(08-16-2012 01:15 AM)catdaddy_2402 Wrote: You might want to check on your "facts". I would suggest this website:
cfbdatawarehouse
Wonder what Clemson could have accomplished in the BE all those years.
Nothing, because the Big East was superior as was shown in bowls and polls.
Last time Clemson finished in the top 20 was 2000, a year the were blown out of their bowl game against a Big East team, just like this year.
Let's see a review of Clemson vs the BE in bowl games:
1996 vs Syracuse in the Gator 0-41 (SU finished third in the BE)
2001 vs VTech in the Gator 20-41 (VTech finished second in the BE)
2010 vs USF in the Meineke 26-31 (USF finished 5th in the Big East)
2012 vs WVU...33-70 (WVU won the BE with 2 conference losses).
That's 0-4.
Regular season Big East opponents.
1998 vs VT 0-37 (VT finished in a 3-way tie for second in the BE)
1999 at VT 11-31 (VT won the conference)
1991 vs Temple 37-7 (Temple finished 0-5 in the first year of the conference)
1-6 overall record vs BE opponents.
Take a look at Clemson vs BE teams when they first entered the ACC...
Lost three straight to BC, a program that, save the depleted 2004 season, never finished higher than third in the BE; got blown out the first two times it faced Virginia Tech as an ACC opponent, a program Pitt had beaten its last three meetings; and alternated wins with Miami.
Yeah, I do wonder what Clemson would have done.
Anyone blown out by the mediocre WVU team last year should keep their mouths shut about their program and conference. What a freakin' joke Clemson fans are turning out to be.