SEC media days wrapped up on Thursday, with Paul Finebaum hosting his radio show from the emptying building. What happened next was Finebaum getting a call from "Tom from Cleveland", who seemed really upset about the SEC media day format.
We have limited video of the event (see below), but we do have a transcription of what went down:
Finebaum: Let's talk to Tom next in Cleveland, OH. Good evening, Tom.
Tom: Paul, us folks up north for the past four days have watched you silly, pompous SEC people. Did you realize what you guys look like to the rest of the country?
Finebaum: I have no earthly idea Tom, but I'm sure you'll tell me.
Tom: Well the Big Ten, I think the Pac-12, I think they have a one-day media and the SEC's got four days. And hey Paul, all those...
Finebaum: Tom, do you plan on watching the one-day Big Ten media day on the Big Ten Network?
Tom: Uh... well Paul, I think Urban Meyer and the Buckeyes would love to have the SEC...
Finebaum: Hey Tom, here's the problem with the Big Ten. And I agree Ohio State has a great team. The reason why the Big Ten media days last one day and the SEC lasts four is because the SEC has multiple teams to watch, the Big Ten has one.
Finebaum: Imagine doing four days of "OK, it's time to talk Purdue football! It's Indiana's turn at the podium! Let's see what the folks in Iowa have to say!"
Tom: You've got Vanderbilt!
Finebaum: "And Northwestern is coming up, let's talk to their Heism-, oh nevermind."
Tom: Paul, silly, poumpous, do you people down south understand those two words?
Finebaum: I don't. No, I don't understand those words at all.
Tom: Well, for four days of media day...
Finebaum: Other than two words to describe Urban Meyer.
Tom: What is that town down south, Paul? What is that? Some glorious town down there?
Finebaum: What's that, Hoover, Alabama?
Tom: Yeah, what is that? What is that, like the Mediterranean capital?
Finebaum: Uh, Corsica maybe.
Tom: Hoover, Alabama?
Finebaum: Hoover, Alabama is just south of Birmingham, Alabama.
Tom: Oh, Birmingham, the steel town, huh?
Finebaum: Oh, yeah, and you live — let me check — you live where... Cleveland?!? Oh my goodness! You live in Cleveland, Ohio! And you're making fun of Birmingham, Alabama?
Tom: Hey Paul, Urban Meyer and the Buckeyes will want to meet you in the SEC...
Finebaum: Lake Erie, boy, I mean Birmingham doesn't have any water, at least you don't have to die from the stink by the lake...
Tom: Oh come on, Paul!
Finebaum: The mistake by the lake!
That wasn't all, as Finebaum had one more parting shot for Tom from Cleveland.
Finebaum: Hey Tom, how did that NBA Championship parade go?
Oh Paul... that's a cheap shot. No matter how much it may have been warranted.
