Dildo for OSU to the SEC....FIFY!
Most everyone has that opinion, and while it would make life more difficult, since Dabo arrived Clemson has played the SEC teams pretty tough. We forget sometimes that Clemson usually runs into the SEC champ in the playoffs, so they get the best of the league every year. and they rarely get run out of the stadium. Something few SEC members can say. Now wether their able to maintain that strength for a whole season, that’s a subjective opinion. Frankly, as long as Saban is there no one beating Bama on a regular basis. Also I don’t think that OSU’s present stranglehold on the BIG is as secure as what BAMA has.
Yeah, that’s a sure bet. It’s silly to think things would somehow play out otherwise. For better or for worse, sports in the United States is all about the money. (Yes, I know most everything is.)
There is a difference between getting up for a couple of games in the playoffs and having an entire schedule where you have to be up almost every week. That's what has plagued PSU. They schedule Michigan and Ohio St back to back most years. Last year they started us with Indiana which was a surprise top 15 team and followed that up with Ohio St. Right now Clemson never gets caught looking ahead and is never coming off of back to back emotional knock out, drag out fights. It's cake walk, playoff.
I very much disagree. Your statement is fatuous; nobody plays more than "two powerhouses" every year, and Penn State certainly did not play 8 "creampuffs."
They usually play 1 tough OOC game and a few difficult games in their league. They have an easier path to the playoffs in the ACC. The point I was making is that they would not be able to dominate in the SEC. PSU found out the B1G was much more of a weekly grind. I have been a PSU fan since before the entry into the B1G so I understand your point. Just highlighting the uphill battle Clemson would face in the SEC.
Thanks. Saved me the time in responding to that hogwash......
I seem to remember many years ago there was a post here about the old "Eastern Independent" schools records against the Big 10. If you removed Penn State, Ohio State and Michigan from the equation, the eastern schools had a winning record against the Big 10.
Bama would beat them regularly if they played every year during the season.
Historically Bama has held the upper hand. However in the 21st century, since 2008 they have met five times. In that year Bowden was still the head Clemson coach for that game. With both Dabo and Saban as head coaches they have split four games two apiece. That doesn’t sound like regular beatings, but I don’t want to disturb the narrative. Now I don’t know how they would match up every year as conference opponents, (honestly no one knows for certain, but we all have an opinion) but automatically relegating them to being annually beaten maybe a stretch. Especially as long as Dabo is there, and before I’m assaulted I’m NOT a Dabo fan.
I think Clemson is an elite football program as long as Dabo Sweeney is there. There is no question they would not be as dominant in the SEC. I am also interested to see what happens to them when Sweeney leaves. They were a good, not great program before he showed up. I also think Alabama is going to take a step back when Nick Saban leaves. Alabama's history is largely due to two coaches. Bear Bryant and Nick Saban. While they certainly had some good teams, there was a whole lot of mediocrity between Bryant and Saban. It takes the right guy to put up with everything surrounding that program. Almost every program goes through a down period. Look at all of the so called blue bloods like Alabama, Michigan, USC, Texas, Florida, Florida State, and Nebraska. They have all slipped at one time or another and some of them have had a really hard time getting off the deck.
Of course Bama plays a tougher schedule, only an idiot would deny that. Unfortunately for your reply, that wasn’t what I was addressing. I merely responded to comments that Clemson would be regularly beaten by Bama. I showed how recent History has proven that incorrect especially with the present coaches.
I think Clemson’s best ACC opponent would probably be an annual cellar dweller in the SEC. That’s what makes their post season success so intriguing to me. Everyone says they receive almost a free pass to the playoffs, which I agree.
Some of these wet behind the ears posters here call themselve PSU fans and don't know the history of the program. Too bad some of us were PSU fans in the 50s and studied the history of PSU football from it's inception till today.
Yeah, like 1982 when they played five Top-15 teams before beating #1 in the Sugar Bowl. Or 1983 when they played six Top-20 teams. Or 1984 when they played four Top-20 teams. Boy I miss those cream puff schedules!
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My god. For non Clemson football players, what are the legal ramifications of something like this? Obviously a law suit and you would have to pay for the persons medical expense at minimum?Just when I thought I couldn't dislike Dabo any more:
Swinney: Discipline for Clemson DB Fred Davis is Underway
Clemson defensive back Fred Davis II is facing internal discipline from the university and head coach Dabo Swinney following a traffic accident that left a mail carrier with severe injuries.
This guy should be in jail, not playing football this week.
Nick Saban is 69 years old and Dabo Sweeney is 51 years old. Guess who is going to be the new coach at Alabama when Saban exits?!?!
There is certainly civil liability and I think in many states a felony vehicular assault charge would be likely. But apparently SC has very weak laws when it comes to traffic accidents resulting in harm:
