Paul Finebaum eviscerates Illinois' Bret Bielema after his claim that the SEC is stuck living in the past

ESPN’s Paul Finebaum has offered a rebuttal to Bret Bielema and the Illinois head coach’s nonchalant yet noteworthy comments about the SEC wanting to live in the past. Finebaum brought out the receipts, too, which don’t exactly put Bielema in the best light.

While speaking at Big Ten media days on Tuesday, Bielema elected to take a not-so-subtle shot at the Southeastern Conference.

“[SEC commissioner] (Greg) Sankey, I know he’s gotta protect the SEC, and they kinda wanna live in 2005 forever,” Bielema said while at the podium. “But, I think the forward thinking of where we are in college football is an awesome thing.”

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Finebaum did make an error during his rebuttal.

Bielema wasn’t 1-8 in the SEC during his final season with the Razorbacks. He was actually 1-7, for whatever that is worth. His final campaign with the Hogs at 4-8 in 2017 did come on the heels of three straight winning seasons, but Bielema never came close to meeting expectations in Fayetteville during his five-year tenure, winning just 11 conference games.