‘Bullish.’ That’s what HC Dabo Swinney described himself as, after Clemson’s win over South Carolina. Despite a win, a 7-6 record effectively chucked out Clemson’s playoff hopes out the window, and the scrutiny all shifted towards OC Garrett Riley. Is he getting fired? That decision is still up in the air.

“We’re told that erroneous reports declaring Dabo Swinney had decided to fire Riley didn’t help his case at Coastal,” Tiger Illustrated writes. “We can’t say that was a deal-breaker, and we tend to doubt it was.

“It was probably more attributed to Clemson’s offensive slog in Riley’s third season at the controls. Which might well end up causing Swinney to go in a different direction; he’s just not at that point yet from the information we’ve gathered.”

Clemson began its season on a d

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