Michigan showed me something, they are a special team! - Stephen A. on CFP win | First Take

Michigan showed me something, they are a special team! - Stephen A. on CFP win | First Take
Stephen A. Smith, Shannon Sharpe and Paul Finebaum react to Michigan's 27-20 OT win over Alabama in the College Football Playoff semifinals.
0:00 Stephen A. on Michigan's win over Alabama
2:00 Shannon Sharpe gives Michigan credit for win over Alabama
5:00 Paul Finebaum says Nick Saban was outcoached
9:50 Michigan was good when they needed to be! - Shannon Sharpe
10:00 Saban's best coaching job?
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[@VASSER4]

Paul Finebaum can't wait for this college year to be over fast enough. His pain shows every time he has to give Michigan credit.

[@Pimploc60]

He is a SEC meat gobbler 🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️

[@donovanjohnson3947]

He’s a SEC homer. Isn’t happy unless a SEC team is in and competing. That’s why it’s hard to respect him.

[@andrewmohrmann3599]

He’s dying inside that Michigan won

[@QuantumG432]

😂😂😂

[@Jay-sn5uz]

And everytime his ears get bigger

[@jayglenn82]

Michigan had 5 sacks and held them to to under 100 yards in the first half. Had it not been for special teams blunders, Michigan would have won easily.

[@eugenew6717]

Exactly

[@Zenigundam]

I don't want to hear a word from Stephen A. Smith or any of these talking heads who picked Alabama, the underdog, to beat one of the best college football teams ever assembled. Anyone who bet on Bama deserved to lose money. Put Lee Corso on.

[@tousainthart-yc1tr]

Thank U

[@MichaelSmith-xb5cp]

I don't know if "easily" is the proper descriptor when taking on Alabama. TEXAS beat Bama by double digits and I still don't think I'd use the word "easily"

[@Cfbaccount]

@@MichaelSmith-xb5cpwouldn’t have been easy but there probably wouldn’t have been doubt for Michigan like there was in the 2nd half.

[@xNuber]

It’s so nice seeing ESPN eat their words about Michigan

[@oliverbacon9583]

Nah they didn’t , title game hasn’t been won yet 😂😂😂

[@xNuber]

@@oliverbacon9583 meant in terms of Michigan getting discredited all season by ESPN. “Weak schedule, signs, etc”

[@michaelc.sobczyk9100]

They aren’t eating anything….they are all saying Bama lost it not that Michigan won it. If Bama played bad it’s because Michigan forced them to pay bad

[@Fam1stCEO]

@@michaelc.sobczyk9100no matter how y’all wanna put it they’re eating their words regardless 🫤 everyone is …. Everyone called us cheaters and said we can’t win in the playoffs or beat SEC teams and said we didn’t have a strong schedule 🫤 etc …. We are 14-0 in a season where we can honestly say “against all odds “ we found a way after not having our coach for 6 games and everything we found a way to make everyone cry …. Everyone was laughing saying we was scared of bama … laughed then and cried later

[@mikejohnson3409]

They are in pain SEC lost in they can’t live with that😂😂😂

[@MikeLowery203]

Michigan's Special Teams, is the only reason why they didn't win by atleast 14 pts

[@jayglenn82]

Exactly. It was because they were in that bright sun. Glad the game is inside next week

[@blisshavenfarm1427]

Fax

[@allyuoop04]

Which is usually their most stable group.

[@justinsaunders785]

Agreed. I’m pissed I had Michigan winning 37-27. If Michigan doesn’t embrace the ball is lava for an offensive mentality the 1st quarter and I nailed it!!!

[@thenameisyosh]

Exactly

[@samuelbravo1946]

Michigan absolutely won this. Two muffed punts & 4pts from missed kicks, they kept shooting themselves in the foot & still won

[@stevebrown2145]

FINEBUM CRIED ALL NIGHT 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@GoatedAtNFS]

nah he’s a professional nick saban hater

[@user-rv2cf3cg4g]

​@@GoatedAtNFS Stop the cap

[@Fam1stCEO]

His bean 🫘 head ahh

[@denk664]

Ol flappy ears had to cope. Also buckeyes got embarrassed in their game. Perfect nightmare for finnebum

[@jaridatkinson4907]

God finebaum is so annoying

[@jayslim8147]

Congratulations to Jim and the entire wolverines staff and team. To come back from suspension and win the rose bowl is beyond amazing!

[@CoachRJ334]

Just give Michigan credit they bullied the bullies

[@csmgmobile]

💯💯💯💯

[@mavswrld]

What bullies? The worst bama team in a decade who is the 4th seed

[@nerdleturtle9365]

@@mavswrld then what does that say about the rest of the sec?

[@donovanjohnson3947]

@@mavswrld And Georgia lost to them 🤣 So what does that say about Georgia? And don’t bring up the fact that Georgia dealt with injuries because Michigan also dealt with injuries and still beat Bama

[@musicbyTaraRose]

Michigan deserves credit but the SEC was down this year - Bama and Georgia lost to all the good teams they played this year (UGA to Bama and Bama to Texas/Michigan)...

[@Soadsgotaload]

So glad I listen to real college football analysts like Joel Klat, Josh Pate, and Greg McEleroy most of the time they actually know how to analyze the game and talk about both sides this segment is 90% about the losing team.

[@user-rr3fo6hy9q]

Yeah the good analysts aren’t as popular unfortunately as these fake analysts at the big networks. It’s a real shame we’re stuck with these “experts”.

[@Smiththebat]

They can’t fathom having their favourite team lose to their least favorite team. Not when they lost the Big10 rights to Fox’s garbage “big noon afternoon noontime showdown”.

[@jwilk1281]

Love MICHIGAN.....!!

[@rodrigok1220]

Who could hate America’s team! Go Blue!

[@hermanbabyy5053]

You’re missing the concept of the segment.. When you dominate not only your conference but the entirety of college football as well as the natty for soo many years and it finally comes to an end or that gold train is clearly slowing down? It becomes a main focus point and topic.. It has to.. A legendary era coming to an end or ending as well as a legendary coach finally being struck down and it being nick saban? No coach in college has won their conference or the natty as many times as he has nor has dominated in the fashion that nick saban and Alabama has and did and I’m by far the furthest thing from being a fan of Alabama but nick and Alabama are a spectacle for sure and we probably won’t see another coach like him in college football nor a program and team that dominated in the way they did and how they did for so long.

[@jameseberhardt3551]

I am by no means a Michigan fan, however this performance is exactly what this team has been all season. Sheer will and sound fundamentals..they showed this against my team at State College and against Ohio State.

[@kevinchandler179]

You mean cheaters!!!! Scumbags

[@jordanagudosi3971]

Shameless they still aren’t giving Michigan the respect they deserve…

[@adammcnabb5167]

They are a great team but bama did choke in my opinion.

[@allclutch3662]

They all saying Michigan is the best team in the nation. That ain’t enough?

[@michaelc.sobczyk9100]

It doesn’t fit the narrative that ESPN has perpetrated all season why would they. I glad Paul is ok I was worried for him after that game

[@eugenew6717]

Just makes Michigan stronger with the disrespect

[@mars3676]

Well they was up on Michigan

[@TheMCJ2011]

Harbaugh really said “It’s an unfair advantage!” 😭🤣🤣 I love how petty that comment was lol 💯

[@MrJuly221976]

Michigan’s special teams kept ALA in it. They were ATROCIOUS!!

[@hollywoodmvp19]

Michigan definitely win this game . From being down 7 to force ot and to cash in on the first possession. Secondly Michigan defense lock them down when they absolutely needed to. Go Blue all day

[@BigSmile91jm]

"not to take away anything from Michigan..." as they proceed to take credit away from Michigan.

[@MrRainrunner]

exactly

[@KristianGibran]

All these commentators mad they couldn’t talk about their precious Bama 😂😂

[@jamesy1979]

But they were still slobbering on Bama’s nuts. Every time they said something it was like “Bama is so good, Saban is the best!!!…. but….”

[@KrisG1993]

Crazy how no one is talking about the right tackle getting destroyed & causing that last play to get blown up

[@justinsaunders785]

By Josiah Stewart! Who is the “undersized” transfer edge standout from Coastal Carolina!!!! All year all I heard about Stewart was don’t judge him by his size he’s a beast. Well case in point he sent that Bama tackle looking for his lunch.

[@eriktyson7696]

Play was blown up on both sides. Right side didn't matter because play was to the left. It was dead play regardless after the low snap.

[@cimirie01]

@@eriktyson7696 - I don’t know. If it was a good snap, the left side was completely there. DE over-penetrated and there was a gaping hole. Yes: the guard got blown up and the tackle was losing, but there was a crease right away that Milroe MIGHT have been able to hit had the snap been right. It was not supposed to go up the middle at all: it was designed to go to the left (hence the pull to that side). As a Michigan fan I’m glad it got blown up, but a as a fan of the game, I’d have loved to see that play with a good snap. Outcome may have been the same, but it wasn’t a dead play in the same way.

[@eriktyson7696]

@cimirie01 I not a fan of either, but I'd like to see them win this year. I wouldn't say there was a gapping hole. It looks like he was playing the option. Due to the low snap, Milroy didn't even have time to consider the RB. Its was the MLBs job to cover Milroy. He cut inside instead of outside after seeing Milroy staying inside. Had the snap not been low, there was a chance, but it still wouldn't have been an easy walk-in.

[@calebrobinson6605]

That won the game for Michigan! Stewart won his rep by over powering the RT.

[@cascade9844]

Literally the only reason bama was in the game was because Michigan had multiple uncharacteristic special teams mistakes. Michigan was the better team yesterday and it really wasn't that close.

[@melliemel3384]

I feel like the Special Teams players got it out of their systems and they’ll be fully prepared come Monday!

[@ScootNTan]

Well yeah it was close (overtime) And I hate Bama

[@cguessgo]

Hiliarious seeing these 3 amigos try to explain why they were all wrong about Michigan haha

[@sillyweebanimeisforkids3413]

Bryce Young covered up a lot of Bama issues the past few years and I think people forget that.

[@oliverbacon9583]

Eehhhh , wrong 😂

[@user-rv2cf3cg4g]

Facts

[@dc81503]

I don’t watch CFB regularly but I can tell you that qb was not ready for the spotlight. He was hot trash

[@ObamaFromKenya]

@@dc81503the lights were too bright 😳😳

[@Michael-tc1dm]

It looks more like Bama covered up young flaws lol. Wheres young at today?

[@mattr1100]

thank god michigan showed stephen a something, what wouldve we done without his approval

[@josebriceno7943]

You gonna be ok buddy?

[@jayglenn82]

Stephen A does not watch Michigan enough to even have an opinion.

[@user-rr3fo6hy9q]

@josebriceno7943, Dude contribute something intelligible or see yourself out. 5th grade ended for most of us decades ago.

[@AndraeRansom]

CFP Committee colluded to get Bama and Texas in and both got beat to sleep. Love it!!!

[@sirjer73]

Texas deserved too get in. Had the best win of the year beating Bama on the road at night by double digits. Also they lost too their arch rivals in the last minute in a back and forth game!!!

[@RetiredArmySoldier2016]

UGA should’ve played Michigan instead of Alabama

[@user-rv2cf3cg4g]

Facts Alabama and Texas both overrated

[@damianpresha9833]

​@@RetiredArmySoldier2016FSU should of played Michigan everybody would of played.

[@Soadsgotaload]

Idk what these guys are talking about with Alabama not making adjustments they definitely did make 2nd half adjustments both offensively and defensively Michigan is just really good and made up for it.

[@ejsupatrukkacatlin3452]

No adjustments were made. Michigan ran the same plays and they worked. Bama coaching staff was sleeping

[@donovanjohnson3947]

@@ejsupatrukkacatlin3452 Adjustments were made because Michigan literally couldn’t even put up a field goal in the 3rd quarter and Bama took a lead over Michigan. But like he said….Michigan is very good and therefore responded to the adjustments and tied up the game and then won in OT

[@camping2399]

Kinda getting tired of Stephen A being a hypocrite. Coming from someone who said Michigan DOESNT DESERVE to be in the championship game because of the scandal surrounding them. Now… now… he wants to say they’re a special team? As a Wolverines fan I’m not tolerating this. We winning the national championship because if we can’t have it nobody else can.

[@bennikola2971]

He's eating his words now

[@robertmeadows2450]

Tell me you didn’t watch the video without telling me you didn’t watch the video.

[@user-rr3fo6hy9q]

@robertmeadows2450, He’s actually right, SAS contradicts himself on the regular. Maybe you’re watching but you’re not paying attention.

[@shortboss8123]

@@user-rr3fo6hy9q Stephen a Smith states Michigan shouldn’t be in the playoffs until investigation was over, he didn’t say they weren’t a good team

[@prestonhoward66]

That's wat he do best that's y they call him 3 dollar bill cause he fake as they come

[@45july]

Stephen A didn’t watch the game. If anything Michigan almost blew the game. They outplayed Bama, especially on the front, all game but tried to give it away all game. Michigan was able to pull it out in the end. Great game

[@alexmangrum90]

Naw alabama gift wrapped the w for Michigan

[@denk664]

SaS football knowledge is subpar. His trash nfl takes are legendary.

[@knockout9446]

@@alexmangrum90Bama and the SEC were weak this year. Too bad you didn’t watch any games.

[@alexmangrum90]

@@knockout9446 I literally watched mizzou, Tennessee, Ole Miss & Georgia bullying other conferences Big bad teams & Michigan barely survived a weaker bama 🤔

[@juliusmoore2176]

Exactly. SA doesn't watch CF like that. He even admitted that to Skip years ago.

[@techlorknight338]

But i thought Michigan was scared of bama. 🙄 i said it when i saw the narrative. Michigan was not scared of bama. They had the same reaction as everyone else who thought FSU was going to get the spot.

[@user-rr3fo6hy9q]

Yeah I remember all the Alabama fans reactions when they found out their overlord complained enough to steal the spot from FSU and how the Alabama fans manufactured a narrative about how Michigan was afraid of Bama because of their reaction to getting Bama instead of FSU. Where are all those fanatics at? They must be busy running errands for their overlord haha 😂

[@KidLatin27]

you know what sure we lost to Michigan last night 27-20 but still we had a great year anyway and i think this gives us motivation to come back even stronger next year so Michigan congratulations on beating us y'all did a great job I'll be rooting for you guys in the championship game next Monday against Washington have fun and roll tide y'all.😊

[@user-rr3fo6hy9q]

That’s sweet. Tide got ROLLED. Go Huskies!

[@KidLatin27]

@@user-rr3fo6hy9q okay okay I get it don't celebrate too much just because we lost ok.

[@KidLatin27]

@@user-rr3fo6hy9q and how do you think Washington will do against Michigan on next Monday night do you think that the final battle between you and Michigan will be legendary or what?😊

[@Krinklestar]

​@@user-rr3fo6hy9qMichigan will spank Washington all game. GO BLUE!!

[@jamesy1979]

That’s how Michigan did it, use those losses as motivation, and to build and learn. Michigan fan, but Bama will be back, no denying the inevitable

[@boblansonfig3972]

Finally giving Michigan credit . Yall was acting like Michigan couldn’t compete with Bama or something😂😂 or that Michigan was “ scared” when they found out they was playing them .

[@Fam1stCEO]

Exactly 😂😂🤫🤫🤫🤫 they forgot real gangstas move in silence since they wanna make us out to be be criminals already and say we can only win if we cheat 🤡🤡

[@user-lt1fx2he5s]

@@Fam1stCEOI mean you can’t cheat if you go on the road twice with an internal head coach

[@deangeliststrozier6891]

We’ll yall criminals when you have cheat. We beat ourselves with the play calling and lack of communication on our side Michigan did nothing really

[@ericj227]

Y’all almost blew that game

[@raymondjennings8707]

@@ericj227 “almost” ;)

[@wyethpurkiss7393]

The two college football playoff games were absolute cinema. committee nailed it on the picks this year

[@cptepic5664]

No they didn't and you're pathetic that you care for your own selfish entertainment than what SHOULD HAVE BEEN. Shame on you.

[@Los150]

😂

[@GoatedAtNFS]

texas vs washington wasn’t that good, that was a defenseless shootout

[@cptepic5664]

@@GoatedAtNFS Alabama vs Michigan sucked for 3 quarters. One decent quarter doesn't make up for a dogshit game by a team that had no business being there.

[@boblansonfig3972]

@@cptepic5664no it didn’t suck 😂 haven’t heard one person say that , maybe to you

[@blisshavenfarm1427]

Not taking anything away... michigan looked rusty and uncharacteristically bad on special teams and still beat Bama. Michigan wins this game by 3 scores if they were playing like they have all season. Michigan dominated, dominated the line of scrimmage... weird to see Finebaum with the most objective take in this segment.

[@philliplockhart5853]

Agreed!!!

[@MrRainrunner]

weird but predictable.

[@csmgmobile]

Michigan brought that pressure and that’s what led to the bad snaps

[@strategicsage7694]

It's a factor, but Alabama has had snapping problems all year.

[@explod329]

nah, prob the cheating and knew the play ahead of time.

[@samariohoward6298]

3 alabama fans sad today...love it...GO BLUE

[@oliverbacon9583]

And you’ll be joining next Monday … 😎🤙🏾

[@user-lt1fx2he5s]

@@oliverbacon9583Don’t get mad

[@UmichVince]

@@oliverbacon9583keep crying

[@lavxbesdolp164]

@@oliverbacon9583fax

[@BabyDroskii]

@@oliverbacon9583sound dumb asf. Washington Kant Fw us in nothin. #MichiganVsEverybody

[@Sephiroth766]

According to ESPN, the Washington/Texas game didn't happen. All the vids this morning is about Michigan/Alabama

[@tigerhoods7927]

lol right

[@JayJay-vt7xs]

Gotta remember it’s ESECPN. Alabama is there darling child. Of course they would talk about them

[@frankhadleyfdash810]

Facts the disrespect to Michael Penix Jr He is the best QB in college But he's gonna be the 3rd 4th QB drafted Unbelievable He's undefeated He beat USC Oregon Oregon St Like he is a dominant player Leftie Stands in the pocket n throws darts The disrespect Id love him on my team

[@musicbyTaraRose]

yeah, you'd think after all the winning the Huskies have done the last two years - UW owns the nation's longest winning streak including beating Oregon 3x (@Autzen, @home, @Vegas) and Texas twice in essentially road games - they'd get a little love from ESECPN talking heads...

[@ck_idgaf1680]

Michigan was always a great team ya'll just hyped up Alabama. Cause you know, they were so scared of them.

[@user-rr3fo6hy9q]

Yeah but their faces when they learned they will have to face Alabama instead of FSU 😮 Apparently every Alabama alum has a degree in psychology. Bunch of goofs.

[@stevebrown2145]

Pete Thamel cried all night 😂😂😂😂

[@jimbolt9739]

Say it with me Paul, “Go Blue”.😂

[@briancoburn5957]

Why does Stephen A sound so frustrated that Alabama lost?

[@FaceFamous]

Because he's a Bama fan🤷🏽‍♂️

[@Erica-vd1gb]

He's a loser

[@user-rr3fo6hy9q]

He doesn’t watch a single college football game all year until the Playoff and Natty so let’s not act like he’s heartbroken. He isn’t an analyst he’s a sensationalist, he doesn’t get paid for his sports knowledge otherwise he’d be broke.

[@JesusisLord756]

Did Michigan win it or did bama lose it? Michigan's special teams were literally trying to give bama the win

[@JoseGonzalez-zg8pl]

Michigan won it they made plays when it mattered the most.

[@yoitsSmitty2004]

@@JoseGonzalez-zg8pltook 2 plays on offense to score😂 go blue

[@velieaux]

Michigan may be a special team, but ironically their special teams is the biggest hindrance

[@jayglenn82]

Just in this game. Trust me. That won’t happen again.

[@itsmarkwtf]

Ironically they had one of the best special teams going into this game.

[@Toyeboy89]

Yeah this was surprising must've been jitters.

[@Z_Is_Me_Reacts]

They are special 💯

[@othellosson1621]

Michigan made mistakes! Had they not made them they would have thoroughly dominated Bama! They were clearly the better team. UM has history of beating Bama for all the marbles. So, let’s please not act as if it has not happened before.

[@Marc_Masters]

Exactly

[@MichaelSmith-xb5cp]

UM 3-3 vs Bama, not historically better or worse. They play 3 times in last 20 years and lost twice, once with the current coach.

[@othellosson1621]

@@MichaelSmith-xb5cp like I said EVERYONE should recognize that the series is not a domination, and that we can get at them! UM ain't no easy win cleats!

[@yengvang8737]

Usually, it's mostly Alabama be playing bully defense. Michigan made it even by playing bully defense against them.

[@michaelc.sobczyk9100]

It’s a shame that people speak as though this was an oddity. Michigan has the highest ranked Defense in the country

[@DubLubb]

​@@michaelc.sobczyk9100with NFL coaching

[@understorymediaCJ]

Michigan special teams gave Alabama 11 points and Bama still couldn’t close the deal. Go blue!!

[@user-rr3fo6hy9q]

That speaks to how average Alabama was this season. They easily could have been 10-3. Washington should be but of course won’t be the favorites. UW is far and away the best team in college. Michigan’s only hope is their defense.

[@musicbyTaraRose]

@@user-rr3fo6hy9q Both UGA and Bama were down by their standards...neither belonged in the CFB playoffs...

[@Account-kx5vr]

​@user-rr3fo6hy9q haha. UW is not far and away the best team. 10 straight games decided by single digits.

[@justincosing5227]

You could say the same thing about Michigan that they didn’t adjust until the very end. They got to 13 and did absolutely nothing again until the final drive of regulation. A lot of it was due to them messing up rather than Alabama playing great defense. Michigan was clearly the better team and it wasn’t only close if Michigan didn’t have a horror show on special teams.

[@quintinfink12]

I haven’t seen one video covering Washington give them their credit!

[@dandrefalcon3963]

🤔With the out comes. Georgia should’ve gotten a chance to three peat and FSU should’ve gotten in period! Because no team ended up in the title game that were put in 😂

[@jeffbryant926]

But they're not going to talk about that. They were hoping Alabama would have won to justify them jumping FSU.

[@dandrefalcon3963]

@@jeffbryant926 I agree

[@trenitty81]

ESPN is in shambles right now! Give Michigan their props, the won fair and square!

[@user-ij2ll9dm7g]

Stephen A ' we talking bout a centreeeee, ' 😂😂😂😂😂😂❤🎉🎉🎉🎉😅😅😅

[@user-rs1yn3zf5i]

"you had the lead... Alabama blew the lead then there is no overtime" good analysis. You have to play the full 60minutes and whatever happens, it's part of the game. Low snap this, if they had done that.... whah whah whah. Michigan made mistakes all game too. I don't hear the excuses the pundits are making for Michigan. Michigan should have won the game by 3rd quarter if they didn't have such a poor Special teams game. ALABAMA didn't lose the game, Michigan took it from them. Eat it ESPN.

[@donovanjohnson3947]

Period! Plain and Simple!

[@cool_hand_rich4073]

Let's be real. Paul Finbebaum is the reason Bama was in it. He was on First Take lobbying to the sports media that if Bama wins the sec championship that they deserved to be in playoffs which was clearly a big mistake. Georgia should have been #4

[@musicbyTaraRose]

no, FSU should have got the last spot - UGA lost to the worst Bama team in years - same Bama team that lost by double digits to Texas and got pushed around by Michigan...both SEC powers were down THIS year and neither belonged in the playoffs...

[@jivepatrol6833]

Glad Mr. Finebaum viewed the game and performance objectively. Flexibility is important in one's career! Go Paul! and GO BLUE!

[@fightingphenomenon4791]

what was so awesome is two great coaches went back and forth, outside of the special teams miscues harbaugh out coached saban in the first half and then the adjustments he made in the second half to out coach harbaugh until the final drive and OT when harbaugh figured him out again

[@Maizeandbluekid]

If anyone says "Alabama lost it" didn't see how Michigan DOMINATED the LOS on both sides, and how Harbaugh, Moore and Minter flat out outclassed Saban & Co, especially with that 4th and 2 call. If it wasn't for the constant mistakes on special teams, Michigan would have easily won this without any overtime needed.

[@khaunceyalexandribarber3803]

The Alabama glaze is real

[@eddiedavenport2122]

Amazing show

[@chrisa519]

Shannon needs to get his own show. Jeff bests give this man his own show.

[@brycelee02]

Both teams were messing up badly like number 26 with that 1 yard punt return , almost costed us the game

[@RayMon504]

Stephen A in shambles. Bama lost and The Cowboys are a win away from the NFC East crown

[@Los150]

Stephen A doesn’t watch college football. He’s paid to talk like he does.

[@SarignCleric]

I don't know about the Cowboys, cause he barely cares about trolling them anymore. He is more in shambles about Bama squeaking in and losing.

[@eprenzlin5132]

I like it when Shannon is in studio.

[@VintageAndersonMusic]

Thank goodness for Paul for calling it like it is, Michigan is the real deal. They were clearly the better team.

[@boblansonfig3972]

Thank you Paul , Michigan was def the better team lol

[@LTW-KOBE]

They’ll never give Michigan the credit they deserve. Did alabama lose it ?? If you watched the game Michigan was CLEARLY better. They were bigger, faster, and stronger what everyone said wasn’t the case. AND if Michigan did not mess up on special teams like they did they would of beat them by 2 touchdowns.. the score was closer than the game itself they got BULLIED ‼️

[@percy_mac192]

SAS : they were all over him Guy in the Middle : Giggles 😂

[@nickhines2414]

Did espn even have a segment on the Washington Texas game? Was I dreaming or were there 2 CFP semi final games yesterday?

[@tigerhoods7927]

Reminder: just because Michigan won doesn’t mean they automatically get to advance. If Kirk Herbstreit and his dog Ben feel like Alabama would be better TV they can still put the Tide in the championship game.

[@viRal_Iv]

😂😂

[@therealbeckboy5325]

Yah cause Florida state deserved to be there 😂

[@Fam1stCEO]

😭😭😭

[@Bobbleheads56]

Still so salty bro lmao didn’t the team that got “robbed” get blown out by 60 points

[@user-lt1fx2he5s]

@@Bobbleheads56That team also had 20+ opt outs and transfers so it wasn’t the same team

[@904easy9]

The excuses…..smh y’all wanted Alabama in the playoffs now you’re saying they’re missing players!! STOP

[@noahjames1985]

hahaha Unc said Coach Alabama... I like that

[@arc7xangel897]

Without unforced errors by Michigan Alabama gets blown out.

[@budmcnew7763]

That must have broke Finebaums heart that bama lost.

[@SeminoleRail]

It was hilarious to hear him bring up Missouri and Ole Miss when they had nothing to do with this game.

[@Cfbaccount]

I hear all the excuses for why Alabama lost, and certainly the snaps were bad. But no one mentioned how horrible special teams were for Michigan. I’ve never seen a worse special teams performance. Those were costly errors. The fumbled flea flicker, the third quarter there were dropped wide open passes and poorly placed throws which are uncharacteristic mistakes by Michigan. Michigan never had good field position because of it. This was a weird feeling game, it felt like a 6 point lead for Michigan in the first half was a 17-21 point lead, in most of the second half it felt like Alabama had scored 20 points. The score didn’t reflect it. All time classic in the greatest place in all of sports.

[@hasake8873]

Nice review guys. I enjoyed the frank talk.

[@XPXhumble]

so that's why we didn't have nightcap cause unc had to fly to the east coast for first take

[@ragg8097]

that’s the LA set buddy

[@FaceFamous]

No. He's already in LA he lives there😂😂😂... he said there's no Nightcap because no NFL games were on Monday won't be one Thursday because no NFL .games

[@crankmastermason7325]

It shows how good Ohio state was this year

[@Monsterdamage12]

How?

[@TelvinKipapa]

Alabama invitational huh? 🤣

[@20dollarhoe26]

Congratulations Guys Go Blue !

[@RenR70]

Did the Washington Huskies win a game yesterday?

[@GoatedAtNFS]

all i’m gonna say is this: if any other coach in the country was the head coach of the Crimson Tide, they would’ve had 2-4 losses on the season with this current roster

[@Jdcjr1991]

Ok….

[@strategicsage7694]

They do have 2 losses on the season? Beyond that I'll just say these kinds of hypotheticals are completely unknowable.

[@landisreynolds8496]

Michigan was the far better team in the first half and had some bad mistakes. Then Bama had the mistakes in the second half. It was a good game and the better team won

[@echospyda1]

As Penn State die hard fan. Much respect to the members of the " big house". Congrats to you all. Hmmmm , " they dont respect" the big 10. I was waiting to hear that Yeah all about the SEC right..lol

[@isaacnewman9341]

None of the correspondents are talking about UGA today, bc we all know Georgia was a top 4 team. Even with the SEC Championship game loss. They should of left out BAMA in my opinion

[@Isaiahlovelace]

Bamas play calling was really bad on their last drive. They were gashing michigan with the run all night and had 1:30 left on the clock in the 4th. Ran 3 passes and went 3 and out, took no time off the clock. They could’ve ran took time off and likely moved the ball into field goal range.

[@gnar7003]

You forgot when they ran the ball and fumbled.

[@Isaiahlovelace]

@@gnar7003 milroe fumbled earlier that quarter and michigan didn’t score off it at all. They were averaging 4-5 yards per carry and didnt run once on that last drive. Thry needed one first and Michigan would start burning timeouts. Instead they took like 20 secs off lol. Gave michigan the ball back for the win or OT.

[@Monsterdamage12]

Michigan was just better!!

[@itsmarkwtf]

Bout a quarter or so means all night?

[@Isaiahlovelace]

@@itsmarkwtf the only yards bama were picking up were through the run lol. Literally all of it. Was the only way they could get in the endzone. Michigan was the better team ofc im just saying bama couldve stole it in the end with better play calling

[@Squeezemycrackers]

This championship can honestly be a blow out. Michigan can probably win by 14+ easily if the defense and special teams play well.

[@aakuster]

Quit smoking crack😂

[@user-rr3fo6hy9q]

You have no clue what you are talking about. Penix is far and away the best QB in college outside Caleb Williams and their defense and offense is both stellar. They are the most balanced team. They should have beaten Texas by double digits if it weren’t for some stupid self-inflicted errors. I’m sure you probably thought Texas was going to blow out UW as well. All you big conference folks can’t fathom that there’s good football teams besides the same teams every year that have been manufactured to be there year in and year out. This is a win for the legit crew. The programs that don’t have to pay their players to win like Bama and Michigan and Ohio State, etc. Watch Washington take the crown from all you elitists.

[@xShesTheGranddaughter]

​@@user-rr3fo6hy9q😂😭😂😭😂😭😂😭😂😭😂😭😂😭😂😭😂😭😂😭😂

[@jwilk1281]

​@@user-rr3fo6hy9qYOU HAVE NO CLUE... SHUT UP

[@ItzJoker06]

when will y'all learn to stop disrespecting UW?

[@williampharo8446]

I know these guys don’t want to bash Milroe, which I respect, but stop talking about how he’s so young! He was the older starting quarterback in this game! If Milroe is so young then why not give the even younger JJ McCarthy credit for making big plays when Michigan absolutely needed it.

[@mlc3136]

Are we gonna pretend Steven A. just said that Alabama had the lead at halftime lol.. . 😅😂

[@semajharris3593]

Paul hates Harbaugh so much I know he cried

[@FaceFamous]

It's not that serious.

[@nate9798]

Can creepy Paul go away already.

[@ChowDownDetroit]

GO BLUE!!!

[@user-zw2es2dz7l]

I'm just glad the committee went with Texas over Florida State. We saw two really good games yesterday with the final four.

[@trenitty81]

And they lost, so there’s that😂

[@ScootNTan]

No don't say that was a good game to these fans. Nevermind Bama had a chance in the end, Michigan really should have won 75-zip.

[@bebegriffith9110]

Bulldogs should have been in! One bad game determined them to be out but Georgia would won a third chip. That’s my opinion though

[@TheOfficialLittleG]

Lay down the pipe

[@shermanerefah5641]

Ga is trash for losing to da horrible Alabama team

[@musicbyTaraRose]

UGA and Bama were both overrated this year - UGA lost to the worst Bama team in years who lost @home to Texas by double digits and got mauled by Michigan in the Rose bowl...the SEC didn't produce a top 4 team this year; FSU should have got in...

[@jayman6157]

Great games as an Alabama fan shout out to Michigan but coaching lost this game for Bama similar as the Texas game…. We got beat by a TE stunt and blitz combo and simply leaving the flat unaccounted for. Which are simple fixes but no adjustments as well as the scheme trying to make Milroe a pocket passing QB

[@musicbyTaraRose]

nah, both semi-final games were won by the better team - both scores didn't indicate how much better Michigan and Washington were compared to their opponents...set's up a great NCG between two undefeated conference champions...

[@jayman6157]

@@musicbyTaraRose Michigan wasn’t better than Alabama 💯they honestly were evenly matched just coaching favored Michigan and they deserved to win due to adjustments

[@xyzelite]

Did these guys watch the game..? Michigan special teams was trying to give the game away and won but they’re saying Alabama lost the game lol.. ESPN can never just give Michigan their props straight up.

[@markwhite975]

Paul over there hurt that bama ain’t in the title game 😂

[@mitchellwendorf8351]

Michigan was a better team that overcame a brunch of special teams issues. Which none of the media didn’t even mention much at all or at all. Georgia should have been a 3 or 4 seed. Beating FSU by 60 proved that. Alabama was trash vs usf and auburn and the powers at be do everything possible to get them in the final four.

[@user-rr3fo6hy9q]

Georgia lost their conference championship so they didn’t deserve it either. Think about that logic. You lost your conference chip and you still think you deserve a spot? That’s just elitist talk same as Alabama. The teams that actually deserved to be there were Texas and FSU. FSU had a ton of subs in because of injuries and opt outs against Georgia and remember defense wins chips and FSU won multiple games without their QB so if you want to be legitimately honest and fair, FSU got robbed.

[@mitchellwendorf8351]

It makes sense what you’re saying but FSU lost by 60 in a head to head matchup vs Georgia. If I was on FSU I would be working as hard as possible to prove people wrong if I felt left out instead they on a vacation to Miami and lost by 60!

[@zionreid2537]

Winning the national championship while being accused of cheating is a god tier screenwriting

[@itsmarkwtf]

Not really. Everyone is doing it. Michigan just had a rube doing it. Bama did it legally and still lost.

[@user-rr3fo6hy9q]

And tell me one team college or pro that hasn’t cheated at some point. I’ll wait…

[@musicbyTaraRose]

don't care if they cheated or not, but they still have to win one more before crowning any team champions yet...

[@sjjackson2125]

The sour look on SEC apologist Paul's face is priceless😂😂. He's been licking Saban neck for years and the fact he will not have Alabama to prop up is awesome 😂😂😂

[@troyzwerk2752]

Boy has Paul changed his tune since we knew about this matchup.

[@taydeal2813]

Molly is beautiful

[@miggs23]

She’s so annoying lol

[@ThERealist2019]

She mid

[@brycelusk2066]

Anybody else think Georgia should’ve been in ?👀😂😂

[@AustinRides7264]

Michigan wanted Georgia. Georgia's greatest team of all time smacked Michigan around two years ago when Michigan had an ok defense and game manager qb. We wanted Georgia

[@mostlynoble]

Everyone is saying there is no dominate team. There is no team that is over the top. But we beat a decent Maryland team. #7 Penn State #3 OSU #4 Alabama and #2 Washington....We are the bully. We sent 18 dudes to the combine. We were the deepest and most consistent team, AND we beat the PSU on the road without our head coach...and did it without him two weeks later against our arch rival....

[@anbs1682]

I understand that ESPN has a contract with the SEC (I am a UF Gator fan Go Gators! 🐊) however the analyst aren’t giving Michigan their respect. They beat Bama and I doubted Michigan and I was wrong.