Paul Finebaum made his regular weekly appearance on WJOX and addressed the SEC’s ongoing scheduling debate between 8 games and 9 games.

On the “McElroy and Cubelic In the morning” show, Finebaum answered a question from Greg McElroy about the appeal for an 8-game conference schedule. McElroy believes it would be a watered down product, and secondary rivalries “go out the window” and wondered if it would help the chances of getting into the College Football Playoff.

“Greg I think you’re right,” Finebaum said. “I think it’s more toward the middle to the bottom of the league than it is even at the top. Could an additional conference game cost somebody? It’s possible. But I think with 12 (Playoff teams) you run the bigger risk of having the conference schedule devalued and I know nobody in the SEC believes that to be true, but everyone else is playing more conference games.”

However, Finebaum believes an 8-game schedule would be temporary, a one-year deal.

“I have a hard time believing this is something that would last a long time,” Finebaum said. “I think it would be presented as a bridge to the future in relation to Texas and Oklahoma fully integrating themselves even though they’ll be in the league a year from now.”

Because it’s a divided issue in the SEC, Finebaum said he was most interested in the response from around college football.