The Clemson Insider · Oct 13, 2025
Finebaum Names College Football’s Biggest Disappointment
On The Matt Barrie Show with ESPN’s Matt Barrie and Paul Finebaum, Barrie asked Finebaum to reveal a few midseason superlatives, including the biggest disappointment of the college football campaign thus far.
Finebaum pegged Clemson as the biggest disappointment, other than Penn State.
“I think after Penn State, it’s still Clemson,” Finebaum said. “Because they were top three, top four going in. [Cade] Klubnik looked like a possible Heisman winner. So, there’s just no way you can get around what’s happened there.”
Of course, Clemson opened the season ranked No. 4 in the AP Top 25 Poll, with Penn State at No. 2.