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Swinney: "The game was kind of a reflection of the week...At the end of the day, it's how you respond...The heart of a champion, that's our culture...I've never been more proud of a team in my life. I'll never forget this one."
Swinney says it makes "zero sense" to put kids on a plane and fly them to Cali to play in an empty stadium when so many stadiums close by can have fans
Swinney: I know CJ (Fuller) was shining on us with the way we ran the football, to see the guys run like that...Obviously a sad situation...My prayers continue to be with his family.
Swinney says Ella Bresee, Bryan’s younger sister who has brain cancer, was with the team this week but had a setback and had to be airlifted back to DC. Really tough time for the family. She’ll get a game ball from the game.
Dexter Lawrence: I stick to a strict routine. I’m confused. I’m mind-boggled. When coach Swinney called me, I was shocked. Praying about it, I came to my peace.
Swinney says Renfrow was “out of it a little bit” after the hard hit to the ground but was trying to get up. Swinney joked that he tested him by asking his wedding date and he answered correctly.
Clemson now owns impressive streaks over the Gamecocks in the three major men’s sports – four in a row in baseball, two in a row in basketball and four in a row in football.
According to ESPN, Clemson is the first Power Five conference school in the last decade to win four games on the road in a season against teams that would have at least eight wins by the end of the season.
Swinney: The fans don't need to worry about this locker room. That (problem) is mythical...I saw unbelievable leadership this week. Christian Wilkins took Trevor Lawrence to breakfast Wednesday morning...That's the type of leadership we've got. It's inspiring.
Lawrence becomes the 7th player in school history to earn the overall ACC Rookie of the Year award:
1979 - Chuck McSwain, TB
1987 - Terry Allen, TB
1990 - Ronald Williams, TB
1995 - Anthony Simmons, LB
2005 - James Davis, RB
2011 - Sammy Watkins, WR
2017 - Trevor Lawrence, QB
Dabo on not taking a knee at the end of the game: "We were just trying to let them play. We could have and they could have stopped us too, but they didn't. We were just trying to hand the ball off and run a couple plays and let Chase [Brice] play. Let all those guys play. "
Dabo Swinney said Trevor Lawrence and Travis Etienne will be in the College Football HOF at some point..."I'm thankful the good Lord blessed me to be a part of their journey."
DJ Uiagalelei’s 439 passing yards were the most ever thrown against Notre Dame by an opposing quarterback, breaking the mark of 425 held by USC’s Carson Palmer in 2002.
Swinney says one of the greatest moments he will have in college football is Christian Wilkins winning the Campbell Trophy. “That’s our job and responsibility as coaches is to prepare our players for life and he is the epitome of that.”
David Pollack on ESPN: The Nick Saban edge over all these coaches..Dabo is not only closing the gap. He ain't scared of Nick. He ain't scared of nobody anymore. He's done an amazing job. He's no longer one of those guys you say is really good. No he is one of the best."
Clemson becomes the first team to sweep the three ACC Player of the Year awards (overall, offense and defense) and ACC Coach of the Year in the same year since Maryland in 2001.
Trevor Lawrence (10,001) joined Tajh Boyd (13,069) and Deshaun Watson (12,094) as the only players in Clemson history to record 10,000 yards of total offense in a career.
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Dabo Swinney and Clemson have the most wins in college football since 2015 and second most since 2011. Clemson’s 69 wins the last 5 years are the most in any 5 year period in the AP poll era (since 1936)
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coach Dabo Swinney: It’s not easy to win. We’re just normal people. We’re not perfect. We found a way to win an ugly game. It’s disrespectful to put it all on us. I’m proud of our guys because when we had to have it - we found a way. Lots of learning lessons.
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coach Dabo Swinney: We got to go 30-0. We don’t got no choice. ‘We don’t play anybody.’ We lose and they’ll drop us to No. 20. It’s the dadgum-est thing.