Quote Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg View Post
The reality is that about 8 programs have a monopoly on college football recruiting. Whether it's rings, paying players, NFL, etc, just make up an excuse for whatever day it is, you can't build a program to beat those 8 teams in recruiting.

Clemson has come the closest, but they've got some unique circumstances that have allowed them to do it.
Clemson is a program that was built by cheating. No one really cared because the ACC, in general, did not care about football. It was just a basketball conference.