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Despite winning a title last season, Dabo Swinney says Clemson isn't defending anything

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CLEMSON, S.C. -- Dorian O’Daniel trotted off the practice field earlier this week, four days of sweat already in the books this spring, and he couldn’t help but marvel at how fast everything moved. Two months ago, there was a celebration. Now it’s all work again.

“It’s crazy,” said O'Daniel, a senior linebacker. “Still coming off the win from the national championship, and it’s sort of surreal that it’s already here, already back in the swing of things.”

It’s tough to argue with that perspective. O’Daniel might still be brushing confetti off his uniform, the vestiges of last season’s national championship still fresh in the minds of everyone.