So you ARE dense. Clemson gets favorable scheduling (when they're projected to be one of the top teams in the ACC in a given year). We agree, yes? So does FSU, some years (like, every one of the last 20, roughly). So does Alabama, because Alabama. So does LSU, because Alabama's main competition. So do OSU and Michigan. It's not coincidence, it's a fact, and as near as I can tell, we agree on this point.
You are contending that this happens because Dabo has some sort of pull with the ACC office and commissioner, which ostensibly means Nick Saban and Urban Meyer also have pull with their respective offices. The truth of the matter is that the ACC, SEC, and BIG12 all want to maximize profits, both from TV revenue and bowl payouts. How would a given conference do this? By scheduling their top teams favorably. The SEC wasn't about to give Saban and Alabama a tough game the weekend before playing LSU, and then thought better of it because Nick picked up the phone and called Sankey. It happens regardless of what Saban, Swinney, and Meyer say, because conferences like money and want more of it. The doofus on the radio was correct.
Please, PLEASE tell me you've grasped this concept now. Dabo isn't a puppet master and he isn't pulling strings in the conference offices. Dabo is a goober who happens to have a team that has potential to make a lot of money for his conference.
Now, please...argue some more.