The NCAA doesn’t need Clemson. Frankly, they don’t need Alabama either. If next year’s playoff is comprised of Texas, Oregon, Ohio State and Georgia the interest in it will be just fine.
Clemson Is In For A Huge Fall From the Mountain..............
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The NCAA doesn’t need Clemson. Frankly, they don’t need Alabama either. If next year’s playoff is comprised of Texas, Oregon, Ohio State and Georgia the interest in it will be just fine.
What on Earth makes you think there will be an investigation?
It’s called Recruiting. When half of your incoming class are 5 Stars and 4 Stars then naturally they will be bigger , stronger , faster . When half your class are 3 Stars they look puny .
I see nothing that keeps Clemson out of the playoffs for the foreseeable future, and would give a better than 75% chance that Alabama joins them. Other than the fans of these 2 schools, it gets difficult for viewers to tune in to the same thing year after year. I'm sure the NCAA would love to see your playoff, but considering the first 4 yrs of the playoff, and how recruiting is going, I just don't see anything changing in the pecking order.
If you think Clemson is going to turn themselves in for something you are wrong. It's the greatest political spin machine in history. They made an armed robbery go away, all the while not having to explain how a current player had a luxury apartment with loads of cash stored in it and how said robbers knew it was in there.
I agree with you we are likely to continue seeing Clemson and Bama for a while longer.
My point was if Clemson or Bama got in serious trouble and were made ineligible for some reason, the NCAA/CFP would not suffer because of their absence. There are more than enough “brands” to go around in college football.
Now in basketball, I don’t doubt they will never seriously investigate Coach K or Roy Williams. Even if the FBI hands them a neat package with proof of obvious violations, I question their willingness to damage the darling programs.
Will be interesting to see if Kansas and Self face any real consequences from the FBI investigation.
Money aside, I don't think being a head coach would be very fun. If Venables doesn't care about the money, I can easily see why he'd rather do what he's doing. He actually gets to coach and not deal with most of the off the field responsibilities.
To test your theory, then why didn't the NCAA investigate Bama the last several years.
If that is the trigger that indicates massive cheating, why hasn't Bama been investigated?
Alabama is a blue blood... they can do whatever they want. There is no question that they are filthy though... although you could make the argument that they get some recruits just because of the legend of Bryant and their history. And to be clear, I don't think ANYONE is getting investigated very much. It's in the NCAA's best interests to turn a blind eye to most of this... and like I said earlier, if it's done correctly, they'd have a hell of a time proving much anyway.
Nothing is going to boil over at Clemson. And unfortunately, I don't see them being threatened until Lawrence takes his game to the NFL. And they just keep stockpiling the talent. I'd love for the NCAA to stumble onto something that couldn't be swept under the rug. A whistleblower from inside the program would be nice. But Dabo seems to keep things under wraps pretty good, so I don't see that happening
I nominate you to call the NCAA because the overwhelming proof uncovered on this message board is damning and Clemson football would only be a memory.
In all seriousness, so why wouldn't Bama winning an unprecidented 5 of the last 10 championships be any indication of cheating? Is the inclination that Bama can win honestly and CU cannot? The NCAA doesn't need Clemson because no one outside SC knows where it is.
It was Joe Walcott, the Barbados Demon, welterweight champion of the world from 1901-1904, who actually coined the phrase "the bigger they are the harder they fall." Bob Fitzsimmons certainly popularized the saying before he faced Jim Jeffries, but it was Walcott who first said it.
Joe Walcott, The Barbados Demon...“The Bigger They Are The Harder They Fall.
But it's better to have loved and been heartbroken than to never to have loved at all
Don’t think that pots going to call the kettle black.
research it and show him, give him the proof, then he will have to believe it.
If you are looking for the perfect whistleblower, wouldn't Tavien Feaster be the guy? He was a 5 star recruit that left the program and is now on your roster. If anyone could spill the beans on just how dirty Clemson is it would seem he would be the guy.
or Josh Belk...or Kelly Bryant...or any others who have transferred out or any recruits that were courted but never offered a scholarship. Seems like if something incriminating was there it would have been uncovered by now. The only incriminating evidence thus far is on a rivals message board.
When you got 3 star players like wash st coaching must outperform the opponent
If they are cheating, we better be doing everything in our power to figure out how...so that we can cheat too. The gap between the two programs widens by the day.
Clemson is winning because they are getting great players and have a good/stable staff. No magic.
