Paul Finebaum wants a front row seat to Jim Harbaugh's return, rest of Michigan's season

Paul Finebaum has been on top of Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines throughout 2023, but he wants to take it one step further.

Joining The Matt Barrie Show on Sunday, Finebaum of course had to speak his mind on Harbaugh’s return, as Michigan prepares for the Big Ten title game. While the Wolverines may not get humbled this weekend, Finebaum believes they will come College Football Playoff time.

Evidently, he wants to be there when it happens. So Finebaum is wishing for a front row seat to the rest of Michigan’s season. That’s cold.

“That’s good for television networks. That’s good for talk shows. That’s good for us. What it’s not good for, maybe Michigan. There will be a stench following him everywhere he goes. But it’ll be fascinating to see,” Finebaum delineated. “Not only Jim Harbaugh on the sports stage, where he’s been for so long, but this’ll be the national stage. Things are pretty toxic around the world right now, but everyone is going to be paying attention to this. It’s one of those few sports stories that transcends the sport.

“Count me in for it. I want a front-row seat, because we’ve had some Playoffs where it’s, ‘Okay, five, six years in a row, Dabo [Swinney] versus [Nick] Saban. Now we’ve got Kirby [Smart].’ This is Disney movie written all over it. Good versus evil. I just salivate at the thought of Jim Harbaugh of either Nick Saban, should that train continue, or college football history with Kirby Smart.”

Some may have an issue with Paul Finebaum painting Michigan into the evil corner, especially folks in Ann Arbor. Nevertheless, he’s setting the stage for what’s to be an entertaining ride to the national title game in January, should Michigan handle their business on the field.

Paul Finebaum slams Ric Flair for postgame shot after Michigan victory

Forget Randy Savage. Paul Finebaum is Ric Flair’s new archenemy. After Michigan’s 30-24 win over Ohio State on Saturday, the WWE legend called out Finebaum on social media.

“The Michigan Wolverines, Denied Your Coach, The Great [Jim Harbaugh], You Still Prevailed! HaHa, Big 10, NCAA, And Especially You [Finebaum]! Quit Being A Hater And Start Being A Believer!” Flair said on X, formally known as Twitter. “Quit Snubbing The Big 10! WOOOOO!”

Finebaum hasn’t been shy in voicing his disregard for head coach Jim Harbaugh and Michigan football during the NCAA’s investigation into the program for stealing opposing teams’ signals. He didn’t hesitate to attack Flair, either.

“Ric Flair, let’s be honest, is done,” Finebaum said. “The guy used to be at the epicenter of his sport, and now he’s in his seventies and washed up and basically scraping for dollars. He was a friend of our show. He’d call in occasionally. He was a Georgia fan. We liked that.

“He was on the sidelines two years ago in Athens. I don’t know exactly what happened, but he tries to shake hands with with Kirby Smart and he blows him off. The next thing you know, Ric Flair is in Ann Arbor in Harbaugh’s office and Georgia’s playing Michigan down in the Orange Bowl a couple years ago in the playoffs. Since then, he’s all in on Michigan.”

On3’s Grant Grubbs contributed to this article.