Paul Finebaum reacts to Stephen A Smith making potential Ole Miss job opening a 'racial' thing

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Lane Kiffin seems to be weighing his future at Ole Miss, and it's a hot button topic on sports talk shows.

ESPN's "First Take," with Stephen A. Smith, Paul Finebaum and Christopher "Mad Dog" Russo discussed whether Kiffin should stay with the Rebels long term, as several other college and NFL jobs have opened up in recent weeks.

Smith, though, insinuated that some Black players would prefer to play elsewhere.

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Paul Finebaum took offense at Stephen A. Smith's "racial" comments about the Ole Miss job. (Rick Ulreich, Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)

"I'mma bring it home, alright? … Y'all can't say it. Leave it to me, I'll say it — the brothers ain't trying to come to Oxford, Mississippi, for the most part, compared to Gainesville or Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Let's just call it what it is," Smith said on "First Take."

Finebaum did not respond to Smith on the air but made his feelings known on his own radio show later in the day.

"He clearly made it racial," Finebaum said. "He clearly said, in his words, ‘The brothers do not want to go to Oxford, Mississippi,’ which has been proven to be completely incorrect. I’ve been to Oxford a million times, and I think it’s terribly unfair to bring up echoes of yesteryear, the '60s, and try to portray Oxford as that type of place today. It’s not. The south has changed. You can make your own interpretation, but to dump on Oxford while saying Gainesville and Baton Rouge would be utopia was just baffling to me."

ESPN/SEC Network Analyst Paul Finebaum is on set prior to the college football Playoff Semifinal game at the Chick-fil-a Peach Bowl between the