ESPN commentator Paul Finebaum is criticizing Clemson's recent performance and relevance in college football while simultaneously lamenting the SEC's lack of representation in the national championship game.
These days, ESPN’s Paul Finebaum is having a hard time handling the fact that there won’t be an SEC team in the national championship game for the second straight year. The upcoming matchup between Georgia and Texas will meet in the first title game in the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff . It’s a matchup that never would have happened had the CFP not expanded the field this year.
Clemson made the field, of course, winning the ACC but having to go on the road to face Texas in the first round. The Tigers lost, but in the wake of that loss the Tigers are managing to keep most of their key talent that can return for another run in 2025. Clemson is even using the transfer portal to bring in a few key pieces and had another strong class enroll early to begin getting ready for next season. \'I must confess, I'm not really all that keen on reading about Clemson recruiting,' Finebaum said. 'I try to read about relevant teams in college football. We talk about the top, the best. Clemson's not really that relevant anymore. I mean, they snuck into the playoff, and they got ushered right out of the playoff.' Meanwhile, he’s licking his own wounds after his beloved conference lost its final participant, Texas, when it fell to Ohio State. \'It’s really amazing when you think about it,' Finebaum said. ' was before Saban. Urban Meyer had just arrived at Florida. Les Miles was about to start roaming the sidelines. To think that we’re in that moment is cause for a lot of concern, at least in the southern part of the world.” Perhaps Finebaum should be more concerned about what’s happening in his backyard than Clemson’s, given that the Tigers have a more positive trajectory than the ESPN commentator seems to believe — not that he’s paying attention of course. \Dabo Swinney Entering 2025, the Tigers have put together a stacked roster, with most of the key players from their ACC championship team that can return on their way back, including quarterbac
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