Bama and OSU are on a different page when it comes to schooling and recruting...etc.
And no Clemson is not ND when it comes to admissions. That being said...
The No team in the "playoff era" sure, how long has that been? But prior to that...go look at Dabo and Clemson's average class before their first NC. Ranked lower than ND's average. So I couldn't careless about all this regarding Bama. Clemson beat them with overall talent at or below NDs. You wanna say 4-star Deshaun Watson was a generational talent...ok...go ahead. Who knows if 4-star Jurko, 4-star Kizer, 4-star Hendrix, 4-star Wimbush or 5-star Crist, couldn't have been that with the right coach developing them. Easy to say ohh...they're not Watson after Watson had Dabo and co guiding him and these guys had BK and co guiding them. Now, Lawrence is for sure a generational talent. But the guys around him? No 5-star RB, no 5-star WR, no 5-star TE, no 5-star OL. All of which ND has. The gap shouldn't look this bad when both squads are on the field. I'll give them the nod because of TL but my goodness if you can't see the difference in how these squads are coached...you're not looking.