November 29th, 2021 at 9:36 AM ^
Fuck Pete.
November 29th, 2021 at 9:36 AM ^
*Pete
November 29th, 2021 at 9:38 AM ^
I dunno does Pete have a hot mom? Let’s check with barstool
November 29th, 2021 at 9:44 AM ^
Tim Tebow OMG SHIRTLESS
November 29th, 2021 at 10:17 AM ^
Highly, highly unlikely. Unless he was adopted.
November 29th, 2021 at 9:39 AM ^
I'm disappointed in how much that clip made me start to like Pete. He was far too respectful and congratulatory with his words.
November 29th, 2021 at 9:44 AM ^
He wouldn't have worked his way from fairly obscure beginnings to one of the best known voices on college football nationally without having some charisma.
November 29th, 2021 at 9:47 AM ^
Nah: "I've been Joshing."
Anything short of "I've been carrying water for SEC coaches who were afraid Harbaugh was going to build a recruiting pipeline in their backyards" is insufficient funds for years of hackery. Finebaum is never going to more than the kind of media person whose listeners don't have be listened to.
But you can leave this up.
November 29th, 2021 at 9:55 AM ^
He basically said the bare minimum. "I was impressed." If Michigan makes the playoffs he'll be just as dismissive as before.
A guy who's done a good job understanding he's a villain, genuinely not wanting to be one, and trying to do what he can do defuse it, is Dean Blandino. This is not that.
November 29th, 2021 at 10:02 AM ^
What's the Blandino story? I'll really know nothing about the guy; he just showed up a few years back doing the broadcast official role.
November 29th, 2021 at 10:13 AM ^
It's a Lions thing, not a Michigan thing. Blandino was the head of officiating for the NFL a few years back, which as you might imagine put him on the shit list for Lions fans everywhere. Most especially since there were pictures of him on Jerry Jones's party bus that surfaced after the refs infamously picked up that PI flag against Dallas a few years ago.
Since he started his TV job, he's been pretty upfront about saying the Lions seem to be on the wrong end of bad calls more often than most teams and he also just comes across as a decent guy. He's pretty disarming. Finebaum is not.
November 29th, 2021 at 10:42 AM ^
There is a scene in "The Natural" where Robert Duvall's sports reporter character (Max Mercy) basically says it doesn't matter to him whether Robert Redford's character (Roy Hobbs) succeeds or fails in his comeback because either way he gets his story. That is Pete Finebaum. He can say whatever he wants - as long as people are talking about him one way or the other he gets his story. He "eats crow and praises Harbaugh" - people talk about that. UM beats Iowa? He can play with that thread of "will he get FURTHER redemption?!". UM loses to Iowa? He can play that thread too "see he really isn't past this tag!" He did the same thing in 2015 when OSU beat Alabama in the Sugar Bowl - and got a massive amount of SEC slappy's calling in pissed off and a bunch of OSU slappy's calling in to taunt. I'm just disappointed in myself that I spent this much time typing the comment......
November 29th, 2021 at 9:41 AM ^
Again, Finebaum is a horses ass. An SEC lackey and dreams of Nick Saban.
November 29th, 2021 at 9:42 AM ^
People keeping posting reminders that Paul Finebaum is still alive and after I exit the thread I always forget again!
November 29th, 2021 at 9:44 AM ^
Never says anything worth hearing.
November 29th, 2021 at 9:46 AM ^
Saban's lap dog. Good boy, Pete! Here's a cookie.
November 29th, 2021 at 10:08 AM ^
Who's a good boyyyyy.....
November 29th, 2021 at 11:03 AM ^
So that is what you refer to as a cookie....
November 29th, 2021 at 9:48 AM ^
"But I was genuinely happy for him..."
Finebaum is a very smooth liar.
November 29th, 2021 at 9:50 AM ^
He still looks like a penis with saucer ears.
November 29th, 2021 at 9:54 AM ^
He still looks like a penis with saucer ears.
I would normally be tempted to create a satirical photoshop of somebody so goofy looking, but in this case I ain't touching it—I have no interest in googling the required images.
November 29th, 2021 at 9:56 AM ^
Nor could you come up with an image that would look more like a penis with saucer ears than Paul himself
November 29th, 2021 at 9:58 AM ^
Nor would a satirical photoshop look terribly different from the real thing. Some people just can't be cariacatured.
November 29th, 2021 at 10:11 AM ^
Wait, you're telling me that image isn't already photoshopped?
November 29th, 2021 at 10:12 AM ^
Yes, non-porno is probably best.
November 29th, 2021 at 9:55 AM ^
That dude is a total dick with ears..... when we're 6-0 he brags up JH, when we lose a game, he's calling for JH to be fired.... He's as useless as a weatherman who only tells you what happened yesterday.
November 29th, 2021 at 9:55 AM ^
Finebaum, clown in a suit who knows little and has very little useful to say.
November 29th, 2021 at 9:57 AM ^
It is always acceptable for Pete Finebaum to eat crow. Always.
November 29th, 2021 at 10:02 AM ^
Says he's been "jousting" with Harbaugh. Doesn't "jousting" imply you're on the same level as them? The dude can't help but be a prick at every turn.
November 29th, 2021 at 10:05 AM ^
He's still a dick regardless. The next time we lose he'll be all over Harbaugh again. He's a disingenuous fuck.
November 29th, 2021 at 10:07 AM ^
Don't give that butthole any clicks or views. Scoundrel-ass hatin-ass phallus faced fuck.
November 29th, 2021 at 10:11 AM ^
That was fair & balanced, I just hope he is now over his "deal". I remember during 62-39 he was re-tweeting Stephen A Smith trashing Harbaugh; From Saturday I think he stayed quiet, the Sunday Morning Sports Center was only Heather D. I think he took the time to collect his thoughts, knowing if he doubled down now on Iowa the entire sports world would question his rationale. He even rated Michigan Stadium Saturday over Pick-6 Auburn for environment. That said, remember Iowa 2016 "Be about it" Saturday night
November 29th, 2021 at 10:14 AM ^
“Michigan won convincingly, but all that really tells us is that they’d be about 0.500 in the SEC, if it were a down year in the league”
~Pete Finebaum
November 29th, 2021 at 10:15 AM ^
This is not an unacceptable post. It is on point!
November 29th, 2021 at 10:23 AM ^
I’m not clicking that asshole’s video. Why do people listen to these puke stains?
November 29th, 2021 at 10:23 AM ^
He's lying. He isn't genuinely happy for Jim Harbaugh. He was shaking his head as he was saying so and was speaking from a stance of complete disbelief. He threw his hands up in a manner that suggested concession and his stammer at the end was icing on the cake.
November 29th, 2021 at 10:26 AM ^
Is there anything worth watching on ESPN besides actual games and 30 for 30s?
November 29th, 2021 at 10:31 AM ^
Whenever Finebaum gets you to talk about him, he wins. We need to permanently ignore this SEC click-bait mouthpiece
November 29th, 2021 at 10:41 AM ^
Fuck Pete! He will jump on the fuck Jim and Michigan narrative again the first chance he gets.
November 29th, 2021 at 10:41 AM ^
I don’t get his deal with Harbaugh, it’s been like this since he came back to college. He doesn’t do this with Penn St or Notre Dame or even Ohio St. He’s always got Harbaugh name coming out of his filthy mouth. The only thing i can think of is that the SEC has been afraid that if Harbaugh ever got the train rolling it would be tough for the SEC to compete with him?
November 29th, 2021 at 11:15 AM ^
Harbaugh is a celebrity. Franklin, Kelly and Day simply aren't except to the Mgoblog base. You don't have to be a football fan to know who Harbaugh is and Finebaum has found easy clickbait and the quality of the commentary doesn't matter.
I would delete the tread only because the content wasn't worth listening to.
November 29th, 2021 at 10:47 AM ^
A TV mediocrity who has made some money dissing Harbaugh. His big party trick is getting some very sad, mostly Southern people to reinforce all of the stereotypes about them, exhibiting the emptiness of their lives, on a weekly radio show. Has pushed the SEC to the exclusion of other conferences in a shameless way for ESPN, the chief beneficiary, for a decade, in a way that would never be tolerated in most professional settings. Should--can readily--be ignored.
November 29th, 2021 at 11:12 AM ^
For the record, ESPN owns the majority share of the SEC Network. I wish the poster would just take down the video. When his mouth moves, it just means he's getting paid, nothing more. ESPN and the SEC Network get paid per click. Just say no.
November 29th, 2021 at 10:48 AM ^
Umm, I believe his first name is Pete.
November 29th, 2021 at 10:54 AM ^
It's never unacceptable for Pete to eat crow. Fuck that guy.
November 29th, 2021 at 10:56 AM ^
Every time I see Finebaum one thought comes to mind: This is what dick would look like if it had ears. DUMBO ears!!! Must be designed for easy insertion into Saban's arse.
November 29th, 2021 at 11:03 AM ^
Pete Finebaum is a worthless hack.
November 29th, 2021 at 11:49 AM ^
Any time that man is eating crow I find to be acceptable
November 29th, 2021 at 2:59 PM ^
Annoying how Finebaum STILL disses the College Football Playoff Committee ranking UM above MSU after MSU's loss the week after their "win" over UM.
Even though the committee's publically stated mission is to choose the BEST quality teams not just based on simply the game outcomes.