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In a recent interview with Outkick, ESPN College Football Analyst Paul Finebaum announced that he is considering leaving his long -standing role to run for the Senate.
The 70-year-old said after Charlie Kirk’s assault, he began to consider his priorities and got “a little more interest.”
“I spent four hours of anesthetic talking about things that didn’t do anything for me. And it kept building all that weekend,” Finebaum told Outkicks Clay Travis. “I felt very empty to do what I did that day.”
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Tommy Tuberville talked a lot about Paul Finebaum when College -Football Analyst announced he may be running for the Senate. (Getty Images)
“It’s hard to describe, not to be involved in politics, how it affected me and affected tens of thousands of millions of people everywhere in this country. And it was an awakening.”
Finebaum would hardly be the first notable name in sports that goes into politics. Most recently, Mark Teixeira announced his congregation campaign.
Senator Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, jumped ship from college-football sidelines to Capitol Hill in 2021, and he gave as close to an endorsement for Finebaum as one could get.
“Paul is smart. He loves the country,” Tuberville said at the “War Room” podcast. “Again, been one of my friends for a long time. I haven’t talked to him about it. I did an interview with him, 30 minutes, about two months ago face to face. It went well.
“I tell you he has 100% name -id in Alabama. He would have a lot of big people behind him. He would be a strength in the race if he decided to get into it. … Paul is a good guy, a good friend.”
ESPN/SEC network analyst Paul Finebaum is on set before the College Football Playoff semi-final at Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl between Georgia and Ohio State on December 31, 2022 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. (Michael Wade/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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In some ironic way, Finebaum noticed Outkick that Tuberville’s seat could open in view of his race for Alabama governor. After receiving confirmation that the recently retired Bruce Pearl was not interested in Tuberville’s seat, Finebaum began “to think about this.”
Finebaum also said he was addicted to Tim Tebow in the wake of Kirk’s assault.
“That meaninglessness, but also what got me more than any thing other than the most obvious to lose his life was his connection to young people,” Finebaum said of Kirk. “I’m at a university campus every week and I’m always stunned when young people come up and tell me they are fans.
Paul Finebaum and Tim Tebow take a selfie on the set of SEC Nation before the game between Mississippi State and Arkansas on October 8, 2022 at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Mississippi. (Michael Wade/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
“And usually they will tell me, ‘I had to be exposed to your show when my parents picked me up.’ But I remember that age when things affect you in other ways.
