On "The Netflix Sports Show" with host Dani Klupenger, SEC talk show host and apologist Paul Finebaum was asked if an SEC team would win the College Football Playoff this season, and that triggered an epic Finebaum rant.
"Who's going to win the national championship, and is it going to be an SEC team?" Klupenger asked.
"It is, and by the way if it's not, I'm leaving the country because I am so sick and tired of being harrassed by Big Ten Fans on our show," Finebaum said, referring to his daily call-in show on ESPN radio.
"The Big Ten has literally done nothing. They won two national championships. Michigan won one two years ago. They won one and a half national championships, I think, and before that in 70 years and they act like they invented football."
“If it’s not I’m leaving the country. I am so sick and tired of being harassed by Big Ten fans on our show. … They act like they invented football.” @finebaum has had enough of Big Ten fans, and predicts that an SEC team will win the National Championship 😂 @daniklup pic.twitter.com/LNXFwU7IL3
— Netflix Sports (@netflixsports) August 9, 2025
The first football game in history was Princeton versus Rutgers in1869, and the first college football conference was the ICFR, formed in 1896, which reporters started calling the Big Ten by 1917, so in a historical context, the Big Ten did invent college football.
Alabama has won 13 national championships since Finebaum was born in 1955, but the Big Ten has won the last two. The Buckeyes thumped two SEC opponents on their way to the 2025 title. NIL and the portal have shifted the balance of power, much to Finebaum's chagrin.
He predicts Texas to win the title this season, but they get an early test when they travel to defending champion Ohio State on August 30. Would a Buckeye blowout prompt Finebaum to move his studio to Aruba?
His ESPN contract pays him a reported $5 million a year, but the money might go further in Costa Rica.
The latest National championship odds from FanDuel:
Texas +550
Georgia +650
Ohio State +650
Penn State +700
Alabama +1100
Clemson +1100
Oregon +1200