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Clemson's Dirty Little Battle Between Football and Academics

By Brian GrummellFeb 9th 2007 – 8:47PM

In an ideal world, athletic departments and the colleges they represent would be blissful partners. But we don't live in an ideal world and sometimes their missions clash. A football team may want to sign a great athlete with barely passing grades and admissions wants to put the kibosh on that one. And another one. And...

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