Alabama and playoff committee is biggest threat to College Football imaginable | Paul Finebaum Show

[@Chaz00z]

Ari is 100% correct, thank you.

[@Ezj9727]

Finebaum didn’t even respond he got cooked so hard 😂😂😂😂 Ari annihilated him

[@positivevibes8167]

No he didn't. He just let it go because so much to retort

[@SecNano]

Michigan just beat Alabama... This is the team Paul wanted in the playoffs.

[@dalemcneilson1757]

Can't wait to hear his bs

[@increasekru5123]

Finnebaum was like , ok you've said your peace, now get off my screen, 😂

[@AW-dq2oo]

Finebaum knew he had no rebuttal to that

[@gendoikari281]

This man has a good point, Bama got blown out worse against Oklahoma more than any team in the playoffs

[@opalrhudy2526]

Because you are a Bama Hater first and foremost. Got it

[@gendoikari281]

@ I really don’t hate Bama. I root for my team and just like everyone else calls out the BS. In this case as hard as Tennessee got blown out by OSU You could say that they (Tennessee) took the spot from the CFP from Bama.

[@jamiegunter7016]

Let's talk about that bama and Oklahoma game and the supposed blow out all these people talk about. Football is all about momentum alabama had two touchdown taken off the score board and the announcers or the replay guy couldn't explain why the touchdowns was taken alabama got screwed just to put other teams in the playoffs

[@gendoikari281]

@ Alabama scored 3 points. Even if you give them 2 touchdowns… they still lose.

[@BackyardAquatics-o2m]

@@gendoikari281 but it's not a blowout

[@jmiller9972]

The committee members aren't movie directors. Its not there job to create compelling games that are going to all end in last minute field goals. Given the criteria that was given the committee didn't do a bad job

[@opalrhudy2526]

Huh? Thats ALL THAT MATTERS. Geez

[@chrismalik1579]

It's not the committee's fault Smu Clemson and Indiana lost the way they did. That's on all those teams. They didn't show up and they didn't play better. The committee didn't make them play bad. You can't blame the committee for those losses. You have to blame the teams for those losses.

[@lil_unholy7862]

@@chrismalik1579 it's about how these teams who played no one got in, that's the problem. take it back to a 4 team CFP goign 12 teams was stupid

[@chrismalik1579]

@lil_unholy7862 no the 4 team playoff was still an issue.... it should just be 8.... even when it was 4, there were still issues there were still blowouts. People are going to complain about playoffs in college football and pro football. No matter what, there's always gonna be people complaining about something.

[@ponyboyc]

No it's there fault for expanding the conference. At some point your going to play the bottom half look at Oregon next year if they win out is it going to be a wash?

[@EJ2K095]

The regular season should matter. SOS, SOR, FPI, and other metrics should matter ,including winning or LOSING conference championship games. Losing a conference championship game and having it count isnt punishment, it is called a body of work. If a team has shown that they cannot beat a top 25 team ALL season long, what makes one think it will change in the playoffs. People are upset because the committee didn't take all of the data into consideration. Taking an easy path to the playoffs should matter as well. Bama had losses to 3 SEC teams on the road, and with Oklahoma coming off of a bye week, with a 16th rank SOS. Obviously, the opportunities to have a loss is greater than a team with bottom feeder level of competition. Calling Bama's losses bad and overlooking losses to lesser ranked teams is disingenuous at best. Other than 3 losses in the conference, Bama bet 3 top 20 teams before the post-season. What other teams in the playoffs did that? All the SEC needs to do is include top B1G and ACC teams in to different named conference and have their own league. Bring back divisions (north south, east and west)and have their own playoff and championship game.

[@randysmith1781]

SEC is 28-26 vs. ACC last five years. SEC is a myth . They rank all those team in preseason ranking then they play each other and say we the best. You see what happens when they had to up north in big ten weather. Tennessee now knows

[@EJ2K095]

@randysmith1781 WRONG😆 in just the last 4 years the SEC vs ACC record is 31-17 and 7-2 in bowl games. I dare you to go back further,lol. Ohio State has a $20 million roster against a Tennessee team that got in because Bama and Ole Miss lost a 3rd game. 2 SEC teams left, time will tell. I don't think there should be preseason rankings. They should start after the 1st full week and continue week to week based on SOS, SOR, FPI, PPG, Game control, Defensive and Offensive statistics against the strength of their opponents. Remove conference championship auto bids and byes, and bring back conference divisions. Some teams got in this year playing the weakest of their conference opponents.

[@richardransome4943]

​@@randysmith1781 lol. You tripping

[@Buckeye0103]

Bama also lost to 2 bums and now we’re wondering if Tennessee was ever even good. Don’t lose to multiple trash teams and you’re in. Quit crying

[@EJ2K095]

@Buckeye0103, no one is crying. Just pointing out flaws in a playoff system in which the B1G got 4 teams in, that were frauds, no one said Tennessee was one of the best teams in the SEC. They were a beneficiary of other teams losing games that they should have won. It makes you feel good to say it doesn’t it? People someone think only losses matter to certain teams and wins only matter when convenient. I guess we’ll see how cocky you are at the end of the post-season.

[@Dallas-h9t]

If SMU play the schedule that Alabama play this year- we wouldn’t be having this conversation

[@thescrantonfiles]

Or Alabama could beat either Vanderbilt or Oklahoma. Losing to two .500 teams in the same season, BADLY to one of them, is a good way to get bounced from the playoff field.

[@Dallas-h9t]

@ so you think SMU would beat Oklahoma or Vanderbilt- i don’t think so

[@Sayithowitis15]

​@@Dallas-h9t vanderbilt lost to georgia southern 😂i think smu would handle vandy with ease.

[@keithdistefano8595]

Notice no clips from espn on this convo

[@vheothon]

Love how everyone is talking about Indiana and Smu and just ignoring the fact Tennessee got smacked the worst

[@positivevibes8167]

Nobody is ignoring it. Who said that? Not me. Was a bad loss.

[@tuckerblankinship7928]

Finebaum doesn’t even have an answer to any of this b/c he knows he’s wrong. The SEC demand comes from a hate of competitive sport

[@willieoneal]

This dude is absolutely correct

[@tboyosborne]

Speaking football 🏈 Win stop that B--

[@tyquainlewis7253]

Bama Shows Up For Good Teams

[@tygbro]

Excellent Point! Alabama lost by 21 pts to 5-6 team OU, just like SMU lost to Penn St.

[@Ezj9727]

Cook this fraud Ari

[@opalrhudy2526]

Yall cooking Ramen at best. Get outta here😂😂😂

[@Ezj9727]

@ good counter argument dude lmao

[@GregLeopard-br2he]

75% of schools can go undefeated or nearly undefeated and still not be in a league with the best or better programs. There are two power conferences and even some of those schools (Indiana/Texas) can navigate joke schedules

[@chumleysteven5717]

It is not the teams that recruited better that won , but the teams that had the most NIL money to spend on players. That is it in a nutshell. Tennessee just doesn’t have the money to buy an elite team at this point. Alabama. Lost to two weak teams and so did the other SEC teams that didn’t get in. The worst might be Ole Miss the biggest whiner, who lost 3 and to a 1 sec win team, Kentucky. Stop the whining.

[@dlallen5036]

Stop crying over teams that didn't get in playoffs😂😂😂

[@HaroldDLRobinsonIII-k2x]

The 12 team playoffs will never be perfect.. I am sure everyone can agree the first round games were a bust.. life goes on.. the guy agrees to believing other teams would have put on better games but we all know that already.. NIL has changed college football forever.. life goes on.. if your team didn’t make it in this year, maybe next year.. my favorite team didn’t make it, they didn’t earn it and maybe next year..

[@MrDetailer-gn9hy]

It's interesting how he brought up TCU, who beat Michigan, but got obliterated by Geogia that same year 65-7. But they were 13-2 that year. Lol SMU,Boise state, Arizona state , and Indian are this year's TCU

[@paulsims7526]

Take a bow Paul.

[@Jeremiah-xi8kv]

hes right tho

[@gelato3299]

He not he should let me go at him

[@LisaFitsU3]

This man Ari completely disregards strength of record and strength of schedule. He doesn’t give a flying F about that. So, good teams have zero reason to schedule quality non conference opponents and in reality this is exactly why the SEC needs to force a super-conference and have separate playoffs. Ari and those who think like him are the threat to the quality of CFB. Let crap play crap and go to the playoffs.

[@ptownstingray16]

Okay but Bama and the other teams lost CONFERENCE GAMES. Alabama and Ole Miss lost important games within their own conference, win those games and you’re in. Otherwise stop complaining

[@MHogan-c9b]

SMU did not deserve to be in the playoffs, the end

[@johnb2905]

11-1 and lost conference playoff , better than most

[@MHogan-c9b]

@ what was their record against top25 opponents? They playoff is a beauty contest

[@johnb2905]

@@MHogan-c9b 3 and 3 vs Top 25 teams during year

[@MHogan-c9b]

@@johnb2905 So, SMU went 3-3 v top 25, but they have an 11-1 record? No comprendae. What was SMU’s record against top5 opponents this year? How about Clemson, what was their record against top5 CFB?

[@johnb2905]

@@MHogan-c9b Don't be deranged about your SEC teams . The best ones are playing in playoffs . Back in the day THE RECORDS of teams meant TOP teams . Anyone can beat anyone every week .

[@Garon537]

ALABAMA AND GEORGIA PLAYED LIKE SHIT ALL YEAR ..... WHAT GAMES THEY BEEN WATCHING

[@trentstevens8201]

Alabama got whipped by losing to 3 bad teams. Good bye Alabama. PERIOD.

[@elburkey3981]

We should just go back to the 90s where our betters just anointed the National Champion. That way an undeserving or lucky team can’t win when they shouldn’t. Because if they did win the National Champion wouldn’t be the “best” team.

[@jamescarl37]

Alabama was still in the discussion because of strength of schedule and wins. Yes they lost to Oklahoma but who else besides Georgia has more ranked wins? SMU lost to Clemson and was still favored over Bama for the exact reason this guy is complaining about.

[@JalareMarks-l9v]

This guy is Oblivious to the fact that the Indiana’s of the world don’t play nobody so they never deserved to be there, the SEC eat each other alive, we have to play each other, so someone has to lose, if Indiana scheduled sec games they wouldn’t have ever been there.

[@hiovennisanchez4210]

Clearly wasn’t listening, if we go with this logic is the death of the sport. 1. Remove incentive from teams not in the SEC to win since it doesn’t matter 2. Most of the country doesn’t care about the SEC because college football is more regional than NFL. 3. Once you alienated half the country interest in the spot dies down 4. Same teams continue to always win leading to a boring product The most talented teams don’t always win and are not the BEST teams. The best teams shouldn’t get a pass just because they can recruit better because they have built a reputation over time. The moment you did this it turned it into a movie and predictable. I rather watch Netflix then.

[@hiovennisanchez4210]

Finenaum clearly wasn’t listening, if we go with this logic is the death of the sport. 1. Remove incentive from teams not in the SEC to win since it doesn’t matter 2. Most of the country doesn’t care about the SEC because college football is more regional than NFL. 3. Once you alienated half the country interest in the spot dies down 4. Same teams continue to always win leading to a boring product The most talented teams don’t always win and are not the BEST teams. The best teams shouldn’t get a pass just because they can recruit better because they have built a reputation over time. The moment you did this it turned it into a movie and predictable. I rather watch Netflix then.

[@Keithwilsonjr757]

Shoutout Ari

[@jm12green31]

Everything is subjective but strength of schedule has to matter... Yeah we all know Alabama had a couple of bad losses.. does that automatically disqualify them? No because they have pretty damn good wins. So you look at the totality and say well who did you beat and who did you lose to? For the sake of Indiana and SMU they didn't lose anybody bad but what did they accomplish?

[@tseleqyusef8311]

This dude is making the assumption that all wins/losses are equal. They're not. He's just butthurt.

[@thomasvess6253]

Without Bama, Ole Miss, and South Carolina the playoffs are illegitimate...

[@qmccall0328]

Ari is an idiot! What about who Alabama beat versus who Smu and Indiana beat? We need a power rating system like basketball already has. Because most of you fools do not understand best team! It matters who beat and who played way more than who you dropped a game to. Bunch of soft participation trophy types.

[@tylermayes2907]

Bama lost to Tennessee who got absolutely embarrassed in Columbus the same place Michigan beat the sucknuts your Gumps logic sounds as dumb as voltard nation singing sloppy top gtfoh 🤡

[@dlallen5036]

Bama has 2 horrible losses and even UT beat them. No playoffs for the Gumps😂😂😂

[@johnmoncrief8922]

Bama fan here. Strength of schedule has to play a part somewhere. We looked bad a couple of games. Didn’t put ourselves where we needed to be. Bama is must see tv. Couple of times watching this past weekend. I went outside. Not good

[@tygbro]

OU 24 bammer 3.....Case closed.

[@johnmoncrief8922]

@ lol agreed. Sad to think when you beat bama. You’ve had a good season lol. Welcome to the sec

[@dlallen5036]

​@@tygbrotrash OU squad getting bodied by Navy😂😂😂

[@kevinscott59]

So the committee was right when they put Alabama in the cfp over Florida State?

[@EJ2K095]

@kevinscott59 Bama had better resume, especially with a conference championship and win over number one team, SOS and SOR.

[@kevinscott59]

@EJ2K095 I disagree with your argument,but that's not the point.This guy is defending the committee now but last year there was a large consensus who believed the committee got things wrong.That's the issue.

[@EJ2K095]

@kevinscott59 that's fine if you disagree. FSU, although undefeated, seemed more like this years Indiana(which I think was an attempt to correct their choice from last year) One could argue that the B1G got 4 teams in from the preseason rankings and the committee chair being the Michigan AD, but I digress lol. I think everyone is tired of the inconsistent subjectivity, lack of logic, and convenient use of statistics to support their decisions.

[@kevinscott59]

@@EJ2K095 Now I can agree with that. And yet that's the very issue that this sports writer never addresses.

[@davidcarden3648]

Florida State had the wins but we mostly all agree that they would have lost 1st game against anybody. Bama lost against the National Champs by 1 play so they at least were competitive.

[@paulidson1483]

Finebaum sounds like a dummy, He keeps saying Indiana beat a bunch of no-bodies well they beat the current national champions in Michigan, I wouldn't say they are a no-body. He calls teams frauds when the biggest frauds in the first round were Tennessee who got blown off the park in an embarrassing fashion. This clown needs to be pulled off the air, he's living in the past when the Big bad SEC did have all the talent, now with NIL the talent is spread around more than anytime in the past 20 yrs

[@Ezj9727]

Tell ‘em ari

[@abidjan7182]

Crap Is Alabama one of the 12 best team? Yes the committee was poor and wrong Ari you are talking garbage

[@johnb2905]

Yea they got BLOWN OUT by a non playoff Oklahoma

[@paavoviuhko7250]

So let's just secede from the association and have our own national championship because the other conferences can't compete with the SEC. Pretty soon every team will want to be in the SEC. What is there in PAC besides Oregon. How vacant is the ACC. The Big Ten is no longer ten. SEC is the powerhouse. The other conferences only matter negligibly. Ole Miss matters more to me than the drivel in the playoffs and I don't even live in the south. So go ahead and crap on me. I expect it. Go Irish.

[@johnb2905]

Your comments aren't believable since you don't know Oregon is in Big 10

[@dionnetaetravis5928]

They would of won Alabama fs

[@smithart73]

The committee job is to get the 12 best teams in not the most deserving

[@ptownstingray16]

Then why even play the regular season games? Just set the playoff at the beginning of the year based on who ESPN thinks will be the “best”teams. Absolutely brain dead take

[@mnshws12]

Ari, listened to him, made no sense as he blamed Bama trying to be in. He forgot that Ar St and Clemson did not deserve, but got auto bids, so where is the Bama bias. I want the best 12, I don’t care who they are, but not deserving. Ari is just not smart. He looks at wins and loses, numbers, not understanding the schedule is more important than the numbers. Games matter, but if you dot play Tenn, Georgia, but play no one, does the undefeated team seem better. Well this weekend proved my point, you play no one and you get destroyed by someone, is this the football you want? Participation trophy?

[@BackyardAquatics-o2m]

what is funny is if georgia wins it all being as bama beat them and didn't even get into the playoffs lol

[@johnb2905]

It's called YOU CAN'T WIN THEM ALL ... Bama looked good at end of year , sucked otherwise

[@80smusicproducer]

@@johnb2905obviously you didn’t watch Alabama football this year. They beat Ga 3rd game, they lost to Oklahoma next to last game. Thanks for you comment though. It was helpful. 😂

[@johnb2905]

It's ONE game ... Oklahoma crushed Bama , so they should be in playoffs . NOT

[@carlosmitchell1326]

Their games don't matter, hell they playing a weak schedule, if we going to do that,ok,don't cry,when the SEC goes 6 conference games and 6 cupcakes games, college football is a copycat league,when everyone starts playing soft schedule then what, get out of here with that,we not telling teams to join the SEC,just add some better teams on their schedule, stop being scared 😂

[@dionnetaetravis5928]

Bro SMU and Indiana had Bama scheduled be .500

[@Buckeye0103]

Doesn’t matter. Bama lost to 2 .500 teams so what’s your point? Indiana and smu didn’t lose to multiple inferior opponents

[@BackyardAquatics-o2m]

this guy is an alien. the games don't matter when you play cupcake teams. bama deserved to be in over indiana, smu, and clemson due to strength of schedule and quality wins. bama beat sc and ga both teams that beat clemson. how can you not see that bama is a better team than clemson for example? the proof is on the field. bama beat georgia who will most likely play in the national title game yet you think they don't deserve to be in the playoffs at all? use your brain for God's sake.

[@davidbillups8923]

So you lose against mid teams and expect to get in

[@Ezj9727]

IU wouldn’t lose to OU by 3 tds. Hahahhahahah you’re wrong brotha

[@Ezj9727]

What you are arguing for is saying the game DONT MATTER. That would kill the sport. Bama doesn’t get to be in just bc they are bama, the games matter.

[@Buckeye0103]

So because they beat Georgia we should ignore vandy, Oklahoma by 21 and a mediocre Tennessee team? Lmfao y’all are idiots

[@mnshws12]

@@Buckeye0103 I agree, look at the loses, but then look at the wins. 3-1 against top 25 teams. Ind and SMU are 0-4 against top 25 teams, getting blown out. So when you play good teams you crumble, well guess what the CFP teams are like. Glad these Cinderella’s got in this year, but I worry about next year. I don’t want these participation trophy’s teams. Give me the best 12, not deserving.

[@opalrhudy2526]

You mad bro? 😂

[@BackyardAquatics-o2m]

this guy wants everyone to get a participation trophy. if you play in a weak conference and have 11-1 record it doesn't mean you are one of the best teams in the league. you only won because you weren't challenged. you play a cupcake schedule. if you want to be one of the best teams you have to beat the best teams. there are best teams in the league because they get the best players and coaches year after year. it does matter what team it is. if you wanna play big boy ball then join a tougher conference or play tougher games outside your conference. i don't see these weaker conference teams playing any tougher games against sec or big 10 opponents. they wanna hide in their weak conference and win it and get a cupcake walk into the playoffs. it's just not right. go out there and play bama or georgia or some of the other top teams and prove you can hang with them and then you will have an argument but as long as you hide from them then you have nothing to stand on. if you think you are one of the best teams then prove it. bama and georgia and others have done that. these other weaker conference teams have not.

[@MrVi3tguy]

Lots of Bama haters in here lol...Even SC, OM and maybe Miami would have done better than SMU/Indiana, but they don't talk about that...

[@realaceboogy]

This dude is dumb

[@davidbillups8923]

Who is???Paul, yeah I know

[@Buckeye0103]

Common sense sounds dumb to you?

[@davidbillups8923]

@@Buckeye0103 yeah, Paul.

[@IMO4SHO]

Ari is the kid who never got picked for the kickball game in middle school. I don't like him, never have; I don't see that changing. All you have to do is let Ari talk and he'll finally prove your point for you. Ignorance is bliss.

[@Iceman-xq9pe]

Ari is a clown

[@AW-dq2oo]

Don’t lose to Vandy and Oklahoma

[@Ezj9727]

No he isn’t 😂

[@davidbillups8923]

Why is he a clown?

[@mnshws12]

Ari does not know what he is talking about, lose to OKL ok, but you beat Georgia. The other team played no one and got destroyed when they played a real team. So they deserved! You are crazy! I am worried about next year if this happens, what happened this year can’t change, but people wake up, the committee tried, messed up this year and hopefully fixes it! Otherwise we will be in the same boat! Let the underdog, not deserving play, is that what you want!!

[@davidbillups8923]

@@mnshws12 really? you based all that on just because they beat Georgia? so the math is beat Georgia and the three losses are forgotten??? so Alabama really didn’t need to play anyone after they beat Georgia.

[@realaceboogy]

They played NOBODY

[@davidbillups8923]

Yeah, bama didn’t 😮

[@MrVi3tguy]

@@davidbillups8923 Tf?

[@dennisdaminis3678]

Damn bro. He didn't say anything about Bama. LOL you got a Bama problem. Trump 2025 lol

[@SomedayTravel]

That Bad Oklahoma Team would beat SMU BY 40PTS LOL - Especially if they had a bye - had to play in Norman- on senor night -

[@dlallen5036]

OU getting handled by Navy😂😂😂

[@franktatom1837]

Ari's argument is shredded entirely by the outcomes of the first four playoff games. The fact is that there aren't 12 playoff-worthy teams in college football. Most years, we are lucky if there are four. The scoreboard doesn't lie.

[@Teller580]

Many blowouts happened in past years playoffs with only 4 teams in. Shut up

[@franktatom1837]

@Teller580 You just proved my point. Read my comment again.

[@Teller580]

@franktatom1837 I'm fine having 12 teams. My point is when we only had 4 teams we still had lots of blowouts.

[@franktatom1837]

@Teller580 I'll say it again, so maybe you'll finally read it, in some years under the 4 team playoff, there weren't even four teams good enough to play for the NC. Which is why there were blowouts even then, which you keep mentioning, and which proves my point. I don't care how many teams are in - it could be 64 - but the fact remains there aren't 12 teams that can compete for the NC this year, and maybe never.

[@Teller580]

@franktatom1837 Your point which I read is not clear as to whether or not you're saying that because not many teams are actually capable of winning the championship that we need to limit the playoffs to 4 teams or less or are you fine having a 12 team or more playoff in which "not many teams have a chance.."?Also, many of the 16 teams in the NBA playoffs aren't good enough to win the championship nor are all the 14 teams in the NFL playoffs good enough to win a championship & most of the 64 NCAA Basketball teams in the tournament aren't good enough to win the championship but for decades we let all those teams in those playoffs so no reason we can't have 12 or 14 teams in college football playoffs.

[@thumbsaloft]

A lot of words that don't change the fact that Bama would have been more competitive in the playoffs!

[@toddk120]

I'm going add you to my pray list ...

[@paulsims7526]

Bless your heart

[@Ezj9727]

Hahahah you didn’t hear what he said

[@thumbsaloft]

@@toddk120Thank you I can always use prayer. Doesn't change the fact of what I said though.

[@thumbsaloft]

@@Ezj9727I heard every word he said, IN THE PLAYOFFS Bama has always been competitive.