Swinney on Watson: This is unbelievable. I’m driving to Greenville and I get a text from Deshaun Watson. I read his text and he sent me a picture of him hurdling a dude. He says it’s the same end zone, same guy from Alabama that he hurdled in the championship game.
@deshaunwatson
Clemson sings the alma mater after falling the the 2020 National Championship Game.
Even in defeat after winning 29 consecutive games they still show the heart of a champion.
This group isn’t going anywhere. They will be back in the playoffs.
Amazing that they NEVER mention LSU's loss to Florida State. It's like it didn't happen. Don't forget the Noles fumbled at the 1-yard line looking to go up 31-17. I understand how it finished, but man-- that's pretty significant to not bring up.
Off all the pictures I got tonight, this one makes me the happiest.
Awesome to see
@DJUiagalelei
smiling about Clemson's win. Klubnik's postgame comments about him were amazing.
For reference, here is
@deshaunwatson
hurdling Ronnie Harrison in the title game and last weekend in London. These are the photos I assume he shared with Coach Swinney.
Based on what just happened to FSU, why should Clemson and Georgia play to open the season next year?
Not much to gain for either team, to be honest-- even in a 12-team format.
Your thoughts?
Kirk Herbstreit's sons to walk-on at Clemson, Jake and Tye Herbstreit both attended Dabo Swinney's Camp this summer and will be a part of Clemson's program in 2019.
Dabo Swinney, "You people who felt like it was a loss, you need to check yourself. That's a lack of respect for our program. This is a 12-0 football team. Senior class has won 52 games. Give me a break. If 12-0 ain't good enough, it's time to seek other places."
Swinney on Military Appreciation Day: "There's a lot of bad stuff going on and there's somebody in a submarine deep under the water right now that's doing a job so that we can show up and do what we do. There is somebody on an aircraft carrier. There's somebody that's flying…
Dabo Swinney: "The message is we are 8-1. Not 5-3 or 4-4. Anything can happen. We lost in Nov. of 2016. The world was over. We went back to work. You have no idea what life brings around the corner."
If you are an FSU player who opted out, I hope you are enjoying this.
Complete embarrassment. All that work down the drain.
If you win this today-- even without the playoff-- people couldn't deny you.
Now-- it's just an embarrassing finish.
#BREAKING
: Clemson will name Garrett Riley as their new Offensive Coordinator - Riley won the 2023 Broyles Award as the nation's top assistant coach while at TCU.
Since 2011, Clemson is 145-6 when they win the first down margin-- however, 3 of those 6 losses have happened in the last five games. (Tenn, Duke, FSU)
That's unbelievable. Statistically, it's absurd.
The historical probability of losing the game when having more first downs…
Swinney: "I hope our crowd will show up and get behind this team. I know a lot of people don't like noon games, but we need the best noon crowd we've ever had."
Swinney: "Unfortunately Ella wasn't able to be here today. She was here all week. She got to speak to the team on Wednesday-- but had a real setback. They actually airlifted her back to D.C. today. She's 15 years old. She's the toughest Bresee-- in that whole family."
Swinney on Donald Trump being at the Clemson-South Carolina game: "I don't care who comes to the game. I just care about who's playing in the game-- unless Shane (Beamer) is going to put him in and throw him a halfback pass. I ain't worried about who's at the game. I just want to…
Swinney on the QB situation: "He's still the starter. He isn't the reason we lost the game. He can't catch it. He doesn't play safety, and he doesn't return kicks. He will definitely start the game."
Dabo Swinney, "To me the Florida State administration forfeited the game. If they wanna play Clemson, they can come to Clemson and they can pay for all expenses.”
James Skalski on facing the Notre Dame again in the ACC Championship: "When you listen to some of the things they were saying leading up to this game, they pushed some buttons I think they wished they should’t have pushed."
Dabo on taking out his entire first-team O-line: "Sometimes you gotta get people's attention. We want to make sure they're hungry. When you're hungry, you don't leave chicken on the bone. We left too much chicken on the bone today. It's that simple."
Tyler Brown says growing up a Clemson fan, you "dream of moments like this," after beating South Carolina.
@Tylerbrownn2
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Beautiful quote from one of the speakers at today's event in Clemson: "For what would a Tiger be without its beautiful black stripes?" 🐅
Powerful words.
I don't these coaches are passing on Bama because they don't want to be the "guy that replaces the guy." I think it's because they feel Saban was THE hurdle. Without him coaching the Tide, each coach is already in a better position at programs like Texas, FSU, Oregon, Clemson…
Dabo Swinney: "All the criticism should be directed at me. Never saw this coming tonight. We've got to move forward and make sure we respond next week."
The beauty of Mario Goodrich’s strip of Purday was that No. 13 for Iowa State was the same guy who appeared to punch Andrew Booth earlier in the game— but he couldn’t keep Goodrich from making the key play at the end.
You hate to see it.
@_MG3__
@andrewbooth21