Re: TNET: WATCH: David Pollack thinks Clemson should join SEC

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Jul 30, 2021, 11:59 AM

Pollack HATES Clemson.
We knocked off Georgia after they won the National Championship! They still can't get over that, which is why they quit playing us every year.
They hate getting beat by Clemson more than any other school. They used to think they owned us.

Stay in the ACC or if it falls apart, then join the SEC. The ACC has numerous teams with National Championships in Football: Clemson, FSU, Miami, Georgia Tech, Pitt, (Maryland in the past). Along with others that have been close like VA Tech. We have to get the ACC to step up!

What’s the point of leaving, money? We can play any of the SEC teams if they will schedule us!
Texas A&M and Texas make twice the money we do at Clemson in total athletic revenue, counting IPTAY. Ohio State and Michigan are close to the top on revenue. We are about 30th in the NCAA based on athletic revenue. These other schools are huge, with giant Alumni bases. They graduate 2 or 3 times more students than we do every year and put 100,000 fans in the stands for most games, and their ticket prices are twice our prices.
We need to take care of Clemson and let the others schools struggle to 'be like Clemson'. Look at the mess at Texas, Texas A&M, Michigan, FSU, Auburn, USC, etc... Alabama dominates the SEC, and will continue to with Saban, just like Bear used to do.

Instead of changing conferences to improve our schedule, we should drop SC State, Akron, and Connecticut ‘type’ games. The Citadel and Furman are OK because of our old Southern Conference history. But Coastal and App State would be much better additions to our schedule, and play at least 2 SEC games per year along with the ND games. We can make our own schedule better with some creativity.

Go Tigers, Beat Georgia!

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I think Clemson should support the ACC right now. Long time Clemson University supporter here. Growing up, I had my issues with Greensboro. But a lot of things have changed over the decades, especially since the ACC expanded, and mostly for the better. Clemson is also, once again, the premiere program in ACC football, and one in the nation. And for now, it's become part of their identity again. But that could realistically change, too. It also took two decades of competing and recruiting in and against the big state of Florida to achieve that. And it took years of contributions, support, patience, and hard work to rebuild athletics the right way, and grow our "brand" to what it is now.

And the school benefits too from that brand.
Aside from being a founding member in the ACC, I also think there are probable advantages to being in a league with better schools academically, and schools with better cultures on campus. I love and enjoy Clemson athletics, but the university has grown and diversified, academically as well. And it really is all about the University's future in the end. Sure, there might be certain advantages money wise to making a rash or quick move for the media dollars. But we stand to possibly lose other advantages, and potentially, part of that identity. Would Clemson's identity and brand being absorbed into just a bigger brand, be better for the students, and the alumni in the long run? Does all that really matter, even, in the long run? I am not so sure, yet.
I think Clemson needs to be patient, support their league, analyze all the data and the facts, or as much as it can, before making any rash decisions. I am sure, and hope their leaders will.
Look before you leap.

TNET: WATCH: David Pollack thinks Clemson should join SEC