Ohio State’s win over Notre Dame in Monday’s College Football Playoff Championship game gave the Big Ten back-to-back national titles. It also gave Matt Rhule an opportunity to clap back at a popular college football personality.

Matt Rhule had a little fun at Paul Finebaum's expense after the SEC Network host was forced to admit what everyone already knows.

Paul Finebaum certainly didn't want to do it, but the SEC Network host had to admit the Big Ten owns college football right now.

On Tuesday, ESPN analyst Paul Finebaum shared the two words he is currently using to describe Day after the national title game win, taking Day's Michigan game struggles into account. "He has been fully vindicated," Finebaum said to host Mike Greenberg on Get Up Tuesday morning.

The Paul Finebaum Show on SEC Network, broadcast live each day from Charlotte, fills four hours daily with rabid fans and college football. But there’s no SEC team in the CFP title game this year. Finebaum talks about that failure and why Ohio State will pound Notre Dame.

Paul Finebaum detonated on Ohio State football and who he wants to win the College Football Playoff Championship Game.

The 2025 season is a make-or-break one for the Oklahoma Sooners and head coach Brent Venables; that much is obvious. It’s not a secret in Norman and it’s not a secret to the rest of the college football world either. Venables is clearly sitting on a hot seat after two 6-7 seasons in three years in charge.

We are back at Manning's in New Orleans getting ready for the Allstate Sugar Bowl between Georgia and Notre Dame, and we get instant reaction to Alabama's bowl game loss to Michigan from the SEC ...

Paul Finebaum still has the utmost respect for Georgia head football coach Kirby Smart's place on the sport's heirarchy.

"He has been fully vindicated," Finebaum said. "Yes, Michigan is important, losing four in a row. But winning the national championship trumps everything in the poker game of coll

Following the game, ESPN analyst Paul Finebaum spoke about the current state of college football. Finebaum was asked if the national title win cemented the Buckeyes' Ryan Day as the best head coach in college football. The ESPN analyst was quick to turn that down, while giving credit to Georgia Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart .