John Crist dropping a few truth bombs on Pawwwwllll

[Indndawg]

"Low pressure at MSU"
"Could be almost god-like...."
"Graduate to NFL job more likely in a few years, rather than SEC..."
"He's happy in a low pressure job making 4.5 mil.."
Paul continued to argue reasons for Mullen to Tn. He must really really hate S'ville.

[TrapGame]

Paul knows good and damn well Dan's not going to TN.

Who the hell wants to jump in that big orange dumpster fire with a fire extinguisher?

[ShotgunDawg]

Paul is just trying to get ratings.

A coach jumping from one SEC school to another is the ultimate ratings boost.

Additionally, I think Paul actually thinks Mullen is an exceptional coach & wants him at Tennessee since he went there.

[msudawglb]

"Low pressure at MSU"
"Could be almost god-like...."
"Graduate to NFL job more likely in a few years, rather than SEC..."
"He's happy in a low pressure job making 4.5 mil.."
Paul continued to argue reasons for Mullen to Tn. He must really really hate S'ville.


Maybe we should start pimping Paul to the Public Broadcasting Station since he is obviously not ESPN caliber.

[MCsMGs]

Solution is to turn the channel...I haven't listened to that buffoon in over a year.

Most of the fights I have ever gotten into was because someone insulted my intelligence and I just don't like to fight as much as I used to.

[Spiderman]

They share an agent. The game is being played. Dan, and Sexton, gonna get a big raise no matter what. Paul just helping his boys out

[Commercecomet24]

They share an agent. The game is being played. Dan, and Sexton, gonna get a big raise no matter what. Paul just helping his boys out

I believe you are correct.

[Ari Gold]

My guess is ratings are way down this year .. solution. Laura Rutledge in studio a lot..

[tireddawg]

Maybe we should start pimping Paul to the Public Broadcasting Station since he is obviously not ESPN caliber.

Ha! Am I the only one that laughed at this. He would actually fit in better there.

[Commercecomet24]

My guess is ratings are way down this year .. solution. Laura Rutledge in studio a lot..

I dont watch or listen to Paul. My lifes a lot more fun that way. Now if it was just Laura Rutledge I would watch religously lol

[TrapGame]

I dont watch or listen to Paul. My lifes a lot more fun that way. Now if it was just Laura Rutledge I would watch religously lol

Word. She's hot.

[Political Hack]

Isnt f-bomb a UT fan?

Sounds like he might be recruiting a little.

[Dawg-gone-dawgs]

Solution is to turn the channel...I haven't listened to that buffoon in over a year.

Most of the fights I have ever gotten into was because someone insulted my intelligence and I just don't like to fight as much as I used to.

THIS^^ I'll never understand why people complain about talking heads and other media idiots as if they are being forced to listen or watch them.

[Commercecomet24]

Can we get a write in campaign or something going to the SECN to drop finebum completely for Laura Rutledge. I'm sure ratings would skyrocket. And she knows more about football than paul too!

[parabrave]

Maybe we should start pimping Paul to the Public Broadcasting Station since he is obviously not ESPN caliber.

Ouch! Winner

[Irondawg]

Maybe it's just me but caller based shows are just non-entertaining as most of the callers are just bad. They generally either make ridiculous uniformed points or try way to hard to have a "persona" and be funny.

The only time I enjoy Bo, or Paul or any of the guys are when the bring on a guest to discuss a particular topic.

I'd much rather have people text or twitter questions to them and they pick the decent ones to discuss. Brook's noon show and White's show are probably the most painful b/c when i listen it's always the same guys and they don't bring in as many guests

[Spiderman]

Maybe it's just me but caller based shows are just non-entertaining as most of the callers are just bad. They generally either make ridiculous uniformed points or try way to hard to have a "persona" and be funny.

The only time I enjoy Bo, or Paul or any of the guys are when the bring on a guest to discuss a particular topic.

I'd much rather have people text or twitter questions to them and they pick the decent ones to discuss. Brook's noon show and White's show are probably the most painful b/c when i listen it's always the same guys and they don't bring in as many guests

Caller heavy shows suck.

[Anonymous]

Things UT doesn't have:

- Our game day, despite having Neyland.
- Anything unique, to their program, like at all.
- Unlimited ceiling. You read that right, Dan can win all he wants and he would never be more than a also coached to Fulmer. Just as Saban is to Bear.
- Elite recruiting territory. In this case that move is just enough north to matter.
- The $. It's going to cost them to fire Butch. They would need to pay Dan 6-7 mil. And they would need to deal with the 16 mil left on his contract. They aren't looking to drop 40-50 mil over the next 4 years for their new coach.
- And maybe most importantly, they have a muli year rebuild ahead. What he has here could be flat out special over the next 4-6 years.

[Todd4State]

My guess is ratings are way down this year .. solution. Laura Rutledge in studio a lot..

I hope you are right about that. That would hopefully mean less time for his show on ESPN and eventually cancelling it completely. He's filler on there as it is- I would much rather watch re-runs of SEC Now over and over than Finebaum.

[Todd4State]

Maybe it's just me but caller based shows are just non-entertaining as most of the callers are just bad. They generally either make ridiculous uniformed points or try way to hard to have a "persona" and be funny.

The only time I enjoy Bo, or Paul or any of the guys are when the bring on a guest to discuss a particular topic.

I'd much rather have people text or twitter questions to them and they pick the decent ones to discuss. Brook's noon show and White's show are probably the most painful b/c when i listen it's always the same guys and they don't bring in as many guests

That sounds like most of the people on ESPN.

[ShotgunDawg]

Solution is to turn the channel...I haven't listened to that buffoon in over a year.

Most of the fights I have ever gotten into was because someone insulted my intelligence and I just don't like to fight as much as I used to.

MSU fans have done this for far too long & made ourselves into a punching bag in the process.

[Dawg-gone-dawgs]

I dont watch or listen to Paul. My lifes a lot more fun that way. Now if it was just Laura Rutledge I would watch religously lol

For sure!!

[raymond21]

He is concerned with the continued progress of our program. Doesn’t want another team that may tarnish Bama’s chances of a playoff. Last thing Bama fans want is a comoetively hard played game in Nov other than the Auburn game. Screw Paul

[Coach34]

Finebaum and Sexton are both Tenn grads. They want Mullen there if they can't get Gruden

[ShotgunDawg]

Finebaum and Sexton are both Tenn grads. They want Mullen there if they can't get Gruden

Mullen's earning potential is higher at MSU where he has crazy job security.

I would think that would matter more to Sexton

[Bothrops]

Finebaum and Sexton are both Tenn grads. They want Mullen there if they can't get Gruden

And they arent getting Gruden.

[Jack Lambert]

Paul was the one who defended Freeze until the bitter end.

[Randolph Dupree]

We should all hope that UT lands Gruden at an extreme monetary cost. Not because I think we lose Dan if they don’t but because Gruden will be a sub par college coach, his style doesn’t fit into college. To be honest I’m not sure he was that great as an NFL coach, and I like the guy.

UT fans are some of the more obnoxious and arrogant fans around, and really shouldn’t be. They had some good years under Fulmer but really haven’t been relevant in nearly 20 years.

[Todd4State]

We should all hope that UT lands Gruden at an extreme monetary cost. Not because I think we lose Dan if they don’t but because Gruden will be a sub par college coach, his style doesn’t fit into college. To be honest I’m not sure he was that great as an NFL coach, and I like the guy.

UT fans are some of the more obnoxious and arrogant fans around, and really shouldn’t be. They had some good years under Fulmer but really haven’t been relevant in nearly 20 years.

I'm sure the way that they see it is Gruden is a charasmatic coach and they are going to surround him with recruiters as assistants and let him pick his OC/DC. It's a similar approach to what Ole Miss really wanted to do with hiring Dungy so that they could use Dungy's NFL/Christian/African American face as a way to cover for their mass cheating. I think that's one reason why Ole Miss tried to sell Freeze's Christian persona so hard- "How could such a good Christian man cheat and get escorts for players?" Of course it didn't work because Ole Miss is way more jacked up than Tennessee.

The difference is they actually have a connection to Gruden whereas I guess Ole Miss was hoping that Archie could talk Dungy into going there.

I think the way that they see it Gruden is their only way back and they are going to do what Alabama did with Saban- throw so much money at him until he says yes. They probably got that idea after Alabama finally got tired of the Mike DuBose/Franchione/Mike Price/Shula hires. So, I guess in a way it is similar to Alabama in 2006- but the major difference is Alabama is a better recruiting area.

[MagicDawg]

Break the bank to hire Gruden
Watch as he struggles to transition from NFL to NCAA
Spend more to rotate assistants
Repeat for a few years
Realize mistake but realize you're upside down in your coaching mortgage so you're stuck
Melt like a gallon of orange sherbet
Peyton refuses
Mullen to Tennessee.

Just saving Finebaum some work on tomorrow's concocted leaps of (il)logic.

[msbulldog]

My guess is ratings are way down this year .. solution. Laura Rutledge in studio a lot..

Works for me, Ari.