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[QUOTE="Archbold44, post: 5425657, member: 10528"]
The reality is that public schools have an inherent advantage over private schools.  When you are graduating 2-3X the students, you have 2-3X the alumni base.  Simple math is that, over 50 years, you end up with a lot more "fans."  Meanwhile, all schools have "locals" to support them.  When Clemson is on TV, they need a lower percentage of their casual fans to watch to get big ratings.  Clemson has more alumni to compete for and buy tickets... meaning higher prices.  If Clemson goes back to the West days, those advantages will remain.  Florida State at 2-10 last year outdrew 10-3 Syracuse at the gate AND on TV.

Once upon a time, we were a basketball brand.  Somehow, we allowed that to get weaker and weaker.  Our football brand was really good in the decades surrounding each 1960 (Brown/Davis/Little) and surrounding 1990 (McPherson/Graves/McNabb).  But who was President when we won our one football title?  A guy (Eisenhower) born in [B]1890[/B].  Even our 2003 hoops title is starting to age.  22 years ago and counting.  Final fours are nice... Houston has 7, we have 6.  Nobody considers Houston a brand or blue blood.

If the Big 10 was expanding in 1996, maybe we would have been a candidate as we were a top 20 team in both major sports for 10 years straight.  But it was not the case.  We fit the Big East nicely back then anyway.
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