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Grace Raynor
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College football for @TheAthleticCFB. [email protected]. Teaching journalism at @williamandmary
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    Oct 27, 2025
    Remember Sad Vandy Kid from 2017? Well, we tracked him down to see how he's enjoying Vanderbilt's season this year. Jesse Pullen is now a doctor and the Commodores are awesome at football. Life is pretty sweet these days: nytimes.com/athletic/67510…
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    Mar 21, 2022
    Jim Larranaga in his opening statement: "I was tuned into the games before us and I listened to Charles Barkley tell the CBS crew that if Auburn won, he would take off his shirt. And I thought to myself, 'Man, no one wants to see that Charles.'"
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    Jan 2, 2021
    OMG A chick didn't mute her Zoom line and just said out loud "poor Trevor needs to shave his stache." Trevor: "*pause* ... thank you."
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    Nov 22, 2020
    Dabo Swinney is really upset: "This game was not canceled because of COVID. COVID was just an excuse to cancel the game." Says FSU administration forfeited the game. If FSU wants to play Clemson, they can home to Death Valley, he says. Or they can pay for Clemson's travel.
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    Dec 6, 2021
    Dabo Swinney’s statement on Brent Venables:
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    Nov 24, 2020
    Dabo Swinney on FSU again: "I’m not really worried much about what they say down there in Tallahassee. I’ve been in this league 18 years, I’ve been the head coach for 12. They’ve had three head coaches in four years."
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    Oct 24, 2021
    Dabo Swinney: "God’s good when you’re 15-0 and God’s good when you’re 4-3. That’s just the way it is."
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    Jul 22, 2021
    DJ Uiagalelei is asked if he has a favorite NFL team: “The team I want to go to is whatever team doesn’t have state taxes.”
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    Nov 7, 2021
    Dabo Swinney says Clemson's bus driver in Louisville, Linda, told him on the way to the stadium Saturday that she's been driving teams for 15 years. "She said, 'I just want you to know this is the best group of young men and people that I have ever in 15 years dealt with."'
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    Dec 13, 2022
    I recently chatted with a Mississippi HS coach about Mike Leach as a recruiter. In 2019, Leach came by the school to visit a prospect and spend some time with the HS coach in his office. As they chatted, Leach started talking about his love for Labrador Retrievers. (Thread):
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    Dec 14, 2021
    Dabo Swinney: "All I can say is if people don’t believe in me after 13 years of what they’ve experienced at Clemson, they ain’t ever gonna believe in me."
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    Mar 31, 2024
    The NCAA has released a statement. What a nightmare.
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    Sep 29, 2020
    Trevor Lawrence sees all your tweets about wanting him on your NFL team. He thinks it's funny. He also said he wasn't a huge NFL fan, but did root for the Falcons as a kid.
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    Dec 20, 2020
    "Absolutely Notre Dame deserves to be in because they're daggum 10-1," Dabo Swinney says. "No way would I punish someone for playing more games. That's what we seem to be doing. .. I don't get that. Notre Dame should be in."