By Staff Report
Clemson, S.C—Clemson held its fifth practice of the preseason, its first in pads, and the first without Head Coach Dabo Swinney, who returned to Alabama to be with his family after the passing of his father, Ervil Swinney on Saturday afternoon.
The Tigers practiced for the scheduled two and a half hours although it began a few minutes late after Coach Swinney met with his team before he departed for Alabama. “It was an emotional meeting,” said Clemson graduate student and starting guard Eric Mac Lain. “You could see he was hurting and we all felt for him.