Clemson and Florida State To The SEC?
With all the mega-conference talk and who’s who of who joining the SEC, we had a real good SEC rumor today. ESPN’s Marc Ryan reported that Clemson and Florida State reached out with interest in possibly joining the conference.
BREAKING: Clemson and Florida State have reached out to the SEC about joining the conference, per @MarcRyanOnAir pic.twitter.com/k7j4JDBPQq
— PFF College (@PFF_College) August 2, 2021
But this was quickly debunked when officials believe that Texas and Oklahoma are more valuable than the two ACC giants.
➡ @MarcRyanOnAir: The SEC is concerned that streaming numbers for Clemson+Florida State don't bring what Oklahoma+Texas do.
Notre Dame is the only "free agent" left that would "add to the pot." pic.twitter.com/yKlRHxqK1N
— PFF College (@PFF_College) August 2, 2021
Look, all of this mega-conference shit might destroy the sport. But what do I know. I personally like the conferences and I get why Texas and Oklahoma moved on. But why would Clemson and Florida State want to join the SEC? If anything, it makes their path to a championship near impossible. Florida State hasn’t been relevant since Jameis Winston and Jimbo Fisher, and I fully expect Clemson to have a down year without Trevor Lawrence. So why would you leave the ACC that you dominate annually for a conference that is loading up to overthrow the NCAA? Doesn’t make sense.
And to the point that Marc Ryan said about the streaming numbers, that is right. If Clemson isn’t on ESPN or ABC, how the fuck do you watch them? Real talk, has anyone ever watched a game on the ACC Network? If so, can you show me how you did it? Of course there numbers are low compared to Oklahoma and Texas. Texas has their own network and the Big-12 network actually has a TV channel.
I also don’t know how much of this Clemson and Florida State reached out to the SEC I believe. I feel like both of those school pride themselves on being apart of the ACC. In my opinion, I think the ACC is the best conference in all sports. So why leave just for one sport? I understand that that one sport pays for the rest but it doesn’t make sense to lose championship revenue for regular season revenue.
If the SEC wants to overthrow the NCAA and create a mega-conference, go right ahead. But once they start poaching teams from not the Southeast then we might be seeing a revolution amongst the sport of college football.
-John (Uncle_mac4)
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