Leave it to Dabo Swinney to put the SEC in its place. It is fitting considering Swinney’s Clemson Tigers have won more games against SEC competition over the last decade than any other non-SEC team in the country.
On Wednesday, SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey tried to butt into the ACC’s decision to give Clemson and Notre Dame next weekend off, instead of playing makeup games. Clemson’s game with Florida State was still up in the air after the Seminoles postponed it on Nov. 21. Notre Dame was already re-scheduled to play at Wake Forest on Dec. 12.
Following a recommendation from the league’s Athletic Director football subcommittee, the league’s Athletic Directors voted Tuesday to preserve the integrity of the ACC Football Championship Game by evaluating each of the three teams in contention (Clemson, Miami and Notre Dame) based on a nine-game conference schedule.