Clemson football conspiracy theory: SEC contact started months ago

There’s nothing wrong with Clemson football fans indulging in a few conspiracy theories every now and then, especially as the landscape of College Football shifts in a major way right before our eyes.

We’ve heard every rumor in the book by now from the SEC trying to contact Clemson in an attempt to form a super conference, to the ACC attempting to poach teams from the Big Ten, to the ACC and Big Ten potentially coming together in a ‘merger-type’ agreement to combat the SEC’s power attempt.

One interesting conspiracy theory that could garner a little merit comes from @AngryClemsonFan and @Beat Sakerlina on Twitter.

Just a few months ago when the ACC Commissioner position was open, Clemson University President Jim Clements was considered one of the leading candidates for the position. He abruptly pulled his name from the conversation and announced that he would be staying at Clemson.

Could there have been a connection to impending realignment and the potential that Clemson football might join the SEC?

If the report that Clemson and the SEC had been in ‘serious contact’ is actually true- and there’s still reason to believe that it isn’t- wouldn’t it make sense for Clements to pull his name out of the running for ACC Commissioner?

Even if the plan wasn’t necessarily to join the SEC, if these conversations with the SEC and Texas and Oklahoma had been going on for months and Clements caught word, it would make a lot of sense for him to not want to put himself in that position knowing that the ACC could very well fall apart as a result.

Perhaps Clements just wasn’t interested in the job or he found out that the conference was going in a different direction. This could all be true.

We’re not here to say that this theory has any merit or that there is any connection, but it’s still interesting nevertheless.

If talk were to heat up about Clemson joining the SEC over the course of the next few weeks, you can expect this conspiracy theory to grow legs and to become even more widespread as a possibility.