Dabo Swinney has become one of the more dynamic personalities in college football in recent years, and now that his Clemson team is competing for national championships, he’s got even more to say.

Today on ESPN Radio’s Mike & Mike, Swinney went on an impressive rant about football in the light of rule changes, concussion scandals and the idea that some parents won’t let their kids play the game:

“I think the games never been better. I think there’s an agenda. I think when North Korea gets a nuclear bomb, it’s going to be football’s fault. I think we’re in a culture that everything is football. It’s because football has the stage. But football – I don’t care what people’s agenda is – yes, we have got to always get better, we’ve got always learn, we got to always create ways to protect our players.

But at the end of the day, I got all kind of education. I got a business degree. I got an MBA, but the greatest education I got was between the lines.

Football is a great example to this country. Football unifies. Football brings people together. I go to Death Valley and there’s 85,000 people in those stands and they’re packed. And you know what? Monday through Friday, a lot of those people wouldn’t talk to each other because they’re different religions, they’re different colors, they live in different neighborhoods, they drive diff cars, they have different bank accounts. But on Saturdays when the Tigers score, they’re hugging each other’s necks. They’re high-fivin’.

I have brothers for life that I met in between the lines that when you put them helmets on, it doesn’t matter what color you are, it doesn’t matter what religion you are. It’s a singleness of purpose and nothing brings people together like the game of football.

You want to fix congress? Let’s go create some football teams, let’s have some inside drills, some 1-on-1s. You’ll bring people together real quick. I’ve always said that. This game is special. It’s unique. It’s dynamic. It’s culturally diverse. You’ve got the kid from over here and the kid from up here and they become brothers through the game of football. And it would have never happened without that experience.

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Football has gotten under attack. But there is far more good from this game. I’ve seen people’s lives changed. I’m passionate about it because you’re looking at a guy whose life has changed by the game of football.

I could go on and on and on about the power of this game. You can throw all of the stats you want out there, but football ain’t going away. It ain’t going away.

For some of these people who say they won’t let their kids play, that’s such a terrible perspective in my opinion.”

If you’d like to listen to the remarks yourself, fast forward to roughly the 18:00 mark in the below video:

We like to poke at Dabo and give ACC fans a hard time, but it’s hard to dispute the idea that Dabo is quite good for the game of college football.