CLEMSON — Ahead of a primetime matchup with Florida State, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney received a phone call from the most apropos of colleagues.

“Coach Prime,” Colorado head man and FSU alum Deion Sanders , wanted to chit-chat.

“Misery loves company,” Swinney quipped as the Tigers sit at 3-5 and Sanders’ squad comes into the week 3-6.

“We just cried on each other's shoulder,” Swinney said of their Nov. 3 phone call.

There has been a lot of pain in the coaching world this season as October firings became vogue . But there’s an abundance of angst in the Clemson-Colorado-FSU triumvirate.

A few weeks ago, it was questionable whether Mike Norvell was even going to be the Seminoles’ coach on Nov. 8 when FSU visited Clemson. The Seminoles started ACC play 0-4, which made for nine str

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