Paul Finebaum doubles down on his prediction that Lane Kiffin will be the first former Nick Saban assistant to beat Alabama
Paul Finebaum is already on record claiming his belief that Lane Kiffin will be the first former Nick Saban assistant to take down the Crimson Tide but the SEC Network host doubled down on that prediction on Tuesday.
During his latest appearance on ESPN morning show “Get Up,” Finebaum stated in his case in the video below.
Next season alone, Alabama is set to face four of Saban’s former assistants.
- vs. Georgia on Sept. 19
- at Ole Miss on Oct. 3
- at Tennessee on Oct. 24
- vs. Texas A&M on Nov. 21
While we won’t know which teams are losing players early to the 2020 NFL Draft or to the transfer portal, Alabama losing to Ole Miss seems like a long shot in 2020. Does that mean Finebaum believes Alabama will sweep the rest of these games next season? He did not clear that up but it makes you wonder if he’s studied Alabama’s schedule for next season before he made this prediction.
You can check out his comment below:
I firmly believe that … Lane Kiffin is going to be the first Saban disciple to be beat the GOAT."
Book it now, per @finebaum đź“ť pic.twitter.com/TgOoOT2sqS
— Get Up (@GetUpESPN) December 10, 2019
I can’t stand him being on here. If anyone wants to hear his crap he has tv show.
100% agree. Please stop covering this fool and his garbage takes.
I look at Kiffin’s record as a Head Coach and I can’t get past him winning much of anything in the SEC. What kid is going to want to play for him in the SEC. Play for him at FAU, YES, but SEC, NO.
Finebaum is full of crap.
I think you’re right. Kiffin has failed at every major school/NFL team he has been HC. No reason to think Ole Miss will be his break through.
Sounds to me like some folks are already worried about what he is saying.
Paul Finebaum is complete moron.. I wish he would cover some other conference instead of the SEC
Don’t see this happening by a mile, but how funny/crazy would it be if saban lost to all his former assistants next year.
If Fromm comes back and Tua leaves, Georgia wins that regular season matchup, makinf Kirby the first.
Mac Jones already looks better than Fromm.
Honestly any QB would look good with the group of WRs you had this year
Every time Pawl speaks it makes a story on SDS. I don’t get it.
It feels strange to consider him a “former assistant” of Saban. I guess it’s technically true, but I always think of the whole “Master vs. Pupil” concept as the old teacher going up against coaches he groomed, nurtured and developed, not against someone who already had one NFL and two head coaching jobs before joining him.
*two college head coaching jobs
(Best conference in the world and we don’t have an edit feature!!)
I can see it. Thankfully, I love losing to Ole Miss. Its the perfect time of the season to have a gut-check loss that dials down the player’s entitlement, but is early enough to recover from.
You’ve got a point, but the only problem is if his team is good enough to beat Alabama there’s a good chance it’ll be good enough to win the West, at which point Ole Miss would own the tiebreaker over Alabama.
Eventually one of these teams will beat Alabama. It’s only a matter of time. That said, maybe teams should consider hiring assistants from outside the SEC rather than poaching Alabama’s coaches.
Irregardless of who said it…..this may be something that comes true, some day. Let’s face it…Alabama has some strong competition out there to sign the Five Star Kids…a la LSU, Clemson, Florida, Auburn. So Alabama just cannot stockpile ’em like in the days of old. Nick Saban’s “carousel” of coordinators & position coaches has really set the Tide Program back, it’s really visible on the Defensive side. Time will tell.