Outside of Urban Meyer, he's the ONLY football coach who has fielded a team (twice) who we met in the NC game that was our true equal in talent, toughness and relentlessness. He's basically constructed (from a talent standpoint) an "Alabama" in Clemson. What he's done has been very, very impressive. To suggest otherwise is simply putting one's head in the sand.
ehhh........ They weren't our equal in 2015 - that game was Over in every REAL sense when we scored with 2 minutes left to open a 45-33 margin - that was the REAL difference in those two teams, not the 5 point margin after we gave them a "Garbage Time" score with seconds left.
Last year they beat us Fair and Square - and they were the better team THAT NIGHT. But if anyone thinks they faced a performance even REMOTELY representative of the real ability of our 2016 team, then - Respectfully - they have
their head in the sand.
The game is played for a reason, and its up to every team to show up ready to play. Their team did, our team didn't (Thanks in part of Lane Kiffin's selfish "Behind"). They did what they had to do on the day they had to do it. And they are the defending NC's because they beat us. But "it is what it is".
I am a FAN of Dabo Swinney!!! I think he's a fine coach and a GREAT HUMAN BEING.
But I'm not yet ready to crown him the next Nick Saban or Paul Bryant.
Urban Myth beat us down pretty good in the 2014 P_ayoff semi. Where he is right now - with all the resources in the world and near complete Immunity from NZAA interference - Where is he?
Dabo MIGHT win the next 10 NC's in a row.
But as of TODAY - he has the same number of Titles as Jean Cheatnick, phil foulmer, Larry Coker, Lloyd Carr, LaVell Edwards, Bill McCartney, or Jimbo Fulmer.
just sayin'.......
) when the booger eaters put a fast "hands" player on the goal line on the last play of the game in 2013. That was a designed play that they were prepared to execute and our guys were NOT PREPARED to defend. 
