Longtime college football analyst Paul Finebaum has a busy week ahead of him.
Finebaum was high on both Texas (and Arch Manning specifically) and Alabama coming into the 2025 season. Both the Longhorns and Crimson Tide suffered agonizing losses in Week 1 on Saturday — and Manning’s performance in particular left a lot to be desired.
Hours after both of those games went final, Finebaum broke his silence — sharing the phone number fans can use to call in to his show on Monday.
Finebaum will surely be present on ESPN airwaves throughout the week to address the shortcomings from both Alabama and Texas. With those defeats, the SEC as a whole is in a somewhat precarious position after just one Saturday slate — and that’s before the results are known from LSU and South Carolina’s high-profile Week 1 contests.
Finebaum was not shy about ripping Kalen DeBoer and Alabama last season when the Tide were in the midst of a 9-3 regular season. It will be interesting to see his approach in Year 2 of the DeBoer era.
Finebaum’s daily show will begin on Monday at 2 p.m. ET on ESPN Radio and the SEC Network.
Spenser is a news editor for Saturday Down South and covers college football across all Saturday Football brands.
