Actually, had they done what they promised they were going to do in 1971 and left the ACC with us they might have had a shot in '91 when the deals we're being cut. But they preferred to bail at the last minute and stay in the basketball conference where they were king of football at the time.

It has cost them many times since and it will cost them again in the long run.

However, they are jelly ... they would blow every SEC fan, coach and AD in the league to be in the SEC. And once the cheating on the recruiting trail catches up with them ... it'll be over, this little run of theirs.

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Posted on 9/15/17 at 10:53 pm to scrooster

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Posted by dcbl

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Posted on 9/15/17 at 11:02 pm to scrooster

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Actually, had they done what they promised they were going to do in 1971 and left the ACC with us they might have had a shot in '91 when the deals we're being cut. But they preferred to bail at the last minute and stay in the basketball conference where they were king of football at the time.

They never had a shot

Vince Dooley hated Clemson and worked hard behind the scenes to ensure that SC got the invite when FSU turned us down.

We were going to expand. Our primary targets were FSU and Arkansas.

When the Criminoles bailed, there was a big push to grab Clemson. But Coach Dooley shut it down and was successful in lobbying to give the invite to the Gamecocks instead.