Standing in the muck, the rain and the eye of an emotional storm after his team’s win over Notre Dame, Dabo Swinney blew life into an acronym that’s gone viral and should be visible this week on T-shirts around the Clemson University campus.
BYOG – “bring your own guts” – jumped from Swinney’s mouth, his voice rising, during a postgame interview with ESPN reporter Heather Cox, describing the gritty, last-ditch defensive effort that kept Notre Dame from pushing the game into overtime.
Swinney said he told the team, “We give you scholarships. We give you stipends and meals and a place to live.