What we've learned about ACC: Clemson aims to take next step
With changes afoot at Duke, Wake Forest and Va. Tech, this year may prove this isn't your father's ACC. Tony Barnhart says Clemson may just prove the point.

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What we've learned about ACC: Clemson aims to take next step
With changes afoot at Duke, Wake Forest and Va. Tech, this year may prove this isn't your father's ACC. Tony Barnhart says Clemson may just prove the point.

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What we've learned about SEC: You can't block South Carolina's Clowney
As spring football ends, Tony Barnhart offers five takeaways to consider before fall. A couple: Jadeveon Clowney's a bad man on the gridiron and Auburn's Jay Prosch is inspiring.

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Some guiding rules, worthy names to make selection committee fair
The group that makes up the first playoff selection committee will have a highly-scrutinized job. Tony Barnhart offers up some guiding principles and some worthy names for rooting out any hints of bias.

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It's time for some of this big money to trickle down to college athletes
If the NCAA can't, or won't, approve stipends to athletes, then it might be time for the power conferences to form their own division, Tony Barnhart says.

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Wuerffel, a leader on and off the field, most deserving of HOF
Danny Wuerffel led Florida to four SEC championships and one national title, but Tony Barnhart says the QB's work off the field makes him a true Hall of Famer.

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Nine-game conference schedule remains contentious issue in SEC
SEC schools now play an eight-game conference schedule. Tony Barnhart examines the pros and cons of moving to nine games, which is probably inevitable.