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Paul Finebaum namedrops Nick Saban and Bill Belichick in odd shot at Deion Sanders

By Andrew Hughes

Paul Finebaum made a strange remark about Deion Sanders, namedropping Nick Saban and Bill Belichick to get his point across
Paul Finebaum made a strange remark about Deion Sanders, namedropping Nick Saban and Bill Belichick to get his point across / Mickey Welsh / Advertiser
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Paul Finebaum wants his cake and to eat it too; criticizing Deion Sanders when it's convenient but not being overly harsh when it fits a narrative he's trying to push. We saw that in action during a conversation with Dan Patrick when he said that Sanders isn't a winner but will still end up with USC, in Los Angeles, which only wants winners.

"My argument about LA is it's a town of winners," Finebaum said (h/t On SI). "They don't like the losers out there and suddenly Lincoln Riley looks like a loser. And I think it's going to continue that way. So, no, Deion is not Bill Belichick and Nick Saban wrapped into one but he is a dynamic figure. He gets ratings. He brings excitement and that brings players."

Saban and Belichick defined a generation of football at both the collegiate and NFL levels, solidifying their similar greatness as men who got away with a few things here and there -- Spygate and Saban's players driving brand new Dodge Chargers come to mind -- with a Vought International-coded friendship. How either of them comes to mind when discussing Coach Prime heading into his second season at Colorado is beyond comprehension.

Well, besides the obvious: it has many, like this writer, in disbelief and talking about it.

Paul Finebaum pushing Deion Sanders to USC rumor but it has no legs

Sanders isn't going to end up with the Trojans no matter how many times Finebaum says his name in the same sentence as the newly-implemented Big Ten school. Finebaum first floated the idea in late July, and while it seemed plausible given Coach Prime's cryptic ways of revealing his next moves, the idea has since been shrugged off in media circles.

"Prime Time" isn't relocating to the City of Angels. Sanders is in a true college town in Boulder and has a chance to be respected like Saban is in Tuscaloosa if he can stay the course and continue building something at CU.

Flipping Julian Lewis from USC would be the best way to ensure that 2025 will keep the momentum of the last two offseasons.

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