There’s very little – if anything – that will leave Paul Finebaum speechless.

Yet, during his Thursday show, “Roger” from Texas left him stunned.

“As far as Jimbo’s contract, that $90 million (buyout), a hitman cost a lot less that that,” ‘Roger’ said of Fisher’s Texas A&M contract.

“Thank you and have a great day, Paul.”

When reached by AL.com during a commercial break of his show, Finebaum declined to comment about the caller.

“We take all threats seriously, implied or otherwise, and look into them accordingly. Comments such as these are wholly unacceptable,” an ESPN spokeswoman told AL.com.

AL.com has reached out to Texas A&M for comment but has not heard back at the time of this publication.

As news of the call spread across the Internet, so did a conspiracy theory which accuses Alabama coach Nick Saban and Finebaum of conspiring to bring down Fisher.

Generally, comments like these are dismissed as fans being, well, fanatical and are mostly attributed to the passion they have for their teams, but, as we have seen in the past, you can’t assume anything when it comes to “The Paul Finebaum Show.”

Last month, Pete Golding’s father called the show to threaten a listener for his negative comments directed toward the Alabama defensive coordinator.

Of course, this isn’t just words spoken over airwaves, thanks to Harvey Updyke, the Alabama football fan who made national headlines when he poisoned trees at Auburn University’s Toomer’s Corner in 2010.

Updyke, who died of natural causes in Louisiana in 2020 at the age of 71, became a household name among Alabama sports fans in 2011 when he called into the Paul Finebaum show claiming to have poisoned Auburn’s iconic trees after the Tigers’ win in the Iron Bowl the previous November.

He later pleaded guilty in 2013 to a felony charge of criminal damage of an agricultural facility and spent more than 70 days in jail. Updyke was also ordered to pay $800,000 in court-ordered penalties and restitution, but paid only a fraction of it before his death.

At the time of Updyke’s death, Finebaum said the Al from Dadeville call was “the singular most important moment in the history of the show. You get a call that you’re not sure what to make out of it at the time. It turns out to be a shot heard around college sports and sports in general.”

Mark Heim is a sports reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim.