Paul Finebaum probably didn’t pick up any new fans in Tallahassee with his recent comments on the state of the Florida State football program.

In a recent appearance on “The David Glenn Show,” which airs throughout ACC states North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia, Finebaum called FSU the “poster child” of recent crash and burn programs in college football.

“I don’t think FSU is a (destination job),” Finebaum said. “If you look at schools who have crashed and burned in recent years, FSU would be the poster child. And there’s a great debate on what happened, because it has not been very long. In fact, it’s only been two years since FSU entered the season No. 3 in the country about to play the biggest preseason game — what I mean by that — the biggest opening weekend game we’ve ever seen (against No. 1 Alabama in Atlanta).”

The FSU faithful debate whether blame for the program’s decline from national championship contender and preseason top-5 to missing a bowl game in 2018 (after barely making one in 2017) falls more on Jimbo Fisher or Willie Taggart. Fisher left for Texas A&M before the Seminoles’ 2017 season finale. In Taggart’s first season, FSU posted its first losing record (5-7) in more than 40 years despite having one of the country’s most talented rosters. Finebaum isn’t sure it’s fair to blame Fisher.

“I don’t know because I’m not down there whether the criticism is deserved on Jimbo Fisher,” the SEC Network host added. “Willie Taggart to me is not the right coach. He has shown me absolutely nothing. From playing from national championships everywhere under Bobby and Jimbo, now they’re a program trying to get back to a bowl game.”

The ESPN analyst opined that Fisher got out at the right time.

“He left willingly, but I wonder if Jimbo Fisher’s life at Florida State would be like this today,” Finebaum said. “Because the next year, which was last year, they were going to fall off a cliff. He was losing favor. He made a good decision (to leave).”