Dabo Swinney's press conferences this season -- much like his Clemson Tigers ' season as a whole -- have been a roller coaster. Now, with the preseason No. 4 team sitting at 1-3, he's taking accountability for the disappointing start.

"From a big picture standpoint, it's just been a coaching failure, honestly," Swinney said. "That's the best way I can say it. We have just failed as coaches. I'm not taking accountability away from the players. I mean, they got accountability in this too. You got some guys that gotta play better. ...

"I'm not pointing a finger, I'm pointing a thumb. It starts with me."

Here's the video of the full quote, courtesy of Marc Whiteman of WYFF News 4:

Swinney said that coaches not coaching to their potential and players not players to their potential ultimat

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