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Message: [QUOTE="omniorange, post: 1786569, member: 636"] Yes, the bolded statement above is true, [B][I][U]but it's exactly what Clemson is doing now with an 8 game conference schedule[/U][/I][/B]. They are buying two body bag home games each and every year. So it is possible (if you have the money and will to buy them) and for any others who still doubt it, all one has to do is go to this link: [URL='http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/osu-m-footbl-sched.html']OhioStateBuckeyes.com :: The Ohio State University Official Athletic Site The Ohio State University Official Athletic Site :: Football[/URL] and see that Ohio State with the B1G going to a 9 game schedule this year has 4 years of schedules already out there showing 7 home games and that's with the Big Ten not allowing any FCS opponents, which the ACC still allows. So 7 home games are doable since the Tigers can still schedule the likes of Appalachian State, Georgia State, Troy, etc., as examples of recent body bag FBS teams scheduled and Wofford, South Carolina State, Furman, etc., as examples of recent body bag FCS teams scheduled. When was the last time Clemson didn't schedule two body bag games? Early 2000s? The scheduling practice of paying for 2 body bag games a year is more than a decade old and is not the true issue. The only true impact as you state and I also have stated in an earlier post is that with the ND commitment there will be one year in six where Clemson must play the Irish game at ND, resulting in 6 home games. The true change is that like with Ohio State (who is paying for the two body bag games to ensure 7 home games every year) the Tigers are now pretty much restricted to playing one OOC game under the 9 game conference schedule instead of possibly playing two (like tOSU playing OU for two years and the TCU for two years), and that Clemson's one marquee OOC game is restricted to being only the annual game against South Carolina except for two years in six when ND will be scheduled once at home and once away. What is truly being lost by having to play a 9th conference game is the ability to schedule the likes of Auburn or Georgia (to give two recent OOC foes) as that additional marquee OOC game (additional to South Carolina) in four years out of every six year cycle to not lose the 7th home game. If the AD wanted to, he could still schedule the likes of an Auburn or a Georgia even with a 9 game conference schedule. But to accomplish that he would have to sacrifice a 7th home game. So the addition of a 9th conference game isn't forcing Clemson to pay for two body bag games. The real issue is that Clemson fans don't want to give up playing the likes of an Auburn or a Georgia for the purpose of cycling through the likes of UVa, UNC, Duke, and Pitt quicker. Perhaps the AD will feel the same as the fans or perhaps not depending upon how much an ACCN brings in and or TV contracts are increased. Lastly, it's not as though I don't sympathize with Tigers and Noles fans on this topic. I do. But I also believe in telling it like it is. And if Clemson was in the SEC East division and the conference decided to go to a 9 game conference schedule, I bet most Tigers fans would relish the thought of cycling through Alabama, LSU, Auburn, Texas A&M, Ole Miss, Arkansas, and Miss. State quicker and not give a second thought about losing that additional OOC marquee game they had with an 8 game schedule. Cheers, Neil [/QUOTE]

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