Why I don't EVER want to be in the SEC or any other league.

Jul 16, 2011, 3:05 PM

1. I like who we are. We have been playing ACC schools since the early 1950s and have great rivalries with most of the teams. Because we've won the league more than most, and because we've been the big boy on the block most of the time, we are a big game on the schedule of almost every one of our opponents. We matter to them.

(Contrast that with the teams who have switched leagues. No one in the Big Ten gives a crap about Penn State. No one in the SEC gives a crap about Arkanasas. Those teams could evaporate tomorrow and almost no one on their schedule would give a ####. Look at SC. Every one of their games in the league are almost a no never mind to their opponents. Who thinks Nebraska will matter to any of her new big ten opponents? The won't. The huskers walked away from their natural rivals to be the perpetual game no one really cares about.)

2. Our away games offer great road trips. FSU offers a big stadium, against a traditionally great team. GT offers Atlanta. BC offers Boston. Maryland offers Washington. Miami offers Miami. You want to make a long weekend out of a game trip, enjoy some local color and have a good time with the wife and a couple of couples? Our road games offer that in spades. You want the perfect college venue, at a real school with tradition, and a nice campus? We got that at the most of the other ACC schools. And, many of our traditional rivals are right down the road. It's an easy day trip for us to away games at 7 of the teams in our league.

(Contrast that with the endless drive from the east coast to the Mississippi River and the central time zone. Contrast our away game venues with Starkville, Gainsville, nowhere Kentucy, or Fayetteville? You EVER hear of someone talking about the good time they had in those nowherevilles? Switching makes NO sense for a fan of the games who goes to the games.)

3. We are a University. We are first tier. We associate with GT, UNC, UVa, Duke, WF, BC. Compare the academics at our place and those in our league with those at Auburn, Alabama, Miss, Miss State, Kentucky, Arkansas, and SC? There is no comparison. Ours is a league of decent universities.

4. There is nothing we cannot win from where we sit today. We can win our league and play in BCS game. We can win the national title, no question. Why would we want to change?

5. Our home games have big crowds in arguably the best stadium in America. Fans who visit our place rave about
the ambiance. We don't need someone else to buy our tickets. No one in America has a better home game setting or home game experience than Clemson. Ask the Gameday guys. We don't need anything from anybody to improve our football Saturdays.

People at Clemson who really really want to be in the SEC are usually guys who foolishly want to be like SC. Those fellows grew up listening to Tommy Suggs and ole what's his hame saying 'sec quality' and they bought it hook line and sinker. The fans who want to change spend too much time watching ESPN and they want to be part of that TV networks pet league.

The games are played live. Go see'em.

Harley

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Why I don't EVER want to be in the SEC or any other league.

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