Emotional stuff: During Tiger Walk just now, Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney stops, kneels and blows a kiss to Diondre Overton’s captain plaque. Overton, a former Tigers wide receiver, died at age 26, the team announced this morning
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Clemson beat writer for The State Newspaper (@thestatesports). Four-time high school rec basketball champion. Alum of @UNC and @dailytarheel
- Syracuse coach Fran Brown postgame: “Hey Dabo Swinney, congrats. I got you in, baby!”
- Citadel coach Maurice Drayton says he had no problem whatsoever w Clemson keeping its foot on the gas, going for 4th downs in second half of its 51-14 win. “We’re here to compete.” Says the refs asked him at halftime if he wanted to drop to 10-minute quarters and he shot it down
00:00 - NBA star Zion Williamson says he and organizer @Carlos_Dotson were going to charge $100 to $200 per kid for his SC basketball camp. But they decided 2 days later to charge nothing. Zion: “Make it free, let people show up and have a good time”
00:00 - In conjunction w alcohol sales at Memorial Stadium, Clemson is introducing a designated driver program where fans can register as a DD and get a free non-alcoholic drink (soda, water, etc) at kiosks like these during a home football game
- Clemson junior DT Peter Woods, CB Aveion Terrell and DE T.J. Parker all individually came over to Syracuse coach Fran Brown to shake his hand and congratulate him postgame (via @espn)
- Clemson QB Cade Klubnik says he sat in his car for an hour crying after the South Carolina loss before Syracuse beat Miami, sending Tigers to the ACC title game they won tonight. “It’s like when your mom says you’ve got 5 more minutes … now we’ve got 5 more minutes” again
00:00 - Clemson QB Cade Klubnik is torn up postgame: “I love this place … it’s been a dream come true.” He says he’s only got “a few more days” as this team’s quarterback and he’s going to keep pushing, leaning on his faith after team’s 3-5 start
00:00 - Clemson DC Tom Allen gets choked up talking about the sacrifices his wife and kids had to make as he pursued his coaching career. “We’re really close.” Says pulling his kids out of school was taxing on everyone. “One time my daughter just wouldn’t get out of the car”
00:00 - Former Alabama coach Nick Saban talking about Clemson's Dabo Swinney comments on ESPN College GameDay: "Dabo needs to look at what he needs to do in his program to be continually successful ... the game has changed -- you need to change with it"
- Every player on LA Tech’s team wrote a letter for Bryan Bresee, who lost his younger sister to brain cancer this week. Dabo Swinney has them at the podium postgame, describing it as a “beautiful thing.” Says he’ll always be a fan of Sonny Cumbie after the class his team showed
- Clemson coach Dabo Swinney: “We were the first 15-0 national championship team. Maybe we can be the first three-loss national championship team. Boy, that would upset some people … y’all would have to take a bunch of stuff back”
00:00 - They’re playing Sandstorm at Bobby Dodd after Georgia Tech’s upset win over No. 12 Clemson and students are waving their towels
00:00 - Clemson coach Dabo Swinney asked about Memorial Stadium selling alcohol to fans for the first time on Saturday and how that'll add to the atmosphere and grins: "It may be the first time they're selling it, but it's not the first time it'll be in there. I can tell you that"
