Joining big 10 would be a positive for recruiting - imo - Tiger Boards Archive Forum

While I despise Ohio state and not grown up a big 10 fan - I can also say - I no longer like the sec.
Of the two, I think one helps Clemson more than the other. BIG
I say this because there are plenty of southern athletes who are recruited and join the BIG every year. Clemson would offer them the great place to play, be in the BIG, and still remain in the south for school and family. The reverse of that, is also recruiting up north and having players come south for the weather and remain in the BIG.
In the SEC - we would simply be more of the same. Bama, LSU, Auburn, UT, etc. We would be another of the schools, while the BIG, we would be a different kind of team, location and school.
Add to that, the SEC is not known for their academics while the BIG has a much better reputation.

JMO anyway.

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Re: Joining big 10 would be a positive for recruiting - imo

Jul 4, 2022, 9:08 AM

IMHO waiting to see how the coordinators work out may take too long and be too late. The whole college football landscape is changing pretty fast. It’s sort of like buying a home in a good neighborhood and over the years you see a change happening in your neighborhood where people don’t take care of their homes and the values start dropping. You either get out quickly, or wait and hope, or wait hope and get out late and lose your xss. Coordinators come and go over the year’s, look at your UGA team, how many changes in coaches have you seen in the past 5-10 years? A few to say the least, right?

I’m torn between the sec and the big 10, and no it has nothing to do with being scared of any teams. Clemson obviously belongs in the sec geographically but like another poster mentioned, playing in the big 10 and being in the SE brings both Clemson and the big 10 something that neither have. It gives the big10 a footprint in the SE and it gives Clemson even more exposure from coast to coast and north and south. Mr UGA says Clemson has no natural rivalry’s in that scenario, OSU fans hate Clemson for multiple beat downs. You don’t think that would be a natural rivalry? How about getting to play the Real USC, go and play at the big house in Ann Arbor and not to mention Penn State, UCLA.

You would get kids who want to play in the Big 10, PAC 12, ACC, etc. I’m originally from the Greenville area (Powdersville) and I’ve lived in n ga since 1984 so I’m not a lover of those northern schools whatsoever but I think the big10 scenario is what I would like to see and would serve Clemson well over the long haul and not to mention that I believe Dabo is not only a great coach, he is a great ambassador for the university. Parents of recruits love the fact that he teaches them to be good men first and the importance of life past college football (the paw journey). Many of the kids who would never have visited Clemson from up North or the West coast that want to play in the PAC 12 or Big10 would have another option, and I like the odds when Dabo gets recruits and their parents on campus. Just my opinion.

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