re: Dellenger: Dave Aranda Interview tidbits

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I forget, was Clemson playing in the SEC West during these years?

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In 2015 when they lost to Bama 45-40 in the championship game they only played and beat four ranked teams while going undefeated during the regular season:

#6 Notre Dame
#16 Florida State
#10 North Carolina
#4 Oklahoma

lost to:
#2 Alabama


In 2016:
They played 3 SEC teams winning all three games.
Auburn
South Carolina 56-7
#1 Alabama

In addition to wins over:
#3 Louisville
#12 Florida State
#23 Virginia Tech
#3 Ohio State
#1 Alabama

In 2017:
they again played 3 SEC teams going 2-1:
SEC West champion Auburn #12 Auburn W 14-6
#24 South Carolina W 34-10
National Champion Alabama L 24-6

In addition to wins over:
#14 Louisville
#12 Virginia Tech
#20 NC State
#7 Miami

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You cannot win with this caliber of class in the SEC, certainly not when Bama and UGA are pulling in top 5 classes.

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Clemson has a winning record against the best teams in the SEC the last couple of years - so you are wrong. Also, since you don't know shite I'll go ahead and let you know that Alabama did not have a top 5 class this year - check it out.