ESPN’s Paul Finebaum on College Football Chaos, His Callers, and Three Decades of Sports Radio

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🗓️ 13 July 2022

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Bryan is joined by ESPN’s Paul Finebaum to discuss the latest round of college football realignment, his career starting out as a columnist, the importance of taking callers and listening to the fans, and his experience in radio. Host: Bryan Curtis Guest: Paul Finebaum Associate Producer: Erika Cervantes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:48.5	I'm knocking Cesora into retirement.
0:56.2	Hello media consumers, welcome to the press box.
0:58.9	Brian Curtis of the Rigger here along with producer Erica Servantes.
1:03.3	You know, some people have spent this summer taking that belated trip to Europe.
1:07.6	Some have gone to the beach.
1:09.1	Me?
1:10.1	I'm a little different.
1:11.1	Because I'm going on a sports radio tour of the East Coast.
1:14.6	Remember a couple of weeks ago I was in Philly to see Angelo Cotaldi?
1:18.8	Well this week I went south to Charlotte to see ESPN's Paul Finebomb.
1:25.2	Paul Finebomb's greatest subject is college football and you can detect a certain glee
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