Story byZain BandoSat, January 3, 2026 at 5:42 AM UTC·2 min readPaul Finebaum has hidden message for Indiana football, Big Ten after Alabama Rose Bowl win originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. SEC Network pundit Paul Finebaum is essentially out on the Kalen DeBoer experiment for the Alabama Crimson Tide, thanks in large part to their 38-3 Rose Bowl loss on New Year's Day to the undefeated Big Ten champion Indiana Hoosiers. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementFinebaum sounded off about the Crimson Tide's shortcomings during a recent episode of "The Paul Finebaum Show" while also giving the Hoosiers the smallest bit of credit he could.“But this just felt like the beginning – this wasn’t the beginning," Finebaum said. "This was a continuum.