This time 10 years ago, Dabo Swinney and his staff was hitting the road hard and was trying to salvage what was left of a recruiting class that fell apart following Tommy Bowden’s resignation as head coach in the middle of the 2008 season.
After getting Clemson to a 4-2 record in the last six weeks of the year, while earning a Gator Bowl bid in the process, Swinney was named the Tigers’ 25th head coach on Dec. 1. He ended up signing 12 players with that first class, which affectionately became known as “The Dandy Dozen.