(12-09-2012 02:14 AM)templefootballfan Wrote:  why ditch No ILL.
it's OSU & Louv fault

Would it kill you to post just once in English instead of gibberish? Your posting style is harder to understand than a drunken Cajun.

(12-08-2012 12:21 PM)catdaddy_2402 Wrote:  Clemson is already planning on playing two SEC teams a year in the future. We have to do something for when SOS becomes such an important factor in the playoff system. God knows the last thing we want to do is depend on the rest of the ACC for schedule strength.

It probably would be a prudent move to do as it takes a while to improve the play of the conference and right now the SEC is so good they are getting a lot of the best players to go there. Their coaching and facilities are probably at a higher level than ACC schools.
Not to say that it won't change but it takes time for things to change.
I think it would be better for the fans as well to schedule at least two BCS schools out of conference. The fans would probably enjoy it more as well.
The trick is to get those games scheduled. For Clemson getting out of conference games with the SEC is challenging as most of the SEC schools do not want to play more than one BCS school out of conference.
For Syracuse, there is not as much interest playing SEC schools rather, B1G schools are the preferred BCS opponent.

I'm beginning to think ticket sales are not just an ACC problem.

WILX in Michigan is reporting
"Michigan State has sold approximately 2,000 tickets to its Dec. 29 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl game against TCU, according to figures from the Spartan Ticket Office. MSU received an allotment of 11,000 tickets to the bowl game in Tempe, Ariz." - LINK

Meanwhile, in semi-related news, USA Today reports this:

"an embarrassing 2,797 fans showed up at the 43,000-seat Reliant Stadium in a meaningless 65-63 UCLA win [over Texas]." - LINK.

I understand that one's a basketball game, but gee whiz - less than 3,000?