Clemson's (lack in) strength of schedule is disgusting

On a college football Web site (http://forum.palmettostaterivals.com/showthread.php?p=265031#post265031) a Clemson fan talks about the ACC and Strength of Schedule in the same sentence.
I guess you could give credit to VT, Miami, Wake and GT for scheduling LSU, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Notre Dame, respectively, but other than LSU and Oklahoma (routs) none of those opponents come even close to being SEC level.
Also: on that Web site, a Clemson fan contends that Clemson's strength of schedule is decreased because the Tiger splay Duke. THAT IS LAUGHABLE.
Clemson's opponents are WEAK. With the exception of SC and BC, there is not a quality D-1 team that Clemson has to play. You would expect SC to go undefeated with Clemson's schedule. and the Gamecocks would be harshly criticized if they failed.
And I know if SC played that schedule, every pundit that mentioned the Gamecocks, all year long, would add the caveat that the Gamecocks play a bunch of NOBODIES.
Not only would we be constantly reminded that we played nobody, Steve Spurrier would be slammed at every point if he scheduled UL-Monroe, Central Michigan and Furman if his conference featured NC. St., Duke and UNC. It would be the topic of talk shows day after day (remember Dave Odom a few years back.)
So when Clemson football is mentioned, the immediate response should be to ridicule the cowardice of Tommy Bowden's scheduling.
THERE IS NO EXCUSE for it, expect he has no guts and confidence in his coaching or his team.
If I were a Clemson fan, I'd be infuriated if I was expected to lug myself and my family up to that desolate and out-of-the-way wasteland for a contest with the poorest programs of the sport.
And why does it matter?
As a Gamecock fan, I see in SC a team that has to earn everything it gets. SC is a program that plays on the very top stage of college football. But there is no sympathy when we stumble, and that is good.
Yet we have to compete (for recruits, for funding) on an even level with a half-stepping program that should have its major conference status questioned at every juncture.
Not to mention, we are constantly jabbed at by the likes of Ron (MoRon) Morris, while he and idiots like him run interference for Clemson.
Say it should not matter, but it truly disgusts me and I will not let Clemson fans get away with it.
I know there is no way to punish Clemson for its lack of courage, but to rank that pathetic program in the top 15 will just spur more teams to use the same pattern to get ahead.
And that is TERRIBLE for college football.