|
Replies: 15
| visibility 1
|
Associate AD [810]
TigerPulse: 57%
Posts: 1555
Joined: 8/31/03
|
Just read an interestIng Clay Travis article on recruiting
Feb 8, 2013, 11:29 AM
|
|
He points out there are only about 7-8 non-SEC schools that are consistently recruiting at the level of the SEC schools. I bet you can guess who they are.
The article adds that the SEC had 7 of the top 12 classes and 13 of the top 30 this year and that it indicates the SEC will likely continue to place a team in the NC game but that the few schools recruiting at SEC level will likely have an easier path to a NC since it is typically only a two team race in their respective conferences: Clemson/FSU....Michigan/OSU.....OU/Texas....USC/Oregon.
In case some of you ACC haters are missing the point, putting Clemson in the SEC does not increase the chances of a NC and it apparently would not make much difference in recruiting. Recruiting at an SEC level and playing in the ACC almost guarantees 10 wins a year and that means there are usually only two games standing in the way of playing for a NC every year.
|
|
|
|
 |
All-In [28802]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 58393
Joined: 11/14/03
|
Miami would've been in there until a couple years ago
Feb 8, 2013, 11:32 AM
|
|
somehow, though, FSU and Miami were taking in top 10 classes every year and still finishing with around 8 wins.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Standout [333]
TigerPulse: 90%
Posts: 916
Joined: 4/21/05
|
Re: Just read an interestIng Clay Travis article on recruiting
Feb 8, 2013, 11:38 AM
|
|
but playing in the SEC would make Saturday's a LOT more interesting. Rather watch us play Tenn or Wake? Fla or NCSU? UGA or Virginia?
ACC football sucks. I love that we've gotten aggressive in our OOC scheduling...kudos to the AD for that. But watching our ACC schedule is boring.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Starter [397]
TigerPulse: 93%
Posts: 885
Joined: 11/30/98
|
Re: Just read an interestIng Clay Travis article on recruiting
Feb 8, 2013, 11:42 AM
|
|
> but playing in the SEC would make Saturday's a LOT
> more interesting. Rather watch us play Tenn or Wake?
> Fla or NCSU? UGA or Virginia?
>
> ACC football sucks. I love that we've gotten
> aggressive in our OOC scheduling...kudos to the AD
> for that. But watching our ACC schedule is boring.
Then don't watch or go to the games.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Standout [333]
TigerPulse: 90%
Posts: 916
Joined: 4/21/05
|
Re: Just read an interestIng Clay Travis article on recruiting
Feb 8, 2013, 11:46 AM
|
|
I watch one ACC game a week. Always will watch and pull for Clemson...doesn't mean I can't wish we were playing against other football schools.
|
|
|
|
|
|
110%er [7913]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 13703
Joined: 1/8/02
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trainer [48]
TigerPulse: 71%
Posts: 215
Joined: 7/20/10
|
Re: Just read an interestIng Clay Travis article on recruiting
Feb 8, 2013, 11:43 AM
|
|
i agree 100% that a nc would be easier in the acc,but there are alot of recruits that say that they fell in love with cu campus,coaches,players,family atmosphere the whole nine yards but end up signing with an sec school simply because of its the "sec" although we get our share not like the alabamas and floridas maybe its money idk see ole miss but def. the sec name.
|
|
|
|
|
|
110%er [7913]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 13703
Joined: 1/8/02
|
putting Clemson in the SEC is about revenue and more of it
Feb 8, 2013, 11:45 AM
|
|
it might help recruiting a very small bit but it would be more about $
|
|
|
|
|
|
Legend [16186]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 8525
Joined: 11/30/98
|
Re: putting Clemson in the SEC is about revenue and more of it
Feb 8, 2013, 12:17 PM
|
|
Typical SEC Schedules and road trips don't look so great across the board. There are some nice games in here, but there are also dogs in places you'd never want to visit.
@ *Vanderbilt (9-4)....Nashville
vs. East Carolina (8-5)
vs. Alabama-Birmingham (3-9)
vs. *Missouri (5-7)
@ *Kentucky (2-10)......Lexington
vs. *Georgia (12-2)
@ *Louisiana State .....Baton Rouge
@ *Florida (11-2) ......Gainsville
vs. *Tennessee (5-7)
vs. *Arkansas (4-8)
vs. Clemson (11-2).......Clemson
Five losers
vs. Jackson State (
vs. *Auburn (3-9)
@ Troy (5-7)
vs. South Alabama (2-11)
@ *Kentucky (2-10) ....Lexington
vs. *Tennessee (5-7)
vs. Middle Tennessee State (8-4)
@ *Alabama (13-1).....Tuscaloosa
vs. *Texas A&M (11-2)
@ *Louisiana State (10-3) ...Baton Rouge
vs. *Arkansas (4-8)
@ *Mississippi (7-6) .....Oxford.
4 losers plus Jackson State and Middle Tenn with 2 nice road trips.
vs. *South Carolina (11-2)
@ Northwestern (10-3)....At Chicago!
vs. Presbyterian (non-IA)
@ *Georgia (12-2)........At Athens
@ *Missouri (5-7) ........at Columbia
vs. *Florida (11-2)
vs. *Auburn (3-9)
vs. Massachusetts (1-11)
@ *Kentucky (2-10) .....At lexington
@ *Mississippi (7-6) ...at Oxford
vs. *Tennessee (5-7)
@ Wake Forest (5-7)...at Winston Salem
On Saturdays I go to watch Clemson play. Road games in the future at Miami, Tallahasee, Boston, Pittsburgh and Atlanta promise to be fun. Games an easy drive away at UNC, Virginia, VT promise to be nice collegiate experiences AND they are all in our time zone.
Follow who you want to follow. I support Clemson.
Harley
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-American [598]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 1040
Joined: 10/13/02
|
There's only 7-8 $ec schools recruiting at "$ec level"***
Feb 8, 2013, 11:56 AM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-In [26650]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 20744
Joined: 9/2/02
|
It also means the bottom-dwelling SEC teams
Feb 8, 2013, 11:59 AM
|
|
should become more competitive ... ie, lessens the chance of an undefeated SEC team ...
We'll see if Slive allows that.
What you'll see is kids that verbal to SEC schools will get an additional "star" by their name in the recruiting services.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commissioner [908]
TigerPulse: 95%
Posts: 2247
Joined: 11/27/07
|
Those additional stars mean higher preseason ranking, which
Feb 8, 2013, 12:05 PM
|
|
means more mistakes can be made getting to NC, which means espn and cbs are happy.
|
|
|
|
|
|
110%er [6226]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 8863
Joined: 5/30/01
|
Two thoughts on this...
Feb 8, 2013, 12:13 PM
|
|
1. For as good as Clemson's recruiting has been over the past 5 years, we do not consistently land Top 10 classes. It's consistently Top 20, with a 10-15 finish here and there. If we were in the SEC, I do believe we'd do even better. Would we land Top 10 classes every year? Probably not... But I think we'd do a little better. Ten years ago I'm not sure how much it matters, but now it does. The "SEC Factor" is alive and well, unfortunately.
2. We have a heck of a Head Coach. A guy that I feel understands his strengths and weaknesses and leverages them appropriately.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Orange Blooded [2609]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 6653
Joined: 9/1/11
|
well looking at SCar's schedule they should have a cakewalk
Feb 8, 2013, 12:21 PM
|
|
next season
|
|
|
|
|
|
Orange Blooded [2609]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 6653
Joined: 9/1/11
|
plus the format alone guarantees an SEC school bid***
Feb 8, 2013, 12:22 PM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CU Guru [1746]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 4364
Joined: 11/4/01
|
While we do have a easier path to the BCS title in the ACC..
Feb 8, 2013, 12:48 PM
|
|
and are recruiting at a high level....
If in the SEC, I firmly believe, with this current staff we would always finish Top 10 and Top 5 every few years in recruiting. We would be at the top every year.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Replies: 15
| visibility 1
|
|
|
50
