Matt Rhule Buried Paul Finebaum After The SEC Pundit’s Demoralized Admission About Big Ten

Paul Finebaum mocked Matt Rhule prior to the 2024/25 college football season. However, the head coach at Nebraska got the last laugh after Ohio State won the national championship.

He proceeded to mock the SEC pundit with a hilarious video on social media.

Finebaum, one of the most prominent voices in the Southeastern Conference, is widely disliked by a large number of college football coaches (and fans). It appears as though Rhule is one of them.

This unexpected beef started at Big Ten Media Days at Lucas Oil Stadium in July. The second-year head coach of the Cornhuskers stood at the podium and declared his conference as the best league in the country. He proudly stated that four teams from the Big Ten should get into the College Football Playoff every single year because it is the “NFL of of college football.” Those are Rhule’s exact words.

Finebaum publicly disagreed, because of course he did. How could the Big Ten be superior to the SEC?!

His comments were not said in jest. He was very serious. Finebaum talked down on Rhule in a big way during an appearance on Get Up! that next morning. The rant was so disrespectful that it was almost unprofessional— but that is what we get in the era of hot take television.

Matt, stay in your lane. Job one: Win enough games to get to some stupid bowl game. Don’t worry about the big boys, because you’re not one of them. We saw what you did in the NFL. You were a complete disaster in Carolina. You somehow got this job in Nebraska, and you’re talking like you belong at the table with Ohio State and Georgia. You don’t. Just try to win, maybe, six games. Quit choking big games on the final play, and leave the punditry to the professionals. Thank you.

— Paul Finebaum

Rhule (and the video/social media staff at Nebraska) kept receipts. Three SEC teams made the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff. Tennessee got obliterated by Ohio State in the first round. Georgia lost to Notre Dame in its first game. Texas also lost to Ohio State in the semifinal. The Buckeyes won it all.

In a shocking turn of events, Paul Finebaum admitted on Tuesday morning that “the Big Ten, at the moment, owns college football.” That is a real thing he said on live television. He looked miserable.

Matt Rhule remembers what Finebaum said in response to his comments about the Big Ten prior to the season. In fact, the 49-year-old does not want anyone to forget and buried the SEC pundit with a hilarious post on X.