Finebaum rips B10

I listen to his show every day. It is the Jerry Springer show on radio. If you take it for what its worth it can be entertaining. He is definitely a SEC homer all the way.
 
The way some of his callers sound on his show I'm surprised they even know how to dial the shows' number.

The Big Ten is down this year but its still early and a lot can change between now and the end of the bowl games.
 
Apparently one of the bosses at SI came to Finebaum and said that online readership is sucking. Can you write an article that trashes the B1G? You are very good at not being objective and angering the B1G fan base and I know it will get linked all over the message boards and drive traffic over here. K? Thanks.
 
homes said:
However, poking at the Big Ten to promote the SEC is a tacit acknowledgement of the importance of the Big Ten - why else would he deem it necessary to discuss in such great detail the relevance of the Big Ten, if in fact it was so irrelevant. See the article for what it doesn't say as much as what it does say.
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I agree here. The Big 10 still has the most money and some of the biggest fanbases in the country. That said the Big 10 is down this year. Nothing wrong with it, it happens. Just a lot of inexperience on some of the big teams and the bottom tier is so bad it's ridiculous.
 
JHHawk said:
No doubt about it, they operate under a different set of rules down there.
And mix in the fact that the best prep talent is down there, and you have a perfect storm of lawlessness and excellence in football programs.

OSU did beat Arkansas in the Sugar Bowl. Yes,they used tattooed up players who should not have been on the field,but again, when Trent Richardson is tooling around in a 60k Yukon, I can overlook a few tattoos.
If fans are going to cite violaters at OSU and then overlook the SEC guys while extolling the excellence of their football programs...and discount when OSU does win...well, double-standards are not cool.

I am not afraid to admit that the SEC generally fields better teams than the Big Ten....so what? They have huge advantages. It is like the Iowa Conference fans complaining about not being as good as UNI.
The SEC operates under different rules,so the Big Ten should never be expected to compete with them,just like the Ivy League should not compete with the Big Ten. The oversigning,the booster networks that pay players pretty openly, the casino scam to pay players, the local talent...how could the Big Ten ever compete with that? Can't.

I will lose zero sleep over it.
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Well said. This guy writing the article is simply a shock jock. He says things to rile (large) fanbases up like the B10 and uses it to generate publicity to his website and radio show. In other words, what he says may have flash, just no substance. Honestly, I've never heard of him before and the only reason I read this article is because it is on our board with a link to it. I'd say it worked pretty well for him...

No need to give this a second thought.
 
Let's keep this in perspective, fellas. I don't think Finebaum is pulling any sort of significant radio share. Maybe JD has access to the ratings books and can clarify.
I mean, it's not like Finebaum has the audience of a cowherd or SVP or even rome.
Dude is irrelevant.
 
VintageHawkeye said:
Let's keep this in perspective, fellas. I don't think Finebaum is pulling any sort of significant radio share. Maybe JD has access to the ratings books and can clarify.
I mean, it's not like Finebaum has the audience of a cowherd or SVP or even rome.
Dude is irrelevant.
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I think it really depends where you're at. Living in the Midwest, I'd never heard of the guy. However, if you are a college football fan in the South and you don't know who Finebaum is, you're not really much of a fan. So to say he is irrelevant is false. Dude got a sweet deal to be broadcast on Sirium/XM. If you listen to his show, there are quite a few calls from the Midwest. Not anywhere close to the number from Alabama, but lots nonetheless.
 
VintageHawkeye said:
Let's keep this in perspective, fellas. I don't think Finebaum is pulling any sort of significant radio share. Maybe JD has access to the ratings books and can clarify.
I mean, it's not like Finebaum has the audience of a cowherd or SVP or even rome.
Dude is irrelevant.
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Finebaum is huge in the South. He is on the radio for 2 hrs M-F and has his own Jim Rome like following for the SEC. His show is basically southern redneck Alabama fans that call in and talk sheet about their rivals.
 
AdamHawk said:
Well said. This guy writing the article is simply a shock jock. He says things to rile (large) fanbases up like the B10 and uses it to generate publicity to his website and radio show. In other words, what he says may have flash, just no substance. Honestly, I've never heard of him before and the only reason I read this article is because it is on our board with a link to it. I'd say it worked pretty well for him...

No need to give this a second thought.
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Same here. Never heard of the guy. I could care less. What's is our record against the SEC. We take care of business.

Weather, talent, cheating, standards of admission. This is life.
 
I can’t really argue with it either. Any fan outside the conference would share this guy's opinion and who can blame them.

All BT fans should be ecstatic that Russell Wilson came on board this year to brighten what otherwise would be a pretty bleak outlook. As far as Big Ten football - I love it and its why ESPN/Gameday (except for actual games) are thing of the past for me as I only watch BTN to see coverage I care about.
 
gonzoJM said:
I think it really depends where you're at. Living in the Midwest, I'd never heard of the guy. However, if you are a college football fan in the South and you don't know who Finebaum is, you're not really much of a fan. So to say he is irrelevant is false. Dude got a sweet deal to be broadcast on Sirium/XM. If you listen to his show, there are quite a few calls from the Midwest. Not anywhere close to the number from Alabama, but lots nonetheless.
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I've only heard/heard of Finebaum because I try to catch some Bill King in the morning (same XM channel). Yes, I live in the south.
None of this proves that Finebaum is quality or pulling big share.
 
PCBHAWK said:
Finebaum is huge in the South. He is on the radio for 2 hrs M-F and has his own Jim Rome like following for the SEC. His show is basically southern redneck Alabama fans that call in and talk sheet about their rivals.
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You'd know, I guess! :rolleyes:
I mean, with all due respect, the panhandle is no different than "southern redneck Alabama".
I was in Dothan, AL on Mon-Tue of this week, which is what, about 90 miles from PCB? Not much cultural difference between those locales.
 
VintageHawkeye said:
You'd know, I guess! :rolleyes:
I mean, with all due respect, the panhandle is no different than "southern redneck Alabama".
I was in Dothan, AL on Mon-Tue of this week, which is what, about 90 miles from PCB? Not much cultural difference between those locales.
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You're correct, it's LA or lower Alabama and the people are the same. Destin and South Walton along 30A is a nice break.

I've lived in almost every part of Florida and the panhandle is hard to beat.
 
VintageHawkeye said:
You'd know, I guess! :rolleyes:
I mean, with all due respect, the panhandle is no different than "southern redneck Alabama".
I was in Dothan, AL on Mon-Tue of this week, which is what, about 90 miles from PCB? Not much cultural difference between those locales.
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Yeah, but the location is fantastic. I will definitely visit Orange Beach again on vacation.
 
PCBHAWK said:
You're correct, it's LA or lower Alabama and the people are the same. Destin and South Walton along 30A is a nice break.

I've lived in almost every part of Florida and the panhandle is hard to beat.
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I should add that I like L.A.; Dothan isn't a bad town at all, and the folks are quite friendly.
One of these trips, I'm going to tack on a weekend and I'll look you up down there in PCB. Unless you fear my fervent xtianity and don't want to meet up for a few beers, that is. :p:D
 
I think it's hilarious when people say the Big Ten is a bad football conference. People don't pay attention to the schools we lose to in bowl games. That's where these notions come from, right? We play most of our bowl games vs the SEC, which for 5 or 6 years has been the better conference. Beyond the SEC, where is there substantial evidence that the Big Ten is anything but the second best conference in America? Obviously not the ACC (at least yet), not the Big East. That leaves only the Big 12 and PAC 12. Big 12 was 1-2 vs the B1G last year in bowls. I suppose Oregon played (and lost) in the NC game (after losing to Ohio State the year before in the Rose). Or is the current sentiment more of a resentment, an inferiority complex to the Big Ten, and because of lack of success bs SEC, a ripe opportunity for Napoleon to talk smack after decades of B1G domination? The latter.
 
The BigTen has a 95-78 overall record against the SEC, but nobody wants to talk about that. Plus, over the past 20 years I'd be willing to be that the majority of these games have been played in SEC country. Chickens won't fly north after October 1st.
 
MissouriHerk said:
I think it's hilarious when people say the Big Ten is a bad football conference. People don't pay attention to the schools we lose to in bowl games. That's where these notions come from, right? We play most of our bowl games vs the SEC, which for 5 or 6 years has been the better conference. Beyond the SEC, where is there substantial evidence that the Big Ten is anything but the second best conference in America? Obviously not the ACC (at least yet), not the Big East. That leaves only the Big 12 and PAC 12. Big 12 was 1-2 vs the B1G last year in bowls. I suppose Oregon played (and lost) in the NC game (after losing to Ohio State the year before in the Rose). Or is the current sentiment more of a resentment, an inferiority complex to the Big Ten, and because of lack of success bs SEC, a ripe opportunity for Napoleon to talk smack after decades of B1G domination? The latter.
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I think people are taking this out of context. Over a long timespan, lets say 30 years, I think there is very little separating th Big 10, Big 12, and SEC. They have all been good football conferences. If you look at last year only the Big 10 looks pretty good.

If you are looking at this year only, the Big 10 is down. There are very, very few people that will argue this fact.
 
I do think the B12 is closing in on the SEC this year. Not quite as good but getting close. With Ohio State going bad the Big Ten looks horrible this year. Hopefully Wisconsin, Nebraska, Michigan, and Iowa can step it up come bowl season.
 
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