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Kirk Herbstreit finally said what Clemson fans have been thinking on wild SEC bias

Kirk Herbstreit’s profanity-laced rant on SEC “bias” echoed what Clemson and ACC fans have heard for years about league depth, perception and the Playoff race.

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Kirk Herbstreit finally said the quiet part out loud — and a lot of Clemson and ACC fans probably nodded along.

On the latest episode of his Nonstop podcast, the longtime ESPN analyst went scorched earth on critics who accuse him of being an “SEC shill,” unloading a rant that crystallized the way national voices have talked about conferences for years.