On October 13, 2008, Clemson named Dabo Swinney as their interim head coach. Swinney has gone on to be one of the best college football coaches of all time, hel

Week 1 tends to produce a lot of overreactions. Overreactions about players. Overreactions about coaches. Overreactions about teams. Perhaps the biggest one revolved around Clemson. That ugly loss to Georgia led me to dismiss the Tigers.

With Clemson football's first four games of the season over, redshirt decisions are coming. Tigers who have not yet used a redshirt year can get one if they play in four games or fewer. Five of Clemson's 21 scholarship true freshmen have played in each games this season: wide receivers Bryant Wesco Jr.

Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney said Monday that the Tigers' losses might "lighten up the bandwagon." He stood by his comments Tuesday.