Georgia Bulldogs had a season of narratives. The toughest schedule, disciplinary issues, interception fest, QB injury, SEC Championship, and in the end, one final narrative- out in the quarterfinals of the CFP. The result against Notre Dame (10-23) was hardly surprising, considering they had a backup starting in the QB position. However, Kirby Smart, a two-time natty winner, had all the experience of making it to the summit. Against a young, hungry Marcus Freeman, nothing worked!

The Bulldogs’ loss wasn’t just a team ending their season on a low; it’s reflective of more than that. The loss carried the signs of a declining conference, and who better to discuss that than Mr. SEC himself?

Paul Finebaum rips Georgia and SEC apart over the current slump

The postseason, including the College Football Playoff, has largely been chaotic for the SEC. If you don’t believe us, just go to X and look at Lane Kiffin’s profile. All the complaints and whining by the Ole Miss head coach could not hide the fact that SEC teams were sub-par in the regular season. As a result, CFB giants like Alabama, LSU and South Carolina were missing from the playoffs. We’re done with two rounds of the CFP, and what’s the status now? Only one SEC team is there, and Texas Longhorns are in their season in the conference.

Paul Finebaum, the ever-green hype man of the Georgia Bulldogs and SEC, couldn’t keep calm while discussing the glaring issues with the conference in a pathetic postseason. He breathed a sigh, realizing how the conference, especially Georgia, has allowed the haters to grin over the mess. They are not wrong either, after all the stats and numbers speak for all. ”There is a lot of schadenfreude going on in this country, and that’s okay,” said Finebaum. “The SEC? The big names have taken some very, very big hits. Tennessee, obviously Alabama, in a lesser game. Georgia was the team that everyone was wrapping their arms around.”

Finebaum is right. The SEC teams were looking at the Bulldogs to keep making a case for the dominance of their conference. However, without his starting QB, it was always going to be tough for Kirby Smart’s team to get over the line against the Fighting Irish. Georgia HC can take some credit for keeping the game close until the dying minutes of the second quarter. However, two drives in the last minute before halftime, and Notre Dame almost sealed the game with a halftime lead of 13-3. Gunner Stockton tried, but Marcus Freeman was in no mood to become a part of a second-half-Bulldogs-comeback narrative.

It isn’t lost on Paul Finebaum that the Longhorns were not in the SEC last year. “And isn’t it remarkable that the lone SEC team was in the Big 12 a year ago in the College Football Playoff? It’s going to be a bloody day if you’re an SEC Homer, if you wave the flag. I don’t know what to expect this afternoon, but I have a feeling we’ll have more Big 10 callers on our show than the SEC callers, Marcus.” 

Ohio State blew Tennessee out in the first round, and Notre Dame locked out Georgia yesterday in the Sugar Bowl. The last hope sits with Texas and Steve Sarkisian, but clearly, the Big 10 has the high ground. So, Paul’s concern is justified.

For Georgia, Paul put the blame on offensive coordinator Mike Bobo. He believes granting Gunner Stockton more food than he can chew was a total flop and invited misery inevitably. The backup can’t lead a team in a quarter-final game and it’s once again proven in Thursday’s crushing loss. The Fox analyst missed the former OC Todd Monken for the day. But he has gone for good with a no-return ticket, as did Paul’s celebrated loyalty to the Georgia program.

Paul Finebaum never shied away from backing Georgia up against any odd

Just a month back from now, it was hard to stop Paul Finebaum from beating the drum of the Bulldogs, its coaching staff, players, and the back-to-back storied seasons. There had been hardly a game in which the visionary didn’t pat the back of the Dawgs for putting on their best. Of course, constructive criticism used to be the theme of his discussion, but he never failed to be in awe of what Kirby Smart and his team were doing. A few games on the card and a tragic letdown of the dream! And Finebaum might have already started second-guessing his sanity to ever trust Georgia with all his senses and logic.

”Every time I get on here every Wednesday morning, I say to myself, ‘Calm down, don’t be an angry guy. But this committee is not serious. There are football coaches on this committee, and there is no way those football coaches can tell me or anyone else with a straight face that they really think that Indiana, Penn State, and Miami are better than Georgia. It’s not possible,” Smart raised his voice against CFB higher-ups during the early half of November when Kirby Smart’s squad somehow managed to clinch the top 10 spots of the CFP ranking.

He asked the fans to rally against the injustice and demand more honor for their home team. But coming to the present time scenario, it seems the Dawgs not only have lost the season but also lost their strongest mouthpiece for good.