Dabo Swinney is a master motivator, always finding a way to give his team a mental edge.
Swinney’s favorite method of motivation is to play the underdog card.
“No one believes in us,” he has told his Clemson teams in the past. “We’re just little ol’ Clemson. No one thinks we can compete with Alabama or Ohio State. We’ve got to go prove them wrong.”
This year is different, though. And even Swinney is willing to admit it.
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In 2015, when the Tigers were coming off of a Russell Athletic Bowl appearance and had won only one ACC title in the previous 23 years, Clemson was an underdog compared to other national powers.