Finebaum: "Jim Harbaugh is the Donald Trump of CFB"

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I apologize for the link from the Worldwide Leader, but the lead SEC cheerleader Paul Finebaum had an interesting take on Harbaugh ruffling feathers with the SEC, comparing the reaction of SEC coaches to Harbaugh's actions to the reactions of GOP candidates to Donald Trump. Of course he found a way to throw in some love for his beloved SEC:

"The SEC is at the vanguard of college athletics . . . The rest of the country is supposed to be reacting to the SEC, not the other way around. What has Jim Harbaugh done?" 

Jim Harbaugh is the Donald Trump of #CFB

WATCH: https://t.co/HlTacRhw7V

— Paul Finebaum (@finebaum) February 10, 2016
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February 10th, 2016 at 11:57 PM ^

I was teaching my daughter how to play euchre a couple weeks ago. It was unusually difficult to do so because my wife has forbidden utterances of the word "trump" in our house. So maybe now I'll just call trump "Harbaugh."

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February 11th, 2016 at 9:23 AM ^

Paul Finebaum’s Trump-Harbaugh comparison had no political connotations. Trump has defied conventional political wisdom with his quest for a possible presidential nomination. Demagoguery and xenophobia aside, political insiders are outraged, while the media, seeing headlines in his every move, latch on to his every word. Some say Coach Harbaugh also defies any so-called gentlemen’s club coaching rules by his satellite camps and by giving new meaning to “spring practice” and ”spring break," while the media eagerly report everything he does.

For all that, I still would not compare Coach Harbaugh with Donald Trump. I would compare him with Willie Sutton, the famous bank robber. When asked why he robbed banks, Sutton defiantly replied, “Because that’s where the money is." Similarly, if a reporter were to ask Coach Harbaugh why he holds satellite camps in Alabama and spring practices in Florida, he might reply, “Because that’s where the recruits are."

From Florida through Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, the pool of good football players has sustained the SEC for years. Of course, before the late 60s-early 70s many of those good players went north because SEC schools wouldn’t admit them, but that’s another story. Still, it’s now time to let those good players know that once again, they have great options above the Mason-Dixon Line, and Coach Harbaugh is just the man to do it.

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