Todd McShay calls Paul Finebaum an 'all-time coward'

Todd McShay is coming after Paul Finebaum for his criticism of Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer leading up to and during this season. The Crimson Tide gutted out a 24-21 victory against No. 5 Georgia this past week, silencing many of their critics after beginning the year with a loss to Florida State.

After that loss to the Seminoles, Finebaum made several comments about DeBoer. That included calling Alabama “soft” and DeBoer “clueless.” He likened the situation to a “House of Cards” waiting to come crashing down at any moment.

Of course, the SEC Network analyst was singing a different tune Monday following the Crimson Tide’s big win against the Bulldogs. He called DeBoer “phenomenal” for rising to the challenge of turning this season around. That led to a tangent from McShay on a recent episode of The McShay Show, where he lit up the SEC talking head.

“It’s really good to see this for DeBoer,” McShay said. “Because it feels like if Alabama had lost this game after losing to Florida State, and Florida State just lost to Virginia… that place is vicious. Watch that trash, Paul Finebaum, to see how vicious… It’s just not good. It’s just not good. Humanity. Get my little shot in at Paul, one of the all-time cowards. Next week, I can let it all unleash. We’ll explain why later.”

McShay and Finebaum are no strangers to each other, with the former having worked for ESPN until 2023. He appeared on Finebaum’s show multiple times and didn’t seem to have an issue with him then.

However, it appears that he is no longer holding back on his opinion about the popular radio host after being laid off from ESPN. It’s unclear exactly what he meant when he said he would “unleash” on Finebaum, but it appears he has much more to say as well.

Finebaum was in headlines Monday for a different reason after it was reported that he was considering running for the top U.S. Senate seat in Alabama. If that were the case, he would also leave ESPN.

Perhaps that is what McShay was alluding to with his comments about Finebaum. We’ll have to wait until his show next week to find out for sure.

As for Alabama and DeBoer, they’re on top of the world after the upset win and likely not paying attention to all the drama surrounding Finebaum and McShay. The Crimson Tide will hope the momentum carries over into next week, when they face No. 16 Vanderbilt again after last season’s famous upset.