CHARLOTTE, NC – Ten years. Hundreds of games. One dream.
Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney was like a kid early Sunday morning, splashing through the puddles that had accumulated on the Bank of America field, hugging anyone and everyone in sight. He sat down in front of a large replica of the ACC Championship trophy, pointed to it and laughed with the onlookers, saying, “This would look good in my living room.”
He quickly jumped up and found his mother, enjoyed a quick hug, then celebrated with fans hanging over the railing. He was in his element, enjoying the now, but thoughts of the past were never too far away.