Dabo Swinney’s Clemson Tigers played for the national championship last year. Dabo Swinney’s Clemson Tigers may play for the national championship this year. Dabo Swinney feels he’s earned the right to ignore a troubling accusation levied against his football team.
Such was the scene Sunday, a day after Swinney’s Tigers dusted the South Carolina Gamecocks 56-7 to improve to 11-1 and take another step towards earning a spot in the 2016 College Football Playoff. Accounts from some of the Gamecocks, however, were that Saturday’s contest turned especially ugly. South Carolina players claim that racial slurs were lobbed in their direction several times throughout the game.