Clemson Football: Greg Sankey has no business discussing the ACC

Clemson football saw its final game not rescheduled and that didn’t sit right with SEC administration

The ACC elected to not reschedule the matchup between Florida State and Clemson football, and also canceled Notre Dame’s game with Wake Forest. That set to the College Football world on fire, well mostly the SEC world.

While Clemson football and Notre Dame will have both played 10 games (nine conference games and one non-conference game), many pundits who cover the SEC were quick to call this a ‘competitive advantage’ for the ACC.

They say that Clemson and Notre Dame not playing the week before the conference title game is just ‘the ACC working around the schedule to make the path easier for the Tigers and Fighting Irish.’

Despite Clemson football & Notre Dame still playing the same amount of games as the SEC, they somehow have a ‘competitive advantage’

SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey spoke on the matter and said the move was clearly the ACC trying to give itself the best opportunity to get two teams into the CFB Playoff.

"“I was surprised to see the announcement [Tuesday],” Sankey told Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports. “It begs one question: If their two most highly ranked teams were, for instance, [ranked] five and six in the CFP Rankings, would this decision have been made?“I watched as they moved their championship from the 12th to the 19th to make that date available,” Sankey said. “I’m certain they’ll speak to that decision making. We’ve had teams that clinched division championships in the past with three weeks remaining in the season, and they still continue to play games."

Sankey said that the SEC was ‘fully committed’ to playing its 10 games- something the ACC’s top two teams will have already done this weekend- and that decision was part of the ‘competitive spirit.’

Let’s be honest here: Sankey has no business talking about anything related to the ACC.

‘Competitive spirit?’ That’s coming from the conference that began scheduling FCS opponents before its annual in-state rivalry games (before anyone did it).

That’s coming from the conference that had the opportunity to play a ‘plus-one modeled schedule,’ which would’ve maintained the integrity of ‘competitive spirit’ within College Football and instead said ‘nah.’

The ACC was smarter than the SEC and that’s all there is to it. The conference started earlier and its top two teams will have played the same amount of games as every single other team in the SEC, if they’re able to compete their season.

Oh, and he wants to talk about preferential treatment and competitive advantages in the eyes of the CFB Playoff? How about the fact that just three years ago Alabama got into the CFB Playoff without even having to play in a conference title game. The Crimson Tide basically got a bye into the playoff simply based off their namesake.

Overall, truth is very simple: Greg Sankey- the man who is responsible for where the SEC currently sits and the man who didn’t want any part of playing the ACC this season- has no business talking about anyone outside of his conference.

If Sankey is so concerned about Clemson football playing a game on Dec. 12, the Tigers would love to play South Carolina. Oh wait.