Re: Interesting comparison. Rivals Team rankings by year.

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Aug 13, 2013, 6:23 PM

It goes deeper than that, When Dabo took over his first recruiting year as the head man was only 12 deep and I think that 3 or 4 never made it or transferred so only 8 or 9 actually only really contributed. When you have a class that low in numbers it hurts depth, quality of the team, and the the numbers of guys you feel comfortable using on the field. We had the youngest team in the country in 2011 we had 43 or 44 true or red-shirt freshmen and we won the ACC championship and won 10 games for the first time in decades so if you ask me it was nothing but coaching that got those young cats to where they were and where they are at now. We have only had what around 10 or so give or take a couple players that were seniors for the past couple years opposed to 20 or 22 like most of the programs, now we will have those types of numbers next year but I think we are heavy soph and junior as well this year. What most of you fail to remember is that a lot of those DBs that USuCk got the year TB was fired was actually heavy Clemson leans but after TB "resigned" we lost a lot of good recruits being commits or from consideration. Regardless of what most people think it has taken the past year or 2 for Dabo to gain the credibility he needed for a lot of these kids needed to see before they invested 4 or 5 years in this great program. Your always gonna have about 5 or 6 highly recruited guys that are just Clemson guys and would be here regardless. Now as far as the trenches we have done a better job of that the past couple years we are always gonna struggle being in SEC country and every media pundit in the country telling these cats if you want to play in the league you need to be in that conference but if you had money in something you would push people in that direction too. We have to change that and beat everyone on the schedule and everything will take care of itself, we recruit D@MN well just think if we could throw beating 2 SEC teams, FSU, ACC Coastal Division Champ and win a Natty along with the sells pitch what that would do for the best university in the country, and I think it can be done and be done this year... NOW STDB AND LETS PLAY SOME FOOTBALL!!!!!!!

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Thanks Thomas Sumter I agree 100% there is no difference right now wit the quality of players, Clemson has good coaches but are losing. I feel strongly that has to do with toughness and week in week out getting banged up and playing tough competition

Give Clemson a schedule of playing Fla St type teams 4 times in 1 year add UGA add USC and a few cupcakes and see if the product doesn't get better

Why else would USC be so scared of Clemson getting into the SEC. They already recruit incredibly, if they were in SEC they would get the players who want to beat the best and want to be in the best conference (right now) and would play tough games and get even better. The ceiling is higher for Clemson than it is for USC

Interesting comparison. Rivals Team rankings by year.

Trenches... they have recruit better in the trenches

Good point.

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Tell 'em coot

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I think that's it. Going back to TB's early years, it seems

Dabo has had time to recruit and develop linemen.