Finebaum is a SEC tool that , like the SEC Commish, is scared the B1G will be the most popular Conference with it being coast to coast now and feels the need to pput the B1G down in order to boost the SEC in the eyes of the College Football fans..
Acting like having Rutgers a member makes the B1G less than the SEC is trying to make college football fans feel the SEC is the conference worth 5the most attention, ebven though when RU gets its $#!t together the NYC media will look at Bama and the SWC as an afterthought.
That scares Finebaum and he's trying to get the digs in now while he can because tomorrow might be a different story.
The SEC is ok with raiding the BIG 12 for their 2 flagship programs. They justify it because they consider the SEC to be one regional conference.
Bottom line if the SEC doesn't expand, would the BIG?
The BIG with the addition of the 2 Cali schools is a national conference.
The SEC can’t make any move that will trump what the BIG can do.
So they attack the BIGs weakest link. Rutgers A school that has all the ingredients to be a major player but never had the resources to make it happen.
That is rapidly changing, so take your shots now Paul baby.
There is a tremendous amount of program building you can do with a (base)annual athletic budget of $75,000,000.
Any knock on Rutgers will be short lived.
Three NCAA appearances in a row would send a nice message to boneheads like Finebaum.