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Shanna Lockwood - USA Today Sports
Shanna Lockwood - USA Today Sports

Trevor Lawrence calls Finebaum 'unprofessional' after his 'stupid' comments


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Paul Finebaum gonna Finebaum.

The SEC Network analyst went off Wednesday during SEC Media Days personally going after student-athlete John Simpson's opinion that Notre Dame was a harder opponent for Clemson than Alabama last season.

"I'm not in the business of criticizing college players, but that is easily one of the stupidest comments I have ever heard," Finebaum said. "Alabama was a phenomenal football team last year. Notre Dame was good, but they were not as good as Alabama. Alabama would've destroyed Notre Dame, and what you get there in John Simpson's comments is just the pettiness of a program that is unaccustomed to being at the epicenter of this sport."

Finebaum continued to go after Clemson calling Simpson's comments stupid and saying that the defending National Champions have had some embarrassing behavior the last few years.

"And Clemson has won two championships, and they deserve them. (Dabo Swinney) I think is a phenomenal coach. It's a great program. But when faces of a program like that say stupid things like that, it's demeaning to what the program has accomplished. And I've said this couple of times; I'm gonna say it again, Clemson just doesn't know how to win yet. Maybe they will at some point, but not yet. And I hope that they can learn to deal with being No. 1 and being in the spotlight. Because so far, a lot of their comments and their behavior, both the last time two years ago and today, have been really embarrassing."

This is probably one of Finebaum's crazier takes, and that is saying a ton. Finebaum needs to watch out because that SEC kool-aid is making him loopy and punch drink with his laughable takes on non-SEC teams.

Clemson star quarterback Trevor Lawrence stood up for his teammates and simply tweeted 'unprofessional' with Finebaum's latest tirade regarding the Tigers.

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spacer Simpons comments were a direct response to Bama LB's comment
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spacer You beat me to it***
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spacer Call it lesson learned. I suspect Dabo will not restrain
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spacer Re: Simpons comments were a direct response to Bama LB's comment
carolinachef
spacer He's always calling Clemson's fanbase thin skinned***
RoperMtn®
spacer Wow! Butthurt much?
ABC Tiger
spacer Re: Wow! Butthurt much?
djones73®
spacer May just frighten him as well
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spacer I scrongly suspect Finebalm does not own a mirror. I
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spacer Let's review some facts here
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232press®
spacer "Clemson doesn't know how to win yet"?
CU13®
spacer This is how you win.....
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Matt_Joker®
spacer Right back at you, 44-16 and 2-1 on you on the biggest stage***
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lhaselden
spacer I love how hurt Finebaum is about the loss...clearly losing
ClemBert
spacer This guy is a worthless POS - fuhgetabouit***
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spacer Kind of ironic that the Bald Headed Freak is
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spacer For someone with Finebaum's experience, his logic.....
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spacer Exceptionally well stated... A total synopsis....+1.***
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spacer **Grasping for air time and relevancy*****
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spacer My problem is with a national pundit using the word
hartins®
spacer well by PF's logic the Alabama hasn't learned how to win
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spacer They don’t know how to lose
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spacer Lawrence deleted the tweet
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spacer Finebaum got trolled by Simpson.***
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spacer prob the smart move on the dele - but he was right
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spacer Is Finebaum stupid for saying such drivel without first
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spacer Just an intuition, but
twill
spacer I bet Ole Paul knows the Offensive Lineman's name NOW!!!
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carolinachef
spacer If he looks at the game replay, he can see Simpson pushing
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carolinachef
spacer I simply don’t understand Finebaum’s appeal or success
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spacer To use a quote ...
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clemson2003
spacer An Alabama Player Said They Could Beat an NFL Team
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spacer That SEC education left Finebaum seriously lacking in math skills
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spacer Finebaum Is Trolling. Don’t Take the Bait
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spacer THE COLD HARD TRUTH
180Tiger
spacer No Paul, the problem is you & Bama don't know how to lose!
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spacer saying nd was tougher than bama for us holds more weight
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spacer Comment from another CU forum
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spacer Nobody is gonna talk about her ol’ man’s team like that
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spacer The really STUPID comment was from the Bama player who
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spacer Paul Finebaum never strapped on pads...
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