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Notes from Swinney's weekly press conference for FSU


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Live updates from Swinney's weekly press conference for FSU

- Huge challenge to head to Tallahassee to take on the No. 1 team but also a great opportunity.

- Their offensive line is as good as there is out there. All seniors.

- Swinney says Clemson DL vs FSU OL is a great matchup.

- Winston is "a great player, really doesn't have any weaknesses."

- They play three running backs and all of them are dangerous.

- Says TE Nick O'Leary hurt Clemson last year, great football player. Use him in running and passing game

- (With the receivers) It all starts with No. 80 [Rashad Greene]. He is a great player.... He has a chance to set every record for Florida State and they have had some great receivers down there.

- As good of a secondary that we will see all year. Really talented and deep.

- Not a lot of weakness when you look at Florida State.

- To beat FSU: "We have to find a way to create turnovers, win the big play margin.....Our best players have to play well."

- Swinney said the most disappointing part about last year's game with FSU was his team didn't respond to adversity very well.

- Swinney said that they have beaten everybody but FSU and South Carolina. Clemson finished 7th in poll but their two rivals finished ahead of the Tigers and "that puts a damper on the mood."

- On FSU Championship: "I was tomahawk chopping in the national championship game...two-handed."

- On statement last year that Clemson would win 5 out of 10 against FSU if they played 10 times. "I can't give an honest answer without getting my butt ripped."

- "After two games, I don't know where we are. I think we're pretty good. If we win, we're 2-1. But there's a bunch of games left."

- "We lose this game we'll probably have a lot of fans quit and want to call the season off, but not this guy"

- On Winston: "You tip your hat off to him" (on beating Clemson at Death Valley).

- "Ya'll (media) see us as underdogs, but we don’t see us as underdogs. Why are we underdogs? We’ve got a good team."

- "We are very blessed at the quarterback position."

- Swinney on Stoudt: "He earned the job." This is a team concept. He paid the price. Fan just see a glimpse of something. You can't just make a guy a starter on potential. You have to earn things.

- Swinney on Watson: Deshaun has not won the job yet. I'm not afraid to start a freshman.

- Its a constant evaluation (on the QB position).

- Swinney: “If things don’t go right, just blame Dabo."

-Jayron Kearse trained him up at several spots but he is our starting safety.

- "We are at our best when we play fast."

- Winston is even more confident this year. He is mentally tough. He is physically tough. He is a smart player. He makes some plays that you have to tip your hat to.

- Swinney on Winston: "I have a great respect for Winston as a football player."

- "We have to win in the trenches."

- Swinney said domestic violence is not a football problem. Its a society problem.

- "Football is a reflection of society. Period."

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TigerNet News®
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ClemsonMike830
spacer You feel better?***
ClemsonTiger1988®
spacer No not at all, not until we start looking
ClemsonMike830
spacer Anyone in the country deserves to be on the field with USuCk
The hillbilly beater
spacer Well, they managed to do something we couldn't do.
ClemsonMike830
spacer First let's answer this.
ClemsonTiger1988®
spacer Re: Well, they managed to do something we couldn't do.
lhaselden
spacer What the hell does it matter how USuCk looked compared to
tiggerz04
spacer Re: No not at all, not until we start looking
lhaselden
spacer Off the top of my head
tiger_thom®
spacer Re: Off the top of my head
tiggerz04
spacer That's true
tiger_thom®
spacer Not to mention that talking about the number of comebacks is
tiggerz04
spacer Stop chopping and get mad Dabo!
hospiceChaplain
spacer We knew he'd say all that.
ClemsonTiger1988®
spacer is the gameplan now to get them pregnant?
york_tiger
spacer Sounds like Fanus Jamass gonna' get some payback...***
SOLOS®
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york_tiger
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elwyn07®
spacer he was referring to my poll below***
york_tiger
spacer It this a Peters reference?***
elwyn07®
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cutigerbob®
spacer Which one of the 5 out of 10 is this?***
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tiggerz04
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ColaTownTiger
spacer Great chance for us
dakid91
spacer Re: Great chance for us
dakid91
spacer - Swinney on Winston: "I have a great respect for Winston as a football player."
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