The reason Finebaum ratings have dropped

I'd like to think that it's because Finebaum is awful.

The callers are mostly boring and many are unable to string together a real thought. Especially boring are the yealots who call in just to scream mindless claptrap for their team. I understand that the show has recently added an early hour to the four hour show... who could watch/listen to this for 4-5 hours? And when has the show dropped any real news lately? But this is just my opinion, I could be mistaken

I've never watched it, but if ratings are down the most likely cause is because the SEC as a whole is down. Tennessee, Florida, Arkansas, and to a certain extent LSU, aTm, and Auburn fans are all really dissatisfied with the direction of their programs. Pretty much the last thing they want to do is listen to Bama and Georgia fans proclaiming their greatness and know that they're right.

Finebaum has always been terrible. He's nothing but a host with connections to the rumor mills. He knows absolutely nothing about the actual game. His callers have always been moronic plants used to for shock value.

If he just did interviews, he'd be ok. But, pay attention to him next time someone says, "What do you think about yadda yadda's offensive line against X?" He'll avoid answering every time.

I wish we had a better radio show on in the afternoons.

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Because his callers are all staged now?

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"now"

I miss when Finebaum was only a state-wide show about Alabama and Auburn. For me it was much more fun when the two idiots screaming at each other were from Vestavia and Montgomery, not Marcus Spears and some guy from Ohio.

We all love to talk about how the rivalry exists 365 days a year here, and love it or hate it, Paul's show played a big part in that. I have great memories of jumping in my dad's jeep after school right when Machine Head started playing. That show died the day he went national.

I don't listen often but the last time I did he let his caller named Tammy get on the line and cry about her custody issues with her grandkids. I don't wanna hear that chit. If that's what the show is about, I'll be fine listening to something off my iphone.

The local Tuscaloosa show with Wimp and Barry is pretty good, they give a honest view of the coaching side a lot and have some good guests. They do like to talk a good bit of bball though.

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We all love to talk about how the rivalry exists 365 days a year here, and love it or hate it, Paul's show played a big part in that.

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Abso-fricking-lutely not. Paul's show did well because of the rivalry, he didn't create those conditions.

While we're on the subject of bad radio shows, the Thom Abraham show in Huntsville is terrible too. I remember listening to it back in the day, and it was ok. Or, that's how I remember it. I've tried listening to it a few times recently, and it's just people calling in to give their picks to some weekly against the spread contest. Pardon me if I don't want to hear 2 hours of Jim Bob and Chris calling in to give picks. And it's not even presented in the form of a conversation. They just call in and say, "Give me, Georgia, USC, Bama, and I'll go with UCF over USF." Then on to the next caller. Who the hell thinks that makes good radio? Maybe Thom thinks by sprinkling in some hockey talk, it will keep the listeners entertained. But, it's god awful.