College Football World Reacts To Clemson, Florida State Rumors
Another day, another college football realignment rumor.
Oklahoma and Texas are officially heading to the SEC. The Sooners and the Longhorns will be joining the conference at some point in the next couple of years. An official arrival date has not been decided, though we’ll be seeing OU and Texas taking on the likes of Alabama, Georgia, LSU, etc. at some point in the 2020s.
A new report suggests that Clemson and Florida State have also expressed interest in joining the conference.
The college football world doesn’t seem to be buying it, though.
Per a reliable source, Clemson+Florida State have reached out to the SEC about joining the conference.
The SEC is concerned that streaming numbers for Clemson+Florida State don't bring what Oklahoma+Texas do.
Notre Dame is the only "free agent" left that would "add to the pot."
— Marc Ryan (@MarcRyanOnAir) August 2, 2021
While it would be fun to see Clemson and Florida State joining the “super conference,” it seems unlikely that this will happen. And, if the Tigers and Seminoles were truly interested, you would think the SEC would at least consider it.
Many college football fans are joking about where realignment rumors come from.
“you fools, never trust talk radio host rumors about college football message board users with five digits in their name are the only ones I believe know things I do not,” Spencer Hall joked.
you fools, never trust talk radio host rumors about college football
message board users with five digits in their name are the only ones I believe know things I do not
— BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL (@edsbs) August 2, 2021
Brandon from Sports Mothra 1680 needs listeners and has incentives to throw rumors out there
AggieButt18302398222 is pure, his motivations crystalline, he is posting only truths for the people
— BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL (@edsbs) August 2, 2021
Of course, college football realignment rumors are not going away anytime soon.
Florida State’s outgoing president had a telling comment on the state of the college football world at the end of July.
"I don't want Florida State to be left behind. I consider us as part of the ACC, but I also know that we have a marquee name, Clemson has a marquee name. I think there might be people coming after us, I don't know, but we've got to be prepared no matter what the options are." https://t.co/jhcxvFCIsA
— Curt Weiler (@CurtMWeiler) July 29, 2021
At this point, it shouldn’t surprise anyone if a school that’s not in the Big Ten or SEC attempts to join one of the respective conferences.
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