Dabo Swinney clarifies his comments about the Tennessee Vols 'flipping burgers' during championship weekend
Clemson Tigers head coach Dabo Swinney drew the ire of Tennessee Vols fans last week when he made some comments about UT's 63-38 loss to the South Carolina Gamecocks. Swinney said that Tennessee had a clear path to the playoff, but they forgot to show up to play against the Gamecocks. “They’re flipping burgers during […]
Clemson Tigers head coach Dabo Swinney drew the ire of Tennessee Vols fans last week when he made some comments about UT's 63-38 loss to the South Carolina Gamecocks.
Swinney said that Tennessee had a clear path to the playoff, but they forgot to show up to play against the Gamecocks.
“They’re flipping burgers during the conference championship weekend,” said Swinney on his radio show last week. "Like are we going to Atlanta or Phoenix, and next thing you know you forget you gotta go play.”
On Tuesday, just a couple of days after Clemson lost at home to South Carolina, Swinney attempted to clarify his comments.
“That’s just a classic example of people just hear what they want to hear,” said Swinney. “I actually was paying them a compliment. I was really more challenging our guys."
"We were talking about finishing and how hard it is to win," added Swinney. "I’m talking about our guys, you say, ‘OK. You’ve got a path that’s clear. But you have to finish.’ I just made the point the team we’re getting ready to play, this team, they’ve just got to do this and do that, then next week, they just can sit at home and flip burgers and watch all the championship games they’re in. But you’ve got to finish."
Only Dabo knows how he really meant the comments last week.
There is one thing in the wake of Dabo's comments, however, that we do know — a potential Orange Bowl matchup between Tennessee and Clemson would have plenty of fireworks.
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