Paul Finebaum's 'NOT an elite coach' verdict gets people talking
The Matt Barrie Show segment on Lincoln Riley opened at about ten times the pace of a typical first day on ESPN College Football.
ESPN College FootballStory of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 132,570 views a day, 10 times a normal first day on this channel (13,184).
Lincoln Riley is NOT an elite coach - Paul Finebaum | The Matt Barrie Show
ESPN College Football already runs far ahead of the sports channels around its size. CBS Sports, SPORTSNET and NFL Films each draw only a fraction of its daily views. A single clip has to move unusually fast to stand out here, and this one did.
"Lincoln Riley is NOT an elite coach - Paul Finebaum | The Matt Barrie Show" opened at roughly ten times the pace of a usual first day on the channel. The comment section is lively too, with about one comment for every two likes.
The title does the arguing. Finebaum, the longtime voice of SEC talk, is aiming at a coach who developed three Heisman-winning quarterbacks: Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray at Oklahoma, and Caleb Williams at USC. Maybe a résumé like that is why so many viewers had something to say?
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- Channel
- ESPN College Football
- Subscribers
- 1,400,000
- Channel views, pace per day
- 6,682,270
- Video published
- September 27, 2026
- Video views so far
- 66,945 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 132,570
The numbers
On a channel that is already the busiest among its peers, this segment still opened far ahead of its usual first day.
