Clemson's Dabo Swinney supports LSU for No. 1 seed
Clemson and coach Dabo Swinney cruised to a huge win in the ACC Championship Game on Saturday night, trouncing an overmatched Virginia team 62-17.
After the game, Swinney was asked about how the College Football Playoff rankings should play out. He was complimentary of fellow undefeated teams Ohio State and LSU.
Swinney did say he’d probably give the edge to LSU as the No. 1 team (via 247Sports):
“It’s hard to be undefeated in any league,” Swinney said. “Ohio State and LSU, I mean, unbelievable, unbelievable years because it is so hard. I have such a great appreciation for that accomplishment. LSU has been an unbelievable team. I would imagine they’d be one. I think they won pretty big, didn’t they? I didn’t see the end of it, but they were winning pretty big. What was the Ohio State score? Was it close? So pretty close game.
“I don’t know. I don’t even know who was No. 1 last week to be honest with you. But I would think one of them would be No. 1. We’ll be in there somewhere. I would think we’d probably be three again. It doesn’t really matter. We’ll play somewhere and play somebody and be thankful for the opportunity.”
As the reigning national champion, Clemson won’t be afraid to play anybody this postseason. However, it does make sense for Swinney to want to avoid LSU in a semifinal matchup, particularly with how Ohio State struggled in the first half against Wisconsin.
How will the CFP committee rank the top teams? We’ll find out Sunday at noon!
Swinney the AOC of college football. Has an opinion about everything and so self assured but a complete know nothing moron.
To be fair, he was asked about this specific thing lol. It’s not like he just randomly started talking about LSU.
Yeah some things Swinney says is extra, but he was literally asked about it.
I get that he was asked that’s not the issue its he just an uninformed moron.
People can say what they want about swinney, clemson and their SoS… They had a very similar SoS last year and remember how they handled bama in the NCCG.
I assure you Coach Oeaux will not be discounting their SoS during preparation for them.
Dabo plays that “small-town-good-ole-boy” image to the hilt. But…it’s getting old, really fast. He’s got to be the least-intelligent Head coach of a major college program, ever. He should thank his stars that he has Brent Venables, as the DC. I remember prior to Venables arrival…West Virgina hung 70 points on ole Clem-son in the Orange Bowl. Plus Chad Morris created the offense that they run. Very little of anything has Dabo provided to make the program what it is. What an idiot.
He did hire those said two names to make a great team. Is hiring good assistant coaches not what a head coach is supposed to do?
Funny thing was little old mediocre USC gave Bama the blueprint to beat them and instead they got blown out of the water.
This is hilarious. Dabo knows that if LSU is seeded number 1, he won’t have to play them in the CFP semifinals.
I would actually like to see LSU play Oklahoma. They might score 60 against that defense.
Seeing a lot of posts this morning suggesting Dabo is Just some random dude who hired good coordinators. Good luck, ya’ll.
A lot of hate for Swinney here. Call him a moron all you want but there is a reason he’s playing in what? His fourth or fifth playoff semi-final? Seems pretty smart to me. Coach Ed Orgeron doesn’t strike people as a genius either but look at how he’s running the team. Get the right people around you and allow them to do their job while being a good leader and recruiter. Seems like he’s doing all the right things which in my opinion makes him smart.