Earlier this season, after a crushing 46-45 loss to Duke dropped the Clemson football team to 3-5, Dabo Swinney admitted he had “sucked” this year and vowed to be better. The Tigers’ head coach framed the slide as a failure in situational football and promised that cleaner details, toughness, and late-game poise would eventually show up on the field.

Friday night at Louisville felt like the kind of performance he had in mind. After a tense road win pushed Clemson back to 5-5, Swinney raved about his team’s resilience and effort , per On3.

He told his players they have already helped build the foundation for Clemson’s “next championship,” calling this victory a piece of the process toward the next great season. Swinney singled out his seniors and the way the locker room still cares

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