Dabo Swinney gives hilarious Steve Spurrier impression while recounting decade-old voice mail
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Dabo Swinney met with reporters on Tuesday afternoon to preview the Tigers’ 2024 season-opener against Georgia.
However, as happens sometimes with Swinney, things got off script a bit. Swinney was speaking about his relationship with legendary head coach Steve Spurrier when he launched into a remarkable impression of the Head Ball Coach.
Specifically, Swinney re-enacted a voice mail he received from Spurrier in 2014 following a tough Week 1. Clemson lost to Georgia 45-21 in that contest while Spurrier’s South Carolina team lost 52-28 to Texas A&M.
“”He’s just like, ‘I don’t know why we schedule these games,” Swinney said in a Spurrier-esque pitch. “I tell ya, I just don’t know. We go play team over here down the road, get a little win, everybody’s happy. Get to work out some of them problems, cause you know there’s gonna be some problems. Yeah, I don’t know why we schedule these games like this right out of the gate.
“‘But hey, just callin’ ya. Looked like y’all got your ass kicked for 1 quarter. We got our’s kicked for 4 quarters. But just wanted to tell you, hey, keep your head up, you know. Long season ahead. We’ll keep moving.'”
Here’s video of Swinney’s impression:
It’s week 1 and we’ve already gotten a vintage Dabo Swinney impression of Steve Spurrier on openers pic.twitter.com/L1IMSzcLCN
— Marc Whiteman (@MarcWYFFNews4) August 27, 2024
With Clemson set to face Georgia in Week 1 again this week, Swinney will have to hope that things go better this time. Kickoff for that game is set for 12 p.m. ET on Saturday afternoon.
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Spenser is a news editor for Saturday Down South and covers college football across all Saturday Football brands.
