The Most Overrated Thing Was …
Whining about Clemson.
It’s starting.
The social media snipping about Clemson playing in the ACC is kicking in full force.
Would the Tigers be in the College Football Playoff hunt if they played in the Big Ten East? Yeah, maybe – at least as much as Michigan is.
Are we counting Penn State as a monster win, because that’s the only thing the Wolverines have done so far.
I think Ohio State is the best team in the country at the moment, and it has a really good win over … um … uhhh … (Crickets)
Wisconsin? Not really. Michigan State? Not really. Iowa? Please. Notre Dame? Yeah, not really, and Clemson plays the Irish in two weeks.
Would the Tigers be a factor in the SEC West? Y’all really sure the division is that good?
Alabama? Obviously, but it sure as shoot looked gettable against Texas, Texas A&M, Arkansas – for three quarters – and, of course, Tennessee.
What’s the best win by any of the other six teams in the division – other than against other teams in the SEC West? Arkansas over Cincinnati. Current AP rankings-wise, there’s that, and Ole Miss beat Kentucky. The Hogs also beat South Carolina.
Clemson plays the Gamecocks in the final game of the regular season
Clemson just beat Syracuse. It wasn’t pretty, but it was a win over an unbeaten team. It also beat NC State and Wake Forest, meaning it has three wins over teams currently ranked in the AP poll.
You have as many of those as Alabama and Ohio State.
Clemson doesn’t have the superstar receivers of past seasons, the secondary is questionable, the quarterback situation is suddenly iffy, and yeah, it’s been a bit of a rocky run, but in this weird and wacky season just being unbeaten at this point matters.
And it’s Clemson. It shook Bill Hancock’s hand. Alabama is the only program so far to do more in this CFP thing.
There might be a loss along the way for the Tigers – maybe at Notre Dame, maybe South Carolina – but there won’t be two, and there will almost certainly be an ACC Championship at the end of all this.
There’s no way to luck your way into the College Football Playoff national championship. Be prepared to see this team get its shot for the seventh time in eight seasons.
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