Sankey to meet with BOT tomorrow
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Doesn’t sound good. Not terrible but a change is coming.
To be honest, I think letting Clemson in helps our football scheduling more than anything else.
I’d rather give up playing cu every year than have them in the SEC. Anything good for cu is bad for us.
Probably a fairly standard meeting. Doubt any serious news will come out of it.
I don't think it's good for them. Sure they'd get more money. But they'd be a mid pack SEC team. They're currently selling elite players on sleepwalking backwards, blindfolded, into the playoff.
Clemson in the SEC is nothing but a big plus for us. Gives us a non-conference game back, which is enormous. And it ensures Clemson would be a 3-4 loss team most years, sometimes worse, and not contending for titles.
And nobody should even bother with the SEC money argument. Every team in the SEC is getting SEC money, but how many are contenders?
That's just no fun. But honestly, does it happen often? I can't recall this being reported in the past. Maybe it's normal, just nobody picked up on it?
Common, rational sense there, guys. I take a backseat to nobody in my dislike of Clemson.
Oppose them coming into the SEC if any of you guys choose. But, that's "thinking with your heart, not your head".
I hate Clemson. But I hate them because they are our rival. Rivals play each other.
I don't _want_ them in the SEC. But if keeping them out of the SEC means not having a rival, then that feels like cutting off our nose to spite our face.
I hope the BOT will say tomorrow what he said. If not, I hope the sports media will dig into it.
I just hope he does not say: "We are a football conference. Pull your weight Gamecocks or else".
I just hope he does not say: "We are a football conference. Pull your weight Gamecocks or else".
They will meet and whatever decision they make as long as it doesn't "hurt" the Gamecocks sports programs I will be ok with it..Besides I know clemdung' bytes but if they are let into the SEC so be it..Have faith the Gamecocks will always be in the SEC.
I think they'll be getting a little orientation on some things - including the nine-game schedule and the matter of permanent scheduling partners. Probably a little more on the 14-team playoff proposal. But nothing too sensitive regarding future expansion, etc. inasmuch as these guys won't all be able to keep their mouths shut.
Yeah. I agree. Probably some stuff from their little partnership with B1G. It won’t be exciting.
Apparently, he was also here to watch Dawn get her 600th win and 8th SEC championship.
Yeah, and I'm not even sure why, from the emotional standpoint, our fans wouldn't want Clemson in the SEC. Aside from the fact that it makes things much easier on us, it makes things harder on them. Isn't that a win-win?
And I don't buy for a single, solitary second that any of our fans would rather see the rivalry end. Some posters on here in the past have actually tried to say the Clemson game isn't that important to them, which is nonsensical hogwash. If the Clemson game isn't important to you, you're not a Gamecock fan. Simple as that.
If the ACC were to actually go under, Clemson will end up in the Big 10 or the SEC. There's no scenario in which Clemson is left out in the cold.
If fans are our worried about them getting SEC money, they should more worried about them getting Big 10 money.
I worry that Clemson in the b10 would mean similar money and still an easier schedule for them.
We need to do what is good for us and we shouldn’t care about cu does or doesn’t do.
I agreenwith the sentiment. Butnif we could pick, which we can't, but if we could, we'd pick the harder option for them. Imo
I don't think Sankey's meeting with the BOT has anything to do with Clemson's future.
However, since this has become a thread about Clemson's future, if the ACC were to collapse, why would the Big XII not be an option for them? For all the reasons already mentioned, Clemson and FSU are not obvious choices for either BIG10 or the SEC. With WVU, Cincy, and Central Florida already in the Big XII, an addition consisting of Louisville, Clemson, FSU, and Miami would give the Big XII 16 members, add significant value to the conference, and give it some much needed geographic logic.
However, since this has become a thread about Clemson's future, if the ACC were to collapse, why would the Big XII not be an option for them? For all the reasons already mentioned, Clemson and FSU are not obvious choices for either BIG10 or the SEC. With WVU, Cincy, and Central Florida already in the Big XII, an addition consisting of Louisville, Clemson, FSU, and Miami would give the Big XII 16 members, add significant value to the conference, and give it some much needed geographic logic.
It's ridiculous. The manufactured news is the worst.
Historically, true. I realize some people will point to Michigan beating Bama. But this was not among the better Alabama teams. SEC speed normally will beat the Big 10. And Clemson will have SEC speed plus more money.
People need to set aside their dislike, even hatred, for Clemson, to choose what's best for Gamecock football. Clemson will not be left on "Gilligan's Island". I love Prestonyte's description above. If only......
