Dabo Swinney Recap on Jim Rome Show |
From JimRome.com:
Dabo on their 2011 Season: “Wow. We’ve got a schedule of champions, that’s what we’ve got.” Topics: Buzz around the area | Been at home for 4 straight weeks | Crowd has been awesome and people are excited | October and November to go | Got to win them all | Lot of young talent on the team | Schedule is a challenge | Managing expectations | Message to the team | Team refuses to listen to the negativity | "If ranked, you can fall, a lot easier than you can climb" | Big win against Auburn | Special to be a part of that win | Re-focused for Florida St. | Was the win a statement game for his program | Time to create their own tradition | 20 years since Clemson has won back to back games against ranked programs | Thoughts on opponents on the schedule this year | Opportunity to leave no doubt | Staying focused on getting better as a team | His start as a walk-on wide receiver at Alabama | Felt like he had a chance to play there | Grew up wanting to go to Alabama | Got an opportunity when a couple of guys got hurt | You've got to prepare for your opportunity | Last game was National Championship game in 1992 | Goal is to be an old head coach | Playing in the National Championship game | Only one person picked Alabama to win the game and he led the parade when they won | Pretty sweet way to end it and never suit up again | Coaching is the next best thing to playing | What the years out of coaching were like | Goal is to make Clemson the model team in college football
Sep 27, 2011:
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