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Paul Finebaum waves white flag on controversial College Football Playoff take
The long wait is over folks as Paul Finebaum has finally waved the white flag regarding his Alabama support. The longtime ESPN and SEC host stumped for the Crimson Tide to get into the College Football Playoff this season.
Especially when Alabama was left out, Finebaum screamed from the rooftops. But with 2025 finally upon us, Finebaum decided to make a resolution. He surrendered!
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“I led the Alabama parade to get them into the playoffs,” Finebaum said on Get Up. “You know that I stood on every building, especially on this show, and on the first day of the new year, I’m surrendering. I am waving the white flag.”
Some of the takes from Finebaum were admirable, when it came to Alabama. Heck, he took shots at the CFP committee upon the final rankings release.
“They’re being spun non-stop, even though they say they’re not,” Finebaum said of the committee in early December. “There’s all kinds of tributaries that go into that room and all kinds of people that represent other people, and I also think they thought about one more thing that was even more important than the hangover.
“They thought about if they give this to Alabama, yeah the hue and cry nationally is going to be how come Alabama got in, poor SMU. And on top of that, they would have almost been issuing a Supreme Court edict rendering these conference championship games null and void. And the commissioners really can’t afford that, even the Southeastern Conference commissioner who lost out today. And I think that’s what this was really all about.”
But after Alabama’s disappointing performance against Michigan, the white flag came out and he finally bowed down to a defeat. It’s okay “Pawl,” we all can’t win them all.
By Jim Stefkovich, Meteorologist, Alabama Emergency Management Agency
CLANTON – Sunday, 8:30 am, June 21, 2026
Today, scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms are forecast mainly across the southern half of the state. Rainfall will generally be around 1 inch, but some spots could receive 2-4 inches, resulting in localized flooding. Damaging wind gusts are not expected.
Little to no rainfall will occur tonight through Monday morning. During the afternoon (and for the remainder of the week), we will be in a northwest flow aloft, with periodic clusters of storms (Mesoscale Convective Systems) moving from northwest to southeast across the state each day.
The timing for Monday’s activity is shown below. A few damaging wind gusts up to 60 mph, and heavy rainfall that may produce localized flooding are the threats.
There will be breaks in the precipitation each day, allowing any flooding to subside. However, due to saturated soils this week, it won’t take as much rainfall to produce additional flooding. Finally, the timing for each cluster of storms after Monday is highly uncertain, both in timing and specific locations.
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The SEC opponents for Alabama women’s basketball during the 2026-27 campaign has been officially revealed.
The Tide will face some of the top teams in all of women’s college basketball throughout SEC play this upcoming season. Alabama will face Auburn, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Missouri, Vanderbilt, Ole Miss and Texas A&M at home, with Ole Miss being the Tide’s only SEC opponent that they will face twice this year, both home and away. Alabama will be on the road for matchups against Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas as well.
The dates, start times, and television network for each will be revealed at a later date.
Alabama held a 7-9 record throughout SEC play last season. The Tide were widely regarded as one of the top teams in the nation despite struggling at times during conference play, and Alabama was able to make a run during the SEC Tournament with a shocking upset to the Tennessee Lady Vols in Nashville.
Alabama went 24-11 last season as a whole, but the Tide will undoubtedly need to play better during SEC play this year nonetheless.
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