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Swinney brothers happy after the ND win (Joshua Kelly - USA Today Sports)
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LSU copies Swinney's "Bring Your Own Guts" ?


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Clemson coach Dabo Swinney's B.Y.OG. post-game interview after Clemson's thrilling 24-22 win over Notre Dame was one of the memorable moments of the last few years as the Tigers have ascended to the top of college football.

"It ain’t always perfect, but I what told them tonight was, 'Listen, we give you scholarships, we give you stipends and meals and a place to live," Swinney said to the ESPN interviewer. "We give you nice uniforms. I can’t give you guts, and I can’t give you heart.' Tonight, it was B.Y.O.G. -- bring your own guts. And they brought some guts and some heart, and they never quit until the last play."

Since then, the quote has been played over and over on the Internet and the phrase 'B.Y.O.G.' has been trademarked and now being sold on Clemson apparel and merchandise.

However, the LSU football team is reporting today for camp, and they have a similar mantra to the defending National Champions.

"Players report for training camp today," LSU's Football Equip Twitter posted. "There's only one thing you need to bring [GUTS], we've got the rest covered."

The LSU Football Twitter account tweeted a photo on Sunday afternoon to clarify things from their former equipment manager Jeff Boss' slogan where he coined the phrase "We issue everything except guts" before he passed away in 2003.

So both schools can have some credit for using the Guts in a slogan but only the popular phrase B.Y.O.G. is trademarked by either school. In the battle of gut phrases, I would have to say that Clemson's B.Y.O.G is much more catchy and known throughout the sports world.

All this talk about football slogans, who's ready for college football to start up this season? Which Tigers -- LSU or Clemson will have a better season in 2017?

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spacer FB Update: LSU copies Swinney's "Bring Your Own Guts"
TigerNet News®
spacer Death Valley Jr.***
dsgriff
spacer Re: FB Update: LSU copies Swinney's "Bring Your Own Guts"
Clemsonf250
spacer Take it as a compliment.
gtriple
spacer In a few years they'll be saying we stole it from them.
CASDM9901
spacer Isn't it Trademarked ????LINK included
MRTTMT
spacer Re: Isn't it Trademarked ????LINK included
greene®
spacer Danced around it, but did not specifically say
dsgriff
spacer That's ok. Sue them just the same.
Baltimore Tiger®
spacer Sue them!***
Baltimore Tiger®
spacer Of course, LoSerU is copying
TigerStripe
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Eagle03®
spacer Re: Dear LSU we cant issue you originality
74TIGER
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tigerphils
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Tigers Rule®
spacer Re: FB Update: LSU copies Swinney's "Bring Your Own Guts"
HumbleServant®
spacer but that manager died in 2003.
T_I_P
spacer We don't have take someone else's idea to motivate our team***
Hi Cotton Tiger
spacer Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery.***
Tiggity®
spacer At least it is a little different. As with anything, it the
Clemson81to85
spacer OMG another team used the term "guts"!!!!!!***
ninetytwotiger®
spacer News stories like this are what make our fans on Twitter look so petty***
jfmahon
spacer I think he said "Gumbo"
BengalBilly
spacer Eh whatever. They don't want any of us.***
tigerdrummer®
spacer Re: Eh whatever. They don't want any of us.***
JBTFLO
spacer This is a huge disappointment Tnet. The title of this
TotalTeeTiger®
spacer Re: This is a huge disappointment Tnet. The title of this
tigernation2000
spacer WIEEG just doesn't have the same ring to it.
cu85tiger®