Clemson Football: SEC is terrified of Tigers and Notre Dame duo

Clemson football and Notre Dame terrify the SEC more than we know

The Clemson football team has unfinished business to settle with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, but the truth is that both teams absolute terrify the SEC to death.

The fear from the SEC was made clear earlier this week when SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey made it a point to talk about the ACC and how it was ‘making the path easier’ for Clemson football and Notre Dame to get into the CFB Playoff.

Sankey, hoping to strike a chord with the CFB Playoff committee and earn brownie points as we head down the stretch of the season, had this to say about the ACC not rescheduling Clemson’s game with Florida State and canceling Notre Dame’s game with Wake Forest next weekend.

The move was made so that both teams would have played an equal nine conference games (10 total- which is the same as the SEC in terms of total) and would have the same amount of time to prepare for each other in the ACC Championship game, which is slated to take place Dec. 19.

"“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."

Keep in mind that the Dec. 12 date that Clemson and Notre Dame would be off would be nearly three full weeks before any SEC team would play them in a head-to-head matchup.

Sankey’s comments and the demeanor of the SEC just show the fear they have for Clemson football and Notre Dame

It’s not even really about the on-the-field play. Yes, of course, the SEC wants the easiest path to the National Championship as possible and having to play the Tigers or Fighting Irish in the semifinals isn’t nearly as easy as having two teams of their own in the CFB Playoff (just by the sheer math).

But it’s more about the prospect of another conference not named the SEC getting two teams into the CFB Playoff.

For years and years, the SEC has prided itself on being the ‘premiere conference in College Football.’ The SEC is the only conference to have gotten two teams into the playoff since its inception and the conference fears what will happen when that’s no longer the case.

Sankey can’t stand the prospect of having both Clemson and Notre Dame in the playoff at the same. Can you imagine if, for two weeks, we were all talking about the ACC- the conference commonly referred to as the SEC’s little brother- had two teams in the bracket?

But then, the fear even escalates a step: What if Alabama is simply not as good as everyone  thinks? What if, somehow, Notre Dame beat the Crimson Tide and Clemson won its semifinal game?

You could be talking about an All ACC National Title game. No SEC to be found. Oh, the shot to the gut that would be.

There’s no reason for Sankey to even bring up the ACC when time and time again he’s shown that the conference doesn’t want any thing to do with the ACC- after all, he did cancel the in-state rivalries for this season- unless, of course, he’s a little afraid.

Or, in my opinion, downright terrified.