Roger Denny calls Paul Finebaum a ‘carnival barker’ for the SEC
By Jacob Moss
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SEC Network analyst Paul Finebaum stirred up controversy on Saturday morning when he took a pointed shot at Oklahoma Sooners athletic director Roger Denny during SEC Nation.
Finebaum took exception to Denny’s response to SEC commissioner Greg Sankey’s decision to postpone the Sooners’ Week 11 matchup against Ole Miss until Sunday, blasting the Oklahoma athletic director for “pathetically pandering” to the fanbase.
Denny wasted little time responding to Finebaum’s criticism, dismissing the longtime SEC Network personality as a “carnival barker” during a conversation with On3 insider Pete Nakos on Saturday afternoon.
” I don’t know. They’ll probably send their carnival barker out there to accuse me of pandering again,” Denny said when asked whether Oklahoma’s relationship with the SEC had been damaged by the situation. “And candidly, I don’t care. My job and my duty is to our players, our university, and our fan base. If they don’t like the way we handle our business, I just don’t much care about that.”
This public back-and-forth between Finebaum and Denny has added another layer to the controversy surrounding the SEC’s decision to postpone the Oklahoma-Ole Miss matchup, further cementing the chaos caused by the FAA grounding order as the defining story line of the weekend.
It will be interesting to see whether or not Finebaum decides to clap back at Denny, or if he is willing to let this all die down before things start to get out of hand.
