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People keep framing the Ole Miss–Clemson situation as standard “tampering,” which is typically a Level II issue. That’s true in most cases—but this one may carry bigger risks for Ole Miss…especially now with the Fresno State allegations.

In the Clemson case, the reported messages from Pete Golding (“how much would it cost…”) go beyond simple contact and could fall under impermissible inducements, which are treated as Level I violations. It will be interesting to see what the texts said in the Fresno State case.

Now - this is the bigger issue. Clemson’s GM and AD reportedly alerted Ole Miss’ leadership before the Cal/Clemson LB player entered the portal, warning them that the OM coaching staff communication was improper. Despite that, the contact allegedly continued.

If those reports are accurate, the concern for Ole Miss isn’t just tampering—it’s whether the administration failed to act after being notified. That’s the type of scenario the NCAA has previously classified as lack of institutional control, a Level I category.

Nothing may ultimately come of it, but the potential exposure here appears to be larger than a routine tampering case.

OM had a large portal class. I suspect that the Clemson player and Fresno player weren’t the only ones whose transfers were handled this way. I suspect Dabo’s press conference may have opened the floodgates with respect to Ole Miss violations.

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And the LSU women’s team is also the clear tile favorite this year as well

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LSU women are stacked at the top of the lineup. Brace and Cross are the top 2 UTR rated players in women’s college. They were the only two college players in the women’s draw (qualifying) at the Aussie Open. Add in great pickups and replacements at the 3rd and 4th lines, they are a legit national title contender this year.

That said - I wouldn’t say they are the clear favorite. I follow and listen to a number of tennis podcasts including college….and the consensus talk is that this is the first time in a few years it’s not either aTm or UGa and everyone else for the women’s title. Instead, the talk is there are 5 true title contenders this year - including LSU.

As stacked as LSUs lineup is - Auburns similarly stacked with former/current pros. Georgia - same. aTm too. Then there’s Okie State and Stanford.

LSUs Cross will also be playing a lot of tournaments throughout the season. Hopefully she stays healthy and the constant travel doesn’t affect her play. Both she and Brace struggled today against Marshall in both singles and doubles. If LSU is going to compete for the natty, they need those two to come through for them.

Swinney says this doesn't need to be a three-month or three-week investigation, should take three days. Unless Ole Miss is lying.

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Dabo Swinney says he called Clemson AD Graham Neff and ACC commish Jim Phillips.

"We turned everything into the NCAA ... There's tampering, and then there's blatant tampering."
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The school has 48 hours to enter the paper work after being notified by the player that the player wants to enter the portal.

Clemson’s top portal signee was the ACC freshman defensive player of the year. He was at Cal last Fall. Entered the portal. He committed to Clemson in early January after visits. He signed a contract with Clemson. He enrolled in school and attended classes this week. He participated in team meetings this week. He apparently told Dabo last night at 9 PM he wanted to re-enter the portal. He and his family told Clemson he’s had multiple discussions with Golding this week and OM was doubling his NIL offer (after losing the LB to LSU). There was no formal announcement of his entry into the portal yet because the paper work hasn’t been formally submitted. But he is “in the portal” as Clemson has until Sunday to file the paper work. The Clemson site reported he is no longer on Clemson’s campus and is now in Oxford.

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Brett McMurphy Tweet with Bowl Results

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ACC just needs to be burned to the ground

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To recap for OP:

SEC 4-9 / 2-7 (2-2 played 2 games against each other OU/Bama UGA/Miss).

Wins out of conference, 1 quality win
Ole Miss over Tulane
Texas over Michigan

Playoffs

Acc 2-0
Sec 3-4
Big 10 3-1
Big 12 0-1
Aac 0-1
Sun belt 0-1

5th place ACC team Miami still in the hunt for the Natty.

7 ACC teams win 9+ games, and none of them are named Clemson, FSU or Va. Tech.

8 bowl wins so far (2-11 last year).

7-6 vs SEC.

ACC is just as good as Big 1G.

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His recruiting has been underwhelming lately too. Current class is only ranked 4th in the lowely ACC

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Well, to be fair, ACC did go 6-6 against the SEC this year.

I forgot the biggest one - Miami going on road to beat aTm in round 1 of the playoffs. Miami had more ACC regular season losses than aTm had in the SEC.

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quote:This is how bad the ACC was this year. SMU beat Miami and is the 2nd place team in the ACC. They lost to TCU (9th best in the Big-12) and Baylor (11th best in the Big-12). Pitt who is the 4th best in the ACC lost to WVU (14th best in the Big-12).

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I’m not saying the ACC is a good conference, but it’s pretty easy to cherry pick games here and there. As bad as the ACC supposedly is:

Florida State beat Alabama (who was no 1 seed abs conference runner up)

Louisville beat Kentucky (who took UTexas to overtime)

Clemson beat South Carolina (who was preseason top 12 and had then no 2 aTm on the ropes)

Miami beat Florida (who beat UTexas)

All by 2 TDs or more.

Oh - and Georgia Tech lost by only 7 to the SEC champion Georgia in a much closer game than Bama did - in what amounted to a UGa home game as opposed to the 50/50 ticket split for Bama/UGa.

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Not only that, but he made the call while on the plane.

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And UHigh asked who the bridesmaids were as well.