On an episode of his Always College Football show, ESPN analyst Greg McElroy broke down the different types of pressure that various head coaches are facing heading into the 2025 season.
McElroy put Clemson’s Dabo Swinney among the group of coaches under one particular category of pressure – “College Football Playoff or bust” pressure.
“Now, Dabo Swinney has endless job security,” McElroy said. “But I think Dabo Swinney, this is the year they’ve had circled. This is the one. This is the one they’ve circled, dating back to when they went and got Cade Klubnik, got him, put him into the lineup a little bit as a freshman, then he became the starter year two.