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Aug 31, 2024; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Clemson Tigers head coach Dabo Swinney reacts after a call by an official a during the first quarter of the 2024 Aflac Kickoff Game against the Georgia Bulldogs Bulldogs at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Ken Ruinard-USA TODAY Sports
ATLANTA — There are plenty of people in college football who respect Dabo Swinney.
They believe in him. They laud his family-like program environment, the stability on his staff and the culture of his team. His players seem to genuinely love playing for him. He seems to love coaching them.
While some question his authenticity, there are just as many that defend him as a genuine good ol’ Southerner. If you meet him, nestled there in his purple-and-orange splashed office, he’s the same man you get on the podium in public — the country twang, the God-fearing messages, the little ol’ Clemson vibe, the thou-shall-not-steal aura.
So many in the sport think it honorable that he stands by his principles and trusts in his philosophy no matter what they do.
They dabble in the transfer portal. He does not.
They crow about NIL payments. He does not.
They are about transactional relationships. He is not.
On Saturday inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium in downtown Atlanta, as the No. 1-ranked Georgia Bulldogs finished off a 34-3 clobbering of Dabo’s Clemson Tigers, as they wrapped up a second-half pummeling, as they asserted the dominance of an SEC power, many within the sport — even those defenders of the man himself — are probably left wondering about something.
Will we ever again see the Dabo’s Clemson of old?
You know, the one that Dabo built into a monster, the Goliath of the ACC that stood toe-to-toe with the likes of Ohio State and Alabama, the program that won two national championships with two different All-American quarterbacks, the once-lovable…
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Publish date : 2024-08-31 21:18:20
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