Back in the summer, when he was planning his schedule for the 2019 football season, Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney was not a fan of the fact the College Football Playoff National Championship Game was going to be played 16 days after the semifinals.
At the time, Swinney, planning as if his Tigers were going to be in the title game, would have rather played a week from now. However, after playing a game like Saturday’s Fiesta Bowl win over Ohio State and then having a three-hour delay trying to fly out of Phoenix on Sunday, Swinney is thankful the Tigers have an extra week to get ready for LSU in the national championship game.