Paul Finebaum is talking about USC Trojans head coach Lincoln Riley yet again, and this time under his own volition, without pre-emptive reasoning.
We are beyond weird. We are beyond sad. It is either a personal vendetta or something in his contract that states he must bring up Lincoln Riley in a negative way at least once a month during the offseason.
This latest tirade was not only in poor taste, but it brought about many claims that are just factually untrue.
Appearing as a guest on the Dari Nowkhah Show, he talks about Oklahoma being in a better place now than it would be if Lincoln Riley had stuck around. Yeah, the team that has two 6-7 seasons under Brent Venables, and currently holds the 27th-ranked 2026 recruiting class, is in a better spot…
Here is the full quote:
“I know a lot of people are still gnashing teeth in Norman and Oklahoma City and across that state, but I frankly believe the Sooner Nation is better off today than it would have been had he stayed around because there is something wrong with this guy… I am underwhelmed and I can’t think of a coach, in modern time, who’s making the kind of money that he’s making who has done less.”
Has he looked at his own beloved SEC? How has Mark Stoops fared, who is making $9 million a year? Eli Drinkwitz didn’t get to double-digit wins until his 4th year at Missouri. Deion Sanders just signed an extension at Colorado that will pay him more per year than Riley, and he has gone 13-12 over his first two seasons in Boulder.
I discuss why these claims are false and why Finebaum is digging himself into a bigger and bigger hole.
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