Dabo Speaks for Last Time Before ACC Championship Game
By Zach Wagner
Clemson Head Coach Dabo Swinney met with the ACC Media for the last time before his team travels to Charlotte, North Carolina for the ACC Championship Game on Saturday Afternoon. Swinney and the Tigers will be looking to avenge a 47-40 double-overtime loss to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish from November, Clemson’s first loss in the regular season in 36-games.
Swinney told the media, “this is what we work for all year. This is our team’s next goal, to win this league. It’s time to go play now.”
After Swinney exited the Zoom conference call, he stated that the team would be showering up and grabbing some lunch before boarding the buses to head to Charlotte. Once they arrived in the Queen City, they would travel to Bank of America Stadium to check out the venue and take some pictures. Once the photos were taken, the team would travel to the hotel and treat it as any normal Friday for an “away” game, “chapel, dinner, film, movie” before heading to bed to rest for the biggest game of the 2020 season for the Tigers.
Following Notre Dame’s Head Coach Brian Kelly’s answer earlier in the morning about not wanting to participate in the College Football Playoffs if the players families could not attend, Coach Swinney echoed that of the Fighting Irish’s head man in charge:
Clemson also had 17 players walk across the stage yesterday to receive their College Diplomas. Swinney said he was super proud of those players who graduated and “that’s what college is all about, setting yourself up for the rest of your life.”
Clemson and Notre Dame round two will kick off on ABC at 4 P.M. tomorrow. Clemson becomes just the first-ever power-five team to make its conference Championship Game SIX times in a row once the ball kicks off.
