With a heavy heart, wishing a final farewell to Phyllis Chapple-Perkins. Known to so many as The Bama Avenger…The First Lady of the Finebaum Show…or, simply, Phyllis from Mulga.
An unforgettable force of a woman, she helped define this show as a place where college football…
Congratulations to Dabo Swinney and Clemson for an extraordinary victory and national championship. Just an amazing and jaw-dropping beating of Alabama and Nick Saban. Truly epic performance.
Good morning,” said the front desk of my New York hotel. “This your 3 am wake up call. May I connect you to in-room dining?” A tad early for food. However, it’s not too early to say the college football season has finally arrived. Anyone up and ready to go?
We are all heartbroken to hear the devastating news about the ‘Voice of the Auburn Tigers’ Rod Bramlett and his wife, Paula. Our deepest condolences to his children, friends and the entire Auburn Family.
Congratulations to Jim Harbaugh and Michigan. Things are looking up. The 21-point loss today to Wisconsin was a slight improvement over the 23-point loss to Ohio State in the last Big Ten outing. Might be time to extend Harbaugh’s contract.
Congratulations to LSU on winning the SEC title. Just voted for Joe Burrow for Heisman and Ed O should be National Coach of Year. Incredible season.
#GeauxTigers
As he did with all things during his tenure, Bret Bielema handled today's firing with grace and dignity. It didn't work out at Arkansas but there were few better people in the SEC in recent years
America is getting up to the realization that Kentucky has knocked off Florida - in football- for the first time since 1986! Many congratulations to Mark Stoops and the administration at UK for believing in him.
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@KirkHerbstreit
tell us: “I’ve never seen a Big Ten commissioner make a decision and then so many heavyweights like Ohio State, Michigan, Nebraska, Penn State come out publicly and be furious and let the public know that they disagree with the decision.”
"I believe there's an argument that Georgia is the best team in the country... At the very worst, they're a top 3 team."
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@ESPNRadio
CFB Analyst David Norrie
Should Jeremy Pruitt win SEC Coach of the Year? Ed Orgeron will likely win but that shouldn’t diminish the extraordinary job Pruitt has done bringing the Vols back from a 1-4 start. An amazing turnaround.
"Scott Frost is built for success and I'm going to tell you he will win multiple national titles at Nebraska, he will be competing for a Big Ten title within 3 years and he could be the next generations Nick Saban" -
@TimBrando
As dawn has broken across the nation this Sunday morning, a desperate feeling of devastation for
@Tuaamann
has turned to one of hope for his health and recovery.
#PrayersforTua
Watching the Bama game at the Philadelphia airport and a guy just walked up, seeing the score was 31-13, and with a straight face said, “Wow, Texas A&M keeping it close.”
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@GregMcElroy
on the Heisman finalists:
"Bryce Young was a get out of jail free card for Alabama all year. It's absurd that Hendon Hooker isn't going to NYC as a finalist. Too many voters are caught up in with the flavor of the week."
Our show staff put together this post-Bowls Top 10 list... I'm sure everyone will agree on all of them and there will be no debate about any of the choices.
So sad to hear about Keith Jackson. He was sui generis among college football voices. Simply, the most iconic and memorable soundtrack ever to the game. And an incredible gentleman.
"You know what I'm loyal to? College football. I want to see the 4 best teams get their chance because that's what's right and what's fair. Politics, for the first time in 5 years, got the best of the committee"
@KirkHerbstreit
says Georgia should have been in the
#CFBPlayoff
The last two nights of bowl games (Frisco and Gasparilla) have drawn crowds of 11,029 and 14,135. I swear there were more people in line in front of me at TSA this morning.
Arkansas AD
@HunterYurachek
: "I read some articles about the Spanish Flu of 1918. They played college football. College football has survived a number of things over the last 150 years. I truly believe college football can also survive what we’re going through right now.”
The Saban dynasty may not be officially dead but it doesn’t stop the realization the window is closing. Against the last 3 Top 20 opponents - Alabama has given up 44, 46 and 48 points. Harder to believe Saban has lost 2 out the last 3 to Dabo Swinney and Gus Malzahn.
Just got off a plane in Connecticut and saw Purdue was beating Ohio State 35-20 and started frantically refreshing the ESPN app convinced it was a prank.
Will Muschamp jokes that his players need to lead "boring lives" to avoid contracting the virus. “I look back to your high school days and your college days. I can’t imagine you had many dates. Our guys need to lead their lives like Paul Finebaum did in college."
"Nobody is out to get him...he's responsible for what goes on in his program. That's just life."
Rece Davis pushes back against the idea that a media vendetta is driving the coverage of Michigan's cheating scandal: