FIRST TAKE | Finebaum "breaks down" CFB Week 13 Chaos with Alabama and Colorado's disappointing loss

[@KenWarm-l8c]

I have never heard an 8 and 2 team get so much praise I could see if they were undefeated or they had a heartbreaking loss but Colorado is just a little bit better than an average team

[@zophix-5741]

You can keep saying that Alabama lost that game and OU didn't win it but the reality is they lost to OU's JV offense. 5 WR starters out 4 OL starters out 2 DB starters out and the starting RB out.

[@PassportBroHacks]

great point. This is why I hate debating sports because if one team plays great, many say the other team played bad. maybe the team playing great is WHY the other team played so bad? lol duh

[@InIt2WinIt4581]

The SOONERS won that game! As a matter of fact…they beat the absolute shit outta the Gumps! I don’t have a dog in the fight, but from the outside looking in…BAMA didn’t lose, OK whooped dat ass!! Everybody’s gonna make it all about the Gumps, but this game is about a huge crippled underdog hobbling in and winning the game with heart! Those Sooner players wanted it more…simple as that!!

[@Honcholife6]

As a Bama and Deion fan we got our ssa spanked

[@JohnCarpenter-oj6iw]

@zophix-5741 man indiana didn't wanna play oregon in the big ten championship gonna let ohio state get smashed.

[@kayleneferrell4206]

@@JohnCarpenter-oj6iw Indiana barely beat OSU at home what makes you think a team that’s taken injuries at receiver and who will virtually be playing an away game at the B10 title game is gonna smash OSU

[@bardwelldavidjelliff7632]

Why doesn’t OU get any credit for showing up, playing well and winning. OU is a big time program, struggling yes, but they came out and played for themselves, their fans and coach Venables.

[@jamiepostoak4599]

Preach!!!❤

[@mattdaugherty7865]

BOOMER!!!

[@HTHAMMACK1]

Because they were 5-5 entering the game, and OU's offense was absolutely atrocious all season. Having said all that, OU is going to get credit.

[@CurtisKerr-y6x]

Something y’all ain’t talking about is the fact that OU has absolutely NO wide receivers. They’re all out AND we lost the only one we had left on Saturday. You gotta give credit to Joe John Finley for figuring out a way to overcome that. Come on now, give us a little credit please!

[@JoC_N-Gimme50]

who did they play? they did what they was suppose to do. you dont get a cookie for tak8ng a bath, doin your homework, or brushing your teeth. ohio was suppose to do.

[@mlheath3]

We have had football dynasties for decades. They operated on reputation and locked up generations of talent in their 2nd & 3rd strings. If they lost it was because they didn’t show up. The stories are always about the nobility after all. The Portal and NIL changes that, and it makes teams competitive that never were before. And the media hasn’t caught up.

[@derrickrayford6453]

Dude said you’re not going to hear him say roll tide again 😭😬😂😂

[@pensacola07]

Bama got throttled and I loved it

[@woodymichael1116]

Saban's not coming back to save Bama, he happily rode off into the sunset. Bama has fell off as the class of the SEC and they won't be back anytime soon.

[@oliverbacon9583]

Keep dreaming 😂😂😂

[@BigBeatDM55]

Stop saying that the other teams didn't come to play. They weren't playing against air. The other teams simply out hit, out hustled, out coached, and out desired the favored teams.

[@BranDZ7]

When people say that they mean they weren't mentally ready

[@BigBeatDM55]

@@BranDZ7 Don't fault the team who out executed the other team because of that. I think that's the whole point of sports--that both sides are prepared to compete in all ways.

[@dataghost9925]

Good Lord Paul is such a bama lover

[@youngmurk100]

Honestly now we see how good a coach Nick really was

[@LowellGreene-gy6fg]

Until 1998 the national championship was a popularity contest...

[@gregsorrell7092]

Quoting Nick Saban “ They ate the rat poison”.

[@beavis4play]

and during the game, milroe ate a lot of field turf.

[@JoC_N-Gimme50]

​@@beavis4playjalen milroe couldnt covince me he isnt Benidict Arnold. he was playing for oklahoma. he was throwing directly to the d.b.'s

[@beavis4play]

@@JoC_N-Gimme50 it looked like it. but, while not trying to defend him, i haven't seen a qb look that shell-shocked at the end of a game since the inept jt barrett got the buckeyes slaughtered when playing clemson in the playoffs quite a few years ago. at the end of that sooner game, milroe had turf sticking off all parts of him and he had the "1000 yard stare" - he really took a beating.

[@ripclaybourne]

OU's beat Bama 4 out of 6 times they played with 1 tie in between. Why is everybody surprised OU put foots in em?

[@BamaPete4Live]

Alabama offense playing like hot garbage and defense can not play the triple option.

[@THECHADDINGTON]

They played like garbage because Oklahoma has a defense that locked them up. They got owned.

[@SCORPIONKINGJB]

CU and Alabama might play each other in a bowl game😂 never know

[@puffdutchtwo]

The overrated toilet bowl

[@bullpups]

CU would get embarrassed against a bad Alabama team 😂

[@jsar3283]

@@bullpupsthis ain’t nick Saban Alabama… they’re definitely beatable

[@beavis4play]

yup - freds bailbonds weedeater bowl.

[@gamingarachnid3367]

@@bullpupsidk man

[@trickywolf3720]

Paul they do not have the Quarterback stop saying they do.

[@mingotankersley6463]

SEC was good few years ago but those days is over the reason is now all these 5 star players are going to teams that will pay them more so the playing field is going to be even now . Look at Oregon lanning recruited players that would have just went to SEC 5 years ago . Oregon team offensive and D line looks like a bama team . They are huge . It’s a different game now

[@themaninred33]

Oregon's head coach is from where again 😂😂😂

[@WD00777]

The sec is easily the best conference lol

[@the1wizardofodd]

I agree about the teams evening out. It certainly is.

[@bb3585]

Not only should Alabama be out of the playoffs, they shouldn't even be ranked. What a pathetic excuse for a football team.

[@twindom2]

No adjustments for Bama that's the problem

[@beavis4play]

so true. their tackles were getting beat on every snap by the sooner D-ends. i kept thinking bama coaches will have to change their blocking scheme - and they never did.........and man, did milroe suffer.

[@10scaleperformance]

Milroe isn't a QB, but a great RB. Coach Deboer is a great players friend, be their coach! Stop catering to these entitled NIL punks. Milroe cares about Milroe, period!.

[@Yeaa12]

He should’ve bench him in the 2nd half🤦🏽‍♂️ Milroe can’t read defense and mismatches

[@UnkleRaymon]

So the QB isn't great...now explain the porous defense😂

[@10scaleperformance]

@@UnkleRaymon no, he isn't and anyone with a room temp IQ can see that he isn't a QB! Defense is just as bad, 4-2-5 BS and Wommack need to go back to South Alabama. My statement wasn't made to take away from Oklahomas grit, determination and ass kicking they imposed! Out coached, outplayed, period! Oklahoma played for their team, for each other, Bama hasn't done that all season, they have played for Milroe and his Ego, period!

[@jamesself8409]

Milroe proved he was for Milroe when he didn’t make the tackle after the interception.

[@UnkleRaymon]

@10scaleperformance you cry about your QB but I can't listen because I've been shedding tears at Clemson since T.Lawrence left. First Dabo tried to convince everyone that DJU was that guy.Now he's doing the same thing with Klubnik. And for some strange reason we have Garrett Riley as our OC. I have yet to see his high powered offense. All Dabo does is hire his former players or friends. We're going back to the Tommy Bowden years and Bama is going back to the Mike Shula years. But I'll still ride with Clemson...and our yearly rugged schedule.🤣

[@Kim-ek2mt]

Deboer is in over his head He should have stayed in Seattle

[@UhaniNaluSurf]

DeBoer is a soft Lib from Libland. Probably thinks football is toxic masculinity.

[@andrewbranson8539]

One thing i don't hear anyone talking about is that KU is a really good team, they've just had some bad 4th quarters early in the season. Their losses are all by an average of less than 6 points iirc. They're tough and Neal is an amazing rb.

[@edwinfuller2304]

NONE ARE THE POWERHOUSES OF OLD !!! The CFB is not the same as 10 years ago. Stop looking to your old favs to behave as if it's 1999.

[@DeAngeloYoung6]

*Goes 8-2 ranked 16th gets blown out by Kansas* “Yeah were intoxicated with success” 😂🤣

[@timmytv7554]

They blame the players. Not Prime.

[@jdiaz1221]

The problem for Alabama is they are judged against perfection. Everyone else is judged against Alabama.

[@mitchwood736]

They lost to OU JV squad.

[@jdiaz1221]

@mitchwood736 that doesnt change the fact that all other programs are trying to have the standard that Alabama has established over the years.

[@jamesself8409]

Stephen A, Bama is a one of the 12 best teams in the country. They lost 3 however so they shouldn’t be in the playoff. This coming from a Bama fan.

[@joshuaanderson7690]

Honestly no team is ever gonna go undefeated in the SEC ever gain between NIL and the portal … it’s a wrap . Once upon of time you could just load up on recruiting classes and they couldn’t leave unless they were a graduate.

[@robertfrank9936]

You talk Alabama like they drop the ball. However you refuse to call out B. James

[@sunsetsolutions4820]

I realize most CFB media don't like to dig this deep into the facts about SOS ranking. They are usually too lazy...or simply do not want to face the facts. The problem with Georgia's alleged Strength of Schedule (SOS) rankings (as with all SEC teams) is that, this year, Georgia's opponents' sublevel opponents (FCS and Subdivision Teams) have a negative 23 Win/Loss margin. This means that Georgia's opponents, including SEC opponents, played Sublevel opponents who have a combined 23 more losses than wins. SEC fans don't like to hear this inconvenient fact, but FCS/Sublevel teams with terrible records, like Kent State, Wagner, UTEP, Furman, Samford and UMass (Which Georgia actually played themselves) were all played by Georgia's opponents. Its important for people to understand the reason the national media claims Georgia's SOS is ranked so high is because Georgia's opponents played really, really, really shitty FCS schools to get easy wins, which Georgia gets credit for when they play them. This negative loss margin among Georgia's Opponents' Sublevel Opponents is among the WORST in the nation. Moreover, the SEC plays more opponents who have played sublevel opponents, in total, than any other conference, late in the season. This yields a fraudulent SOS ranking for SEC teams which other conference are not allowed to benefit from because other conference do not play subdivision schools late in the season when records reflect results from 10+ games. Conferences, other than the SEC, play "tune up" games against sublevel opponents at the beginning of the year, within the first three games. The SEC plays them late in the season when SOS matters more, statistically, in support of national rankings. When you subtract sublevel team wins from Georgia's opponents' records, counting only FBS level opponents compared with FBS level opponents of other conferences, the SEC actually has very low SOS rankings. Essentially, the SEC struggles with FBS teams who have mediocre W/L records, but whom have not played Sublevel/FCS opponents late in the season. Especially highly ranked contenders in other conferences. These SEC W/L records become even worse when the SEC plays these non-conference contenders on the road. Florida, for example, actually has the HIGHEST SOS ranking in the SEC when counting only the records of the FBS opponents played by Gator opponents. The "FBS Opponent Only" approach reveals some startling disparities with commonly promoted SEC SOS rankings. For example, Georgia's opponents have a total Win % of .562 (68-53) through week 14 of the 2024 season. At first glance, this appears to support a strong SOS for Georgia. One of Georgia's wins, however, was against Tennessee, which also has a 9-2 record. Georgia (9-2) defeated Tennessee on Nov. 16. However, when we look deeper into the data, Tennessee's opponents have a total combined record of 52-71 (.423). Moreover, the dirty secret about Tennessee's record, however, is that the Vols played 3 FCS/Sublevel schools with the worst combined records of any other three SEC Sublevel opponents, of 9-24 (Tennessee played Chattanooga (7-5), Kent State (0-11) and UTEP (2-8) in November). This means that Georgia gets SOS credit for beating a 9-2 Tennessee, who played absolutely abysmal FCS/Sublevel schools with a combined win % of .272!! Another example, Kentucky, (who Georgia defeated by only one point 13-12) played FCS/Sublevel schools (S. Miss, Ohio and Murray State) with a combined record of 10-24 (negative 14 Win/Loss Margin). However, if we remove FCS/Sublevel records from Tennessee's and Kentucky's collective Win %, Georgia actually only defeated a 6-2 Tennessee team, not 9-2, and a 1-7 Kentucky team, not 4-7. When adjusted for all Georgia opponents, the combined win/loss record using FBS only opponents is 42-45 (.483) rather than 68-53 (.562)! When extrapolated across the entire SEC schedule, this has a dramatic affect in decreasing the SOS ranking for SEC teams. When using only legitimized W/L data to calculate SOS among SEC teams, the conference actually has some of the worst SOS rankings in the nation. Georgia, for example, actually ranks 6th in the SEC and 88th nationally. Sorry. Just the facts.

[@Pidabred1]

It will take Finebaum a while to ingest the fact that Texas has replaced Bama as an SEC top dog. Saban is smart, he knows as his retirement was not planned, he just knows

[@lestermcbride6054]

Alabama doesn’t lay eggs, they got a Boomer Beatdown!!

[@kirkberg-ug5np]

According to the stats "Prime" is not the greatest corner ever. These guys are part of the Colorado hype machine and are the people making Colorado players think they are better than they are.

[@GodsAsset-ur1tv]

THE REFS WERE THE ONES WHO GOT INTOXICATED

[@okj1906]

That is a great point. Colorado players are ACTING like Deion. Next year will be even MORE disappointing I think without an ESCAPE ARTIST for a QB in Shedeur going to the NFL. The next QB ain't got magic feet or an arm. So they are the most disappointing b/c this could have been their trip to the CFP by winning a weak Big XII.

[@SnowmanRH]

Stephen A Stole the show! Omg I love you Stephen A (haha)

[@BobbyMoore2-mp8wb]

Go Dawgs

[@vhazypiev9698]

rent free

[@queengeorgiab]

Go Dawgs

[@FurlogTheGiant]

Paul is just a caricature, not just in appearance but also in opinion

[@bluedog9935]

Interesting how no one was really giving KU credit for simply being the better team against the Buffs. Fact is, Colorado’s schedule was weak compared to KU’s strength of schedule. Not even close.

[@What_In_This_World]

Paul sounds like he is defending his sister against his father whenever he is defending an Alabama loss… 🙄🙄

[@Field_Marshall]

Just asked Texas how easy SEC schedule is…it’s very very easy Texas 10-1 in the SEC first year. Talk about how tough the SEC is lol

[@BigBeatDM55]

Stop living in the past Stephen A. Oklahoma plays defense now...and they play defense well.

[@BranDZ7]

Just no offense

[@BigBeatDM55]

​@@BranDZ7They had enough offense on Saturday night.

[@WalkerFishing662]

It’s never the Shadeurs fault

[@givem110]

Look at how they bash the bama coach over prime. Colorado has the most talented roster in the big 12 behind tcu so there's no overachieving its the others way around. Milroe has stolen millions being a sorry qb that's cost them the title last year and probably this year.

[@williamlanemynk5320]

After this week's chaos Finebaum believes that the SEC only deserves seven teams in the playoff rather than eight.

[@anthonybethel4569]

😂

[@msudak4]

The Kansas QB is the real deal

[@bnegs521]

You can't say Colorado was more disappointing. That would be racist

[@batmandeltaforce]

The psychotic push to force BAMA into the playoff is ridiculous:) By now EVERYONE KNOWS how to beat BAMA:)

[@koreadavis-d6d]

This the bullshit that gets me these two pushing the sec big ten narrative . Blaming and calling this committee idiot s is insane the games will take care of it at the end.stop it with the SOS you play the teams you were dealt when scheduling two years out people .the sec is not nor has not been strong from top to bottom for decades.check out past bowl games .stop this bullshit about that conference.

[@youngmurk100]

As a bama fan we got dominated 😅

[@webhead7204]

Thanks to DeBoer and his Merry Band of Muppets he calls a "staff", Bama went from being Playoff Bound to the Cheeze-It Bowl.

[@terrancejohnson9548]

If you sit back look at College football is crazy now you use can have a good season 9-3 or 10 -3 or 8 -3 now it's bad season Wow

[@JoC_N-Gimme50]

debore gotta go! he gots 2 go

[@747maran]

Did I hear a blurp from Molly 3/4 of this video..?

[@austinshannon4197]

Oregon is 11 and 0 and by far has the Heisman frontrunner, quarterback, Dillen Gabriel. 8 and 3 Travis Hunter isn’t even close to being the Heisman frontrunner just like how 9 and 3 Jayden Daniels BY FAR didn’t deserve the Heisman trophy last year, 12 and 0 Michael Penix Jr BY FAR deserved the Heisman trophy last year. Ask anyone who truly knows college football.

[@cbcbrown88]

You might as well get over it, Hunter is winning the Heisman. The race ain't even close.

[@vaughnmiller4371]

Stay off the sauce 🫙

[@beavis4play]

i agree with stephen A - it's HOW you lose. at the end of the bama game - milroe had field turf stick in his helmet, his mouthpiece was crooked and he had dazed look on his face - ANY sense of " alabama superiority" that existed before is definitely gone now. alabama is now just another team.

[@cassandramitchell3734]

The SEC is now avverage deal with it 😂😂😂

[@davehenry7262]

The biggest disappointment? The couple who flew thru 12 time zones to see their son punt and he never saw the field. WTF son?! How much you have to pay to the coach to get to stand on the sideline today? Yeah. Biggest disappointment by a mile. 😎

[@benjaminhaughney9930]

The portal transfer and nil has changed college football forever. That's why Saban retired. No more hiding players in Jr colleges. Recruiting has become a bidding war just like mlb. Amateur sports no longer exists

[@miguelsanders1767]

No.. that game was fixed.. no way in hell they played that bad. It was fixed fixed fixed

[@markmoss3825]

Was really enjoying the conversation till the girl cut in and ruined it .Why is she even on there?

[@davemoore7488]

Stephen A is a blabbering big mouth.

[@johnl5350]

Boomer. Can you imagine how bad it couldve been if OU had any of their top 5 receivers?

[@daniel6771]

Can we all agree that coach Prime is a mid coach. Dude can't field a defense to save his life!

[@dj5000cds]

Lol clueless

[@davemadsen9699]

At this point the Kansas Jay Hawks can beat any team in the country on a neutral site. Look out Oregon, the Jay Hawks would beat you if they weren't 5-6

[@michaelconvey8017]

paul your right ,,bama got punched in the nose two black eyes

[@BubbahotepEagle]

Colorado has not had any success, sanders needs to come back to earth, 😂😂😂

[@timothyshedrick9595]

I smell a hater!!

[@cbcbrown88]

Sanders has improved that team every season. Hell you talking about? Get that hate out your heart.

[@RealTalkWithGaryM]

@@cbcbrown88 Colorado has only beat two teams in conference play with winning records. The big 12 is the weakest power 5 conference.

[@DDKaraokeOutlaw]

@@timothyshedrick9595 I smell a troll/bot.

[@brandondiggs6901]

It's only really 3 good big10 teams. Oregon Ohio State and maybe Penn State.

[@queengeekworld]

These views are atrocious.

[@Ghost21666]

Funny how they can put a 3 lost SEC team in the playoffs but let it be the big10

[@D3y-s1g]

#whynotillinois

[@antwainpatrick6669]

Lololol.... Oklahoma has 4 and 5 star athletes on their roster.... Kansas does not. Prime said their were coming and just let last year, you came in their pants! The entire Big12 conference is trash!

[@jamesself8409]

When I saw the effort (lack of effort rather) Jalen Milroe put into tackling that guy after the interception I would have benched his backside and put Ty Simpson in. He was playing so poorly anyway why not give Ty a shot. Bama could do nothing with Jalen in there. At least try the next guy. Coach scared to make a decision.

[@jamesself8409]

I’ve said it for three years now that Jalen is a great athlete but he’s not a qb.

[@tiderbean]

Neither one of them can go against Vegas so both scared.

[@Ace-mm8oj]

Stephen rite 3 points smh

[@dalesuddeth5294]

"take yo A$$ home"....

[@AcheronLV426]

SEC is still the #2 conference, nothing to be ashamed about🤭🤣🥃

[@richardpatterson6768]

Play that sec schedule but we you don't want that

[@robertreinecker9007]

Let’s see who wins the chip this year, and pay attention who all is in the semi finals. 😊

[@sebfettel]

You wish

[@kylegross1081]

@robertreinecker9007 like last year right?

[@kingmouse9292]

Only SEC teams are beating SEC teams. Tf outta here

[@KenWarm-l8c]

SEC is overrated Stephen A there offenses in the SEC are no better than average

[@steve-yw5sp]

Maybe Alabama did show up and they are just not any good

[@bignose3639]

This is exactly what I’ve been saying about college football. The old guard of white coaches is being forced out, and a new generation of Black coaches, like Deion Sanders, is stepping up because they actually connect with the youth on a deeper level. It’s refreshing to see, but also exposing how uncomfortable some people are with this change. I’ve never seen Finebaum smile so much as when he talks about Colorado struggling. You can feel his pleasure at seeing Deion fail-it’s not even subtle. And Stephen A.? He’s no real Colorado fan. He’s all over them when they’re winning, but as soon as they take an L, he’s quick to take jabs. Let’s be honest, neither Finebaum nor Stephen A. were true athletes, so their opinions don’t hold much weight. The only one keeping it real is Shannon Sharpe. He’s a Hall of Famer, someone who knows what it’s like to be an athlete and understands the grind. His takes actually matter because they come from experience. Finebaum can’t hide his bias, and Stephen A. seems eager to keep his bosses happy. Meanwhile, Deion is out here breaking barriers and inspiring a generation. I’ll say this loud and clear: Go Buffs! #CoachPrime #ColoradoBuffs #PrimeTimeDeionSanders

[@kingmouse9292]

They lost 3 games. Two close games and a good little whoopin. Yall acting like bama is 3-9. Go Dawgs. But stop the Bama disrespect

[@A_A_fatdad]

3 losses is a failure of a season

[@kingmouse9292]

@ apparently

[@rafaelacosta304]

Bro, Definitely Longhorns will destroy Alabama and everyone. Georgia will not be able to dominate Longhorn OL again, it was only one stright blast to QB Ewers whta define that game .

[@Riles3152]

Coach prime's team has been "smelling" themselves the whole year. If you watch them play, you easily see how arrogant, overly boisterous and just plain cocky they carry themselves. And MAYBE, they get that attitude or "energy" from there glorified head coach. But most of the Deion capers if not idolaters in the media or over social media will never admit to that because they don't want to be labeled a racist or a race traitor.

[@NaymonNewbern-sw9rc]

Bama mediocre man...just accept it.

[@pensacola07]

Bama fans can't stand it that there team is trash

[@dcc70]

CU, wouldn't want to be you

[@gregorypatton4706]

Stephen a Smith is a genius.

[@mrodr1008]

WAR EAGLE now u know 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@AnthonyHutson-i5s]

Boomer Sooner Roll Tears roll

[@vhazypiev9698]

5 losses

[@Blpnokosher]

@@vhazypiev9698and bama still lost could of had 10 loses who cares bama is washed

[@antoniocardenas8473]

@@vhazypiev9698lmaooo. And bama got beat by an unranked team?😭😭😭

[@AnthonyHutson-i5s]

@@vhazypiev9698 Alabama State champions

[@Bosesification]

Hilarious.