What Dabo Swinney said ahead of Clemson’s Week 5 game against Stanford

Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney speaks with media during the first day of Spring practice at the Poe Indoor Practice Facility at the Allen N. Reeves football complex in Clemson S.C. Wednesday, February 28, 2024.

Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney spoke to reporters at his weekly press conference Tuesday, where he talked about the Tigers’ Week 5 opponent, the Stanford Cardinal, and what he’s seen of them on film. Swinney also shared injury updates on two key Clemson starters and more.

“Obviously a new opponent for us that we haven’t competed (against), but we’re excited to welcome Stanford into the league and have a great competition Saturday night,” Swinney said during his opening remarks Tuesday.

Stanford won its ACC opener against the Syracuse Orange last Friday. This is the Cardinal’s first year in the ACC after the collapse of the Pac-12 became official last summer.

When told by a reporter that it was only the second time in history that a team from the West Coast will visit Clemson (the other was Long Beach State in the Tigers’ 1990 season opener), Swinney expressed a bit of dismay at what he called the “newness” of college football matchups.

“It’s kind of crazy. One of my great friends in this business is David Shaw,” Swinney said of the former Stanford coach who led the Cardinal to their last Rose Bowl appearance. “I’ve got to reach out to him this week. Back in the day, we used to talk about that all the time (that) maybe one day we’ll meet up somewhere down the road …

“But here we are. That’s the newness of this era of college football,” Swinney added. “There’s gonna be a lot of matchups that everybody loved traditionally that you may not see as often, but there will be some new matchups like this that you’ll say, ‘OK, that’s going to be interesting.’ So this is a true East Coast-West Coast…

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Author : Clemson Wire

Publish date : 2024-09-24 21:59:53

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