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UF/SC people: Does this change the calculus re: FSU and Clemson?

Posted on 8/21/25 at 5:20 pm
Posted by TheSandman
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Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 8/21/25 at 5:20 pm
I’m curious if, a few years down the line, it’ll get to the point where the idea of FSU/Clemson as conference games becomes more attractive, to allow more variance in the OOC schedule without having 11/12 games per year being “big” ones

Thinking in terms of admin trying to improve fan experience
Posted by GamecockUltimate
Columbia,SC
Member since Feb 2019
9123 posts
Posted on 8/21/25 at 5:25 pm to
Admin may want it.


Fans for SC wont. Screw Clemson, don't reward them with a piece of the SEC pie.
Posted by RandySavage
9 Time Natty Winner
Member since May 2012
34578 posts
Posted on 8/21/25 at 5:30 pm to
quote:

Thinking in terms of admin trying to improve fan experience


lol thinking anyone anywhere cares about that. The only thing they care about experiencing is taking the money out of your wallet.
Posted by southpawcock
Member since Oct 2015
16576 posts
Posted on 8/21/25 at 5:31 pm to
Clemson are a pile of flapping vaginas. They could have left the ACC with us but pussied out like the gaping vaginas they are.
Posted by TheSandman
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Member since Nov 2010
19511 posts
Posted on 8/21/25 at 5:33 pm to
quote:

lol thinking anyone anywhere cares about that. The only thing they care about experiencing is taking the money out of your wallet.
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Posted by Outback Ray
Member since May 2021
349 posts
Posted on 8/21/25 at 5:34 pm to
I think it depends on what becomes more important to the league More valuable inventory or new markets.
Posted by 1801
Charleston
Member since Aug 2012
8352 posts
Posted on 8/21/25 at 5:37 pm to
tbh - I don't think either of those 2 want to come to the SEC now with the adjusted revenue share model the ACC just caved in to giving them -

those two both know they have an unbelievably easier path to a post-season playoff as things are now -

the SOS aspect the CFP committee is now talking about doesn't guarantee anything for teams playing tougher conference schedules - we're still gonna see SEC teams get left out for better records from other conferences - it's all lip service from the committee -

sometimes I wanna see Clem U get bulldozed with injuries week after week in SEC play - other times I wanna just laugh at them because they're playing in Pittsburgh and Syracuse
Posted by RiverBoatGamblerO
Member since Aug 2025
483 posts
Posted on 8/21/25 at 5:39 pm to
It looks like they made a wiser decision honestly. SC hasn't won anything while Clemson is constantly ranked high and has won some NCs. It took Lou Holtz and Steve Spurrier to get you up to a somewhat respectable status as an SEC program and even Spurrier couldn't win big.
This post was edited on 8/21/25 at 5:41 pm
Posted by bamabaseballsec
Member since Dec 2020
3159 posts
Posted on 8/21/25 at 6:04 pm to
Clemson are a pile of flapping vaginas. They could have left the ACC with us but pussied out like the gaping vaginas they are.

False usce and Clem weren’t asked together. Clem was invited with unc. Unc said no Clem said yes. When Kramer told the sec that they’d have to find a replacement for unc the original ten decided against Clem. Usce wasn’t invited until atm fsu and Miami said no.
This post was edited on 8/21/25 at 11:01 pm
Posted by bamabaseballsec
Member since Dec 2020
3159 posts
Posted on 8/21/25 at 6:06 pm to
It looks like they made a wiser decision honestly. SC hasn't won anything while Clemson is constantly ranked high and has won some NCs. It took Lou Holtz and Steve Spurrier to get you up to a somewhat respectable status as an SEC program and even Spurrier couldn't win big.

Negative usce was horrible pre sec. Most of the best years of usce football are in the sec. They never won a bowl game til like 98 or something
Posted by gamecockman12
Columbia, SC
Member since Aug 2012
7989 posts
Posted on 8/21/25 at 6:09 pm to
I still want Clemson on the schedule. Even if it's tougher on SC, rivalries matter in CFB.
Posted by PJinAtl
Atlanta
Member since Nov 2007
13883 posts
Posted on 8/21/25 at 6:15 pm to
Wouldn't adding Clemson and FSU screw up the 6/3 split that allows a team to play everyone else home and away over a 4 year span?

16 team league with 12 non annual opponents needs 24 games (6x4) to get everyone home and home.

18 team league with 14 non annual opponents would take 28 games. Can't do that in 4 years.
Posted by MizzouTrue
Member since Jun 2016
4772 posts
Posted on 8/21/25 at 6:23 pm to
Look at 2010-2013

Carolina consistently beat Clemson, but Clemson was rewarded with BCS bowls and conference titles, while all South Carolina got was a single SECE title and a few Outback Bowl wins

Last year as well. Clemson goes 9-3, loses to Carolina, yet they win the ACC and get a playoff berth. South Carolina goes 9-3, beats Clemson, and all they get is like the Belk Bowl against Illinois and Bert

So even when Clemson has inferior teams, they still get rewarded because they play in the ACC
This post was edited on 8/21/25 at 6:25 pm
Posted by TrueLefty
St. Louis County
Member since Oct 2017
18148 posts
Posted on 8/21/25 at 6:26 pm to
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Last year as well. Clemson goes 9-3, loses to Carolina, yet they win the ACC and get a playoff berth. South Carolina goes 9-3, beats Clemson, and all they get is like the Belk Bowl against Illinois and Bert

And lose to Illinois and Bert.
Posted by dstone12
Texan
Member since Jan 2007
38165 posts
Posted on 8/21/25 at 6:34 pm to
quote:

Fans for SC wont. Screw Clemson, don't reward them with a piece of the SEC pie.


I’m not SC/UF/Ga/KY, but another angle is that yes they get a slice of the pie, but they don’t have only two games to prepare for.

Usually there are only two or three teams in the ACC rust are good.

Those four teams’ ACC rivals will have more losses and I can see those four enjoying that.
Posted by TheSandman
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Member since Nov 2010
19511 posts
Posted on 8/21/25 at 6:46 pm to
I’m working under the (already being reported) assumption that the ACC will collapse in 2031 once the GOR penalty gets low enough and UNC bolts to the SEC
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