see how long it stays that way. Day has an amazing record and is elite, and is probably the second best coach, but Smart's record and accomplishments speak for themselves.

[@closetglobe.IRGUN.NW0]

0:22 i swear after i saw that live a part of me felt they gonna win it all or at least make the semis. Should've gambled.

[@themetal1768]

2 years in a row big 10 natty champs. sec salty

[@WhitneyGadison1]

2 years compared to the past 20 years. Sec has dominated the playoffs, just a down year. They will bounce back

[@rodneygarnes6823]

Who won the previous 2 Championships? Back to Back not 2 diff😢team's and beat Ohio State on the way...

[@beanblues]

@@WhitneyGadison1 nope, the SECheat glory days are finished

[@WhitneyGadison1]

@@beanblues lol watch😂

[@johneric7018]

Somebody tell Paul he has the third highest winning percentage in history through 80 games. Michigan has nothing to do with his greatness this guy is a CLOWN 🤡 talk Paul! Kirby has two Ryan has one and you guys stole one from Ryan to give to Kirby cut the games man

[@joepauly2311]

The SEC remains unbeaten in hypothetical games.

[@thekidfromcleveland3944]

SAY IT LOUDER FOR THOSE IN THE BACK PAUL😂😂😂😂😂

[@danskiludvik8358]

Michigan also gave the OSU the gift of not having to play in the Conference Championship Game. It's a great day to be a Buckeye!

[@booyahgenius]

The world's biggest SEC glazer somehow admits that a Big 10 team was the best team in the playoffs, truly inspiring stuff out here

[@TheTroubledPack]

That wasnt rage. That was love

[@James-m8j2w]

Kirby Smart is better than Ryan Day? Got it. Finebaum just can't handle that the SEC tanked this season. They were overrated. Not slouches mind you but not like in the past. Finebaum will always be a SEC and Alabama homer. Michigan last year and now Ohio State national champions. I think Notre Dame will be back in the CFP next year. The B1G right now looks very solid as a conference in football.

[@paulteese4221]

In their CFP run, OSU beat four top 10 teams in a row by double digits. In the final AP rankings, OSU had wins against teams ranked 2, 3, 4 and 5. Wow!

[@garywascovich8436]

......they beat 6 of the other 11 teams in playoff field not named Ohio State !

[@kwilliams1958]

Who even cares about Paul Fineman's take on who the best coach is? What a silly notion...

[@nathanielwaterfill9748]

The south has the talent, but the Big Ten has the most money (other than Texas, which has both 👀). The money comment isn’t a criticism either just the truth. Should be a competitive new era of CFB.

[@Jeff-gd8ev]

I give Finebaum zero credit for "admitting" Ohio State is the best team. He's an SEC homer and always will be.

[@jimmccormick6091]

"they gave them the "gift of rage"........" - I am gonna go out on a limb... not a journalism major, right?

[@johnnylyles6848]

Paul is hating because no SEC team got in

[@htvlogs80]

Of course Paul has to say the best coach in college is an SEC team.

[@HowieCarson]

The need to learn how to lose comment is so typical of that no class program. Maybe you should learn to win and not try and plant a flag in someone’s field. Remember UM has had multiple times where they have fought with other teams

[@deetheseeker2356]

They hating 🤣🤣 we just won last night and they talking bout “ O state plays Texas to start next season” they really don’t like us 🤣

[@Lothbrook66]

Paul thinks Bama or a puke Sec team should have won !!! Lol !! Good luck SEC is soft . Natty in Ohio !!!! Again !!!!

[@Gtails-1005]

Some how some way with this guy the SEC will be brought up.

[@lgah1091spud]

As a Michigan fan, i hate they won but this year “the game” will be the last 2 national champs and them trying to stop the streak at Michaign….cinema

[@rider7012]

As an Ohio State fan I will say that the build up to the Championship game on Monday reminded me of The Game in 2006 when it was #2 Michigan at #1 Ohio State. All I could think was that when the day comes where we meet in the National Championship game at the end of a 12 team play off, it will be absolutely EPIC!

[@docrob2236]

The SEC was represented in the playoffs. Those refs…ooooff.

[@barnfly6945]

I find it funny, Softball lost 5 in a row before beating Ohio State and had to cheat to do it.

[@gilbert8162]

Harbaugh>Day

[@gregjacksun]

@@gilbert8162 How so? Day has a better overall winning percentage. Day took 6 years to win a title, Harbs took 9. Harbs started 0-5 against OSU. How is he better than Day?

[@johnepants]

@@gregjacksunhe isn’t, Michigan fans live on edge of reality. They act like college football started in 2021

[@gregjacksun]

@@johnepants The selective memory is astounding, I will admit. If I had a dollar for every time I read “can’t beat Michigan” - I’d be rich.

[@johnepants]

@ the lack of awareness is insane. Then again, if my water supply was filled with lead, I would probably be saying crazy stuff all the time

[@T-Dotwanderer]

#8 vs #7...... Rank them BETTER!!!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@jameswilliams9738]

Big Ten Buddy,... 💪🙌🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@jagpilotohio]

Finebaum is just revolting in his unrelenting love for the SEC.

[@d0naldhayes]

You do know that score could have been much more lopsided right? THE fumble when OSU was driving for another score. THE pass interface that helped them out after OSU forced a punr.So sure they fought back but don't over look these facts.

[@judyholliday217]

Didn't see Kirby holding hardware, Paul.

[@buckeye4life139]

I see that second half as OSU just playing with their food and being ultra conservative to run the clock out. A broken tackle and dime from Leonard is all that got them back in the game if you want to call it back in. I don't believe ND was ever in that game

[@bremenrooster]

You know…..Ryan Day outcoached Kirby Smart a couple of years ago….if it wasn’t for a missed field goal, Day would have won two NCs.

[@bobk381]

Paul always has a bias to defend the SEC. He can’t admit that any other conference should win the Natty. While Ryan Day was winning the game, Kirby Smart was watching it on tv. I have more respect for Marcus Freeman than I do for SEC coaches.

[@wireroom7939]

Ok that's how I feel but Kirby went back to back and beat michigan and ND just beat GA for the first time GA 3-1 against them Kirby may have watch from home but he also owns his rival too... Bob hate all u want but don't disrespect the dawgs

[@gregwagner2163]

Please go back to just talking about the SEC

[@SajjadKhan-cn6mv]

why does anyone in the world hear what Paul Finebaum has to say? ? obvious why he has a job sports broadcasting.

[@jonwhitt3679]

Paul was just talking about month or two ago about how he needed fired, now he’s one of the best coaches. Eat crow, Paul.

[@EricMertz-l7o]

How can Paul say Ryan is by far not the best coach in the country. Then 2 sentences later he says Kirby Smart is better but not by much. Sounds like bs to me

[@JeffBabylon-u8g]

Finebum is such an SEC troll. He wouldn't give the Big Ten, or any other conference, the credit they deserve. Kirby Smart is the best coach? Why isn't GA in the Natty? You got no credibility, Paul. Shut up and go back to 'Bama. 🤔🙄

[@razor7241]

Don’t flatter yourself Michigan fans! We called and played a terrible game period. We would have won the Natty even if we had beat you. Can’t wait till next November.

[@SR-hf3hx]

You say that every year. Watch November it's gonna happen again. and it won't matter anymore because of the new format

[@razor7241]

@ yea I’ve said that for the last 13 years. How many times hs Michigan won in that time frame?

[@Joseph70663]

ESPN goes all-in on the SEC. Right when there is a seismic change happening all across the college football world as NIL and the transfer portal re-align the power structure. Not sure about that decision.

[@vaughnwesterby5162]

So, after 3 years of head coaching experience Freeman is a top 3 coach in college football????! 🤔

[@timkinley1779]

No kidding.

[@matthewc164]

One FG separates Day and Smart.

[@wireroom7939]

No win and losses separate them we Neva loss to Michigan or Oregon

[@matthewc164]

@wireroom7939 If the OSU kicker makes that FG against UGA Day has two Natty's and Kirby has one. And Day has the head to against him.

[@matthewc164]

@wireroom7939 yeah you lost to Notre Dame who Ohio State stomped.

[@sanlot17ken]

OH! Paul! 😂😂

[@matthewspears3786]

You need criteria of what makes the best coach. It really should be about overachieving given beginning of season expectations. Ohio State clearly had the best roster, so a championship doesn't only rest on the coach. I'm most impressed with Arizona State's achievement myself. The coaching could have been a huge factor in why they ended so strong they almost took one Texas.

[@barnettmcgowan8978]

I'm an OSU fan and I agree. I think Marcus Freeman is a better coach. Look what he accomplished with a team that was inferior. I would actually like to see him take over at OSU.

[@rider7012]

Who do you think is responsible for Ohio State having more talent?Do you think the coach has anything to do with that? And don’t tell me NIL - every team in the country funneled millions of dollars to their players, many of them more than OSU, it’s just that the AD at Ohio State was the only one to pit a number out there. Freeman is doing great things at Notre Dame, but there is no gutantee that his style would automatically be successful at Ohio State.

[@RoseCurry5]

Paul such a hypocrite, he said Day wasn't the best coach "by far" but when they ask him to name the ones that are better, he says Day is close. 🤡

[@ShawnDering]

Michigan gave them a BTA moment!! 😅

[@NickEvans-i2x]

Sheer determination

[@jennygolden3708]

this 12 team playoff season could have looked much different and more detrimental to college football. If OSU beats Michigan, they had the potential to play Oregon three(3) times in one season. At the end of the third qtr, it was obvious to me that running right at Michigan's def big line was insane. Unless someone was playing to lose. The players sensed it, and therefore the big meeting the following week. If the championship game is Oregon vs OSU for a 3rd time in one season, TV ratings suck and the average fan maybe not tuning in. IMHO someone played to lose the big rival game, and only was other person had to be in the loop...a mediocre place kicker or his holder!

[@shewr4664]

Where is Ryan Clark?

[@reborng9420]

Moved to the next sec tenured coach and started glazing gtfoh

[@joejames9974]

To the people that say the buckeyes played against cupcakes teams eat some sour grapes and shut the f up dam all these team they play against was top ten in the regular season so whooo what got there sour grape you love those sour grapes whooo

[@aaronlampkin284]

As a Miami fan I hate y’all but you’re right. You played who ever was on the schedule and did what needed to be done. Most of haters are from the SEC anyways

[@wewokaswitchband8852]

There are some that say, Paul Finebaum's nose grew 3" inches that day!

[@Brian-8832]

Paul just moody that the SEC got owned by everyone in the post season.

[@Yungasianicon]

1-1 in title games

[@barnettmcgowan8978]

Ryan Day is not the best Coach in the country. 0 - 4 against Michigan says it all. He can't win the one game that he absolutely has to win.

[@johnchurch9351]

Paul is a dork. Now that the SEC can’t pay players illegally under the table the SEC will never be competitive again. Amazing what a level playing field does.

[@wireroom7939]

It's still not level.. sec still king

[@beanblues]

@@wireroom7939 you mean the SECheat

[@SmackDumb-e5b]

Some analysts need to learn how to retire.

[@GodsLove4Howeverlong]

Tge The Gains Edge means keeping the clock moving (tge)

[@AaronEdwards33]

Kirby’s not even close to being the best especially since now other conferences can pay their players too.

[@bane1240]

LOL - Yeah Michigan, some teams need to learn how to lose? How about some teams learn how to win with class.

[@soybacon8215]

Finebaum looks like he wants to cry as he says it

[@Gooden_Eye]

quick thought here- aren't the two sayings heartbreaking and gut-wrenching?! 😉

[@boneyatlas859]

Freeman is 0-3 vs Day and has 0 titles. Not sure how he can be up there with Day but alright

[@DJ-iv2xo]

Is he still crying about Ala scama.