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Paul Finebaum suggests playing CFP games during Army-Navy week: ‘That is a wasted Saturday’
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Paul Finebaum isn’t afraid to say exactly what’s on his mind, even if it might ruffle some feathers with some college football fans.
The ESPN college football analyst added his 2 cents to the Army-Navy game debate that’s been a popular topic in college football circles this week.
On Thursday, during an appearance on The Matt Barrie Show, Finebaum boldly suggested that the Army-Navy game doesn’t need to have its own Saturday in the middle of December because “that is a wasted Saturday.”
One day after Joel Klatt suggested that the Army-Navy spectacle be placed at the beginning of the season, Finebaum had a whole different take on the topic. Finebaum said he believes there should be College Football Playoff games played on the Saturday that’s usually reserved for Army-Navy.
“We’re wasting a week. I know I’m going to upset somebody, but the week of the Army-Navy game needs to be the Playoff (games). What do we have that Saturday, the Army-Navy game and the Heisman (Trophy)?” said Finebaum.
The idea behind playing CFP games on that Saturday is it would allow for the season to be completed a week earlier. It would also reduce the amount of time off between games for Playoff teams who didn’t compete in a conference title game.
Finebaum also endorsed Klatt’s proposal of placing the annual Army-Navy game at the beginning of each college football season.
Time will tell what those in charge of college football do with the calendar, and specifically the Army-Navy topic that has caught fire during the week leading up to the national championship game.
Cory Nightingale, a former sportswriter and sports editor at the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post, is a South Florida-based freelance writer who covers Alabama for SaturdayDownSouth.com.
