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There's a reason quite a few national media folks, and probably quite a few Clemson fans too, are reconsidering the last rites they pronounced on Dabo Swinney's methods within the last couple years.

Money is of course a major part, as it's always been. And it's not getting less important.

Yet the available evidence suggests that some other facets of recruiting aren't getting less important, either.

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