Paul Finebaum has had enough of seeing college football go through a transition, even if a potential College Football Playoff proposal caters to the two biggest conferences – the SEC and Big Ten.
Appearing on “Get Up” late last week, Finebaum expressed discontent with the automatic qualifiers idea, citing a potential danger in the system overall.
“I understand the seeding issue, but I believe they are completely wrong about guaranteeing bids,” Finebaum said. “Doing our show yesterday, even SEC fans are calling in saying they don’t like it. There’s something inherently wrong about stacking the deck before the season.”
Adding to this, Finebaum agrees teams winning quality games should hold more merit than a record next to a logo.
“Yeah, the SEC and the Big Ten are by far the best leagues and last year, the SEC only got three [in the playoff], and there were three schools hanging on the ledge.
“But ultimately, you could have a year in, probably more in the Big Ten or the SEC, where you have two or three elite teams, and then your automatic third or fourth, or maybe your fourth, is an 8-4 team that probably doesn’t belong in there. So, I think it’s a bad move right now.”
Ultimately, though, it isn’t Finebaum who makes the decisions. But his voice surely has an impact as the SEC’s leading personality.
For now, college football is in an interesting time period. It’s up to the parties that be to make fans, new and old, still interested in tuning in during the fall and winter months.
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