Asked about the importance of winning his team’s bowl game, South Carolina coach Will Muschamp replied, “I would start with recruiting.”
Muschamp always starts with recruiting. And college football always ends with recruiting.
The fifth College Football Playoff final four was set on Sunday and will include Alabama, Clemson, Notre Dame and Oklahoma. The Irish are a first-time participant in the sport’s newest system for determining its national champion. In the playoff’s history, 10 schools have filled its 20 available positions.
Muschamp was hired to eventually make South Carolina one of those teams, and that, as he said, starts with recruiting.