re: How bad does Clemson want to be in the SEC?

I doubt Clemson cares about the SEC. They are located in the southeast region, and their league may be top to bottom better this year.

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I doubt Clemson cares about the SEC. They are located in the southeast region, and their league may be top to bottom better this year.

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It's hard to tell, really, but it's possible. The certainly do have an inferiority complex though, and I'm curious why? I mean, we have several posters that stay on a SEC message board, and cry if we don't stroke their egos and tell them they really did have a good team last year. They don't seem to understand that winning a National Championship does not make their lives better or my life worse in any way. And after reading some of their posts, I would say winning a National Championship doesn't make them smarter, either.

Not to mention the rather liberal definition of "never sniff(ing) the championship game"... Fine to say we didn't play in one, but 2012 SECCG would probably disagree with the premise of "sniffing"...

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Now, how does that change what he said? that playing a tough schedule is one of the reasons the SEC was so strong during our 7 straight year run of National Championships.

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BTW, let me know when the ACC wins 7 in a row.

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You must be a closet USCe fan.

Did it make you feel good to know that all those teams kicking your arse were winning championships? I'm not sure what to make of your post. If Clemson isn't winning, what joy would VT winning a championship give me?

"Well, we couldn't do it, but a team that kicked the shite out of us in September sure won it all!"

IF Georgia ever manages to win anything, you'll have a different outlook. You don't even know what winning feels like.

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You must be a closet USCe fan.

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Not a fan, but I don't mind them. I don't know why y'all are so threatened by them, if you think you are so superior.

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Did it make you feel good to know that all those teams kicking your arse were winning championships?

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Nope. We had our years, too. came within an eyelash of winning it all in 2012. I mean you've had 3 years where you came close to winning a National Championship in 40 years, but you think you are a great program. We've at least had several years where we finished top 5, since 1980.

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But, I have an inferiority complex because I'm posting in a thread with CLEMSON right in the title?

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I understand that. So instead of trying to tell people how good you are last year and this year, why don't you address the OP? It shows your insecurity to try to change the topic instead of just addressing the question and moving on.

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I'll tell you what is good about winning one - getting to smear it in Georgia and USCe fans' faces.

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And you think a Georgia fan would care because.......why? Clemson winning it has as much affect on me as BYU winning it. You aren't our rivals.

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And then being name-called because it hurts your feelings.

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Mind pointing out where I called you a name? Insecurity. if anybody disagrees with you, or doesn't tell you haw good your team is you take offense.

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getting to smear it in Georgia and USCe fans' faces

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And then being name-called because it hurts your feelings.

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The lack of introspection is amazing

I am amazed this thread is still going on...The closest I would say Clemson would have ever thought about jumping conferences was when the merry-go-round of conference alignment was going on..It was a real mess full of speculation.

If the ACC looked as if were in trouble of falling apart then Clemson and probably FSU would have tried to find a new landing home...When Maryland, a founding member of the ACC jumped ship that just addend to the speculation.

John Swofford, who ironically Clemson fans don't like due to his UNC ties, was brilliant in poaching the Big East to the point of making that league fall apart in football...West Virginia wanted in the ACC but was not invited and they had to settle for the best deal they could get and ended up in the Big 12...which is a league that is still on thin ice IMO.

There were rumors of Clemson and FSU going to the Big 12 as well if the SEC would not have taken them...

Bottom line is Clemson is a founding member of the ACC and the conference is probably has healthy as it has even been. It is winning Football national titles with multiple teams and winning basketball titles with multiple teams. The school just opened up a 50 million dollar football complex and Dabo is the second highest paid coach in the nation coming off a national title.

The real question is what schools in the SEC, Big 10, American and even the Big 12 might want to be in the ACC?

If Notre Dame ever joins and the conference wants a 16th member to balance the division I have a feeling they won't have any problems finding a college that would crawl on broken glass to get in.