Today he is bringing back Danny Sheridan who claims he will have more information on the "alleged" bagman in the Cam Newton case. Bag Man
Yeah but you have to put up with 58 minutes of BS and bad information to get 2 minutes of "truth". Too much hyprbole and sensationalism not enough news. :?
Dude is a real piece of work for certain.....I'd rather take a belt sander to my genitals than to listen to that tool......
The thing about Finebaum is this.. it's the only thing that is true and isn't a home job in Southern media. The followings and media outlets here are fanatical and even the best of the home town jobs are biased to some extent. Not Finebaum. He says things you don't like. If you listen to his show, I mean really listen, you'll hear that he really doesn't say a lot. You need to pay attention to what he says. I don't love Finebaum, but I do love the truth. That is something that is haaard pressed to come by in these parts. This is a place where they will fight your mother if you so much as hint that their program might be dirty.. and after you go round and round and round and round with these people, they wash it away with.. 'well, everybody does it.' Another thing about the Finebaum show is that he will let the unpopular opinion (and even the crazy opinion) be heard. This leads to some real insane moments obviously, but at the same time, you hear those things that people don't want you to hear. It's the dark underbelly of SEC sports and regardless of whether or not you want to hear it, that doesn't mean it isn't true. The problem with Finebaum finally going national is that you won't get to really appreciate sitting back and listen to this guy get called a homer for every school in the SEC except for Vanderbilt.. who he often openly wonders why they are members. People here want to move on and not remember what was done. It's a legacy. Am I the only one who remembers Bill and I going head to head on the subject of Cam Newton when he was a Gator and when he was dismissed? Probably, because we'd all rather move along and forget the past... but the thing is.. if you don't address those effed up things, they just keep on coming back.
When my beloved mother was a live, they would have been better off fighting me than her. I've tried to listen to Finebaum, but the reason I don't go back has nothing to do with what he says. It's simply that I'm a B10/ND guy, and while I respect the SEC for its FB power, I can't get interested in conversations about the SEC. I'm sure SEC people feel the same way about the B10, B12, etc.
.....we're not listening to the same guy. The guy I've seen and heard is as big an SEC homer as I have ever experienced. But he's still an obnoxious tool - no matter the affiliation - in my book.....
Corey, He says so much that the law of averages say some of it must be true. While a lot of what you say about SECer's is true, I've got a feeling that it's also true of avid fans everywhere. We just have more avid fans. Also with Finebaum, I think his supporters remember the few times he is correct and forget the majority of the time when he is not. He's an entertainer. He does what he has to do to keep his show on the air and since he's been on for a long time he obviously does it well. A reporter he's not. :!:
FWIW the big expose that Danny Sheridan was supposed to have on his show was pretty much I know who the bagman is but I can't tell you. I wonder if Newtongate will ever get resolved beyond people just not believing that something stunk in his recruitment and that there must be some Auburn booster who paid the old man.
Sheridan took a beating from every credible authority on college football as a result of that. Twice he's gone to Finebaum saying he wanted to clear it, and twice he's pulled that 'I know but you don't get to know because my source is in the NCAA' card. Dan Wetzel, who I respect a great deal, called for Sheridan to issue an apology. I won't go that far, but I agree with it in premise. I can't count the times that Finebaum was said to be 'wrong' only to eventually be shown right. The probem is, the 'truth' in many of these matters take 5, 6, 10 years to come out.. if it ever comes out entirely. This isn't people's court. We don't get a verdict in 30 minutes. Don't blame Finebaum for that. Blame those people who withhold the truth for so long. There's no better example of what the Finebaum show is than the NCAA investigation into Alabama. Depending on the day of the show, he was a Vol, a Barner or a Bammer. If you don't have a dog in the fight, it's hilarious to listen to. He's also incendiary to be sure. You have to have thick skin.. but that doesn't mean he's wrong. For those who don't remember, this was the evolution of his opinion on that scandal that caused him so much flack. He went from: 1. I don't know to.. 2. There is a cancerous element of Alabama boosters, most of whom are centered around or connected to, Bear's son. They need to be removed and disassociated from the school or Bama will never get beyond this.. to 3. Those boosters are out of hand, but something here really stinks. 4. The boosters are evil, the payola appears to have taken place more than once BUT I think there are coaches who traded in forgiveness on their sins to rat out Alabama. 5. All of the above PLUS... the NCAA sold it's soul and broke/bent the law to go after Alabama. As that story evolved, he was lampooned and ridiculed for each of those positions and what has history taught us?? That every single one of those things are/were true. T, I agree with you. The guy is a total homer which is why I am not sure how well his show will play nationally. He knows EVERYONE in the SEC (something his southern nay sayers don't like to admit) and his info pool is deep and wide.. However, he knows little of Big 10 football, less about Big 12 and absolutely nothing about football played west of the Rockies. Sid, I can see that. His show has recently gone national and as mentioned above.. I don't see how that will play to a larger audience. When Jim Rome went national, he had to pull a hard break in programming that cost him several of his former listeners (myself included) but it gained him a larger national following who like his goofy routine for some reason. (which wasn't the appeal of his show in the beginning)
oh well, Corey you can listen to him and keep him on the air if you want. It takes more work but you can find real information from other sources and you don't have to put up with all of the "noise". :wink: