3 reasons Arch Manning should commit to Clemson

1. Playing at Clemson means you will make the College Football Playoff annually

If Manning wants to do the other thing nobody in his family has ever done, which is win a national championship, he needs to consider going to the school that gives him the best shot of annually getting into the College Football Playoff. Seven years into the current postseason format, and it is abundantly clear that program is Clemson, as the Tigers have made it six consecutive years.

Though there is always a chance other ACC blue-bloods like Florida State and Miami return to prominence during Manning’s time in school, it is not like Clemson is going anywhere as long as Swinney remains the head coach. This program will annually win at least 11 games. Even if Clemson does not win a conference title one year, it has the gravitas to get in as an at-large.

If Manning were to commit to an SEC school other than Alabama, there are no guarantees he makes the playoff with that degree of frequency he likely enjoys at Clemson.

Ultimately, Manning committing to Clemson feels like a dark horse. Though he may have had fun over the weekend, you have great SEC programs pulling hard for him, such as Alabama, Georgia and his presumptive leader LSU.

However, there is no doubt what Clemson could offer him and that’s a chance to forge his own identity while competing annually for national titles and putting himself in a position to leave Clemson as their first Heisman Trophy winner and the latest Manning to be a top-two pick in an NFL Draft.

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