NEW ORLEANS, LA – Since Dabo Swinney took over at Clemson in 2009, every practice and every game has been a step in process toward making Clemson the premier program in the country.
The 2012 win over LSU in the Chick-fil-A Bowl was the next step in the process.
The first step in that process was winning the division in 2009.
“It was the next step. The first step was my first team in '09 winning the division,” Swinney said at the national championship media day. “You can't win – I always tell guys, you can't win five until you win four.