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Frosted Flakes: Paul Finebaum To The Big Ten?

Breaking: Fox, Big Ten Network pursuing ESPN's Paul Finebaum | NCAA Football | Sporting News

Negotiations between Paul Finebaum and ESPN have heated up, but a powerful new team is bidding for the possible free agent's services: Fox Sports. and its affiliated Big Ten Network.

The college football provacateur’s five-year contract with ESPN expires this month, said told Sporting News. After a long dry spell in which there have been almost no talks between the Finebaum — host of ”The Paul Finebaum Show” on SEC Network — and ESPN management in Bristol, the two sides are close to agreeing on a new deal.