Dabo Swinney admits to trolling NC State Saturday after last year’s laptop scandal
By Adam Spencer
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Last year, NC State coaches made a fuss when they were playing Clemson, claiming that the Tigers had a laptop on their sideline, which isn’t allowed.
This year, there most certainly was a laptop on Clemson’s sideline, but it was part of a hilarious troll job by coach Dabo Swinney and the Clemson staff.
As you can see below, one of the Clemson play cards had a picture of a laptop on it, and the Tigers held it up during the fourth quarter of Saturday’s blowout:
THERE IS A LAPTOP ON CLEMSON’S SIDELINE @NCState pic.twitter.com/5o6G1WT9tP
— Tayler Quinn (@taylereaston) October 20, 2018
After the game, Swinney admitted that Clemson coaches were indeed trolling the Wolfpack, adding that the assistant coaches were the ones who wanted to do it (via GreenvilleOnline.com):
“That was the ultimate troll, wasn’t it?… I was hoping y’all might notice that,” Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said, before revealing that assistant coaches approached him with the idea.
“They wanted to have a little fun with that,” Swinney added, “and I said, ‘Well, hey, if you earn it, put it up there.’ I don’t think you saw it until the fourth quarter, but that was a troll.”
Swinney and the Tigers are having a lot of fun, and Saturday’s big win over a tough ACC foe is just one more step toward a return trip to the College Football Playoff.
Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 16 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.
