Dabo Swinney is a veteran of rivalry soccer video games, and he loves them, feels it’s the perfect week of the season for school soccer followers. He lower his enamel on Alabama-Auburn, and has made his dwelling on Clemson-USC. Swinney leads the Tigers for a fifteenth time in opposition to the Gamecocks Saturday evening in Columbia. He was a winner in his first sport and a loser in his final sport in opposition to his rivals. He’s 8-6 agains the Gamecocks and his crew is a landing favourite going into this 12 months’s battle. Clemson leads the alltime sequence 72-43-4.
Key feedback from Swinney’s Tuseday press convention:
- Rivalry week is a particular week throughout the nation in case your a school soccer fan; at all times powerful in Columbia, nice setting, followers there do an important job.
- They’ve bought some dudes who can actually harm you, Rattler performed properly in opposition to them final season and has performed nice this season, simply one other QB who presents a tricky problem, has good receivers, Anderson good working again, tight finish, Legette is a famous person.
- Their protection, they’ve had all-stars at security, expertise at linebacker, Kilgore has been excellent, veterans up entrance on the defensive position; rivalry sport doesn’t actually matter what you’ve executed prior to now, comes all the way down to enjoying properly within the 4 quarters.
- You wish to win this sport whether or not you’re 0-11 or 11-0, all the opposite stuff surrounding the sport doesn’t actually matter.
- Colllins was sore yesterday, most likely not practising this week, Williams stays daily, Stellato is okay.
- Rattler doesn’t sit within the pocket fairly often, they’ve tight ends setting the sting to let him get exterior, he’s an explosive participant, extremely correct, doesn’t get sufficient credit score for his working capability,they only don’t go away him within the pocket.
- Doesn’t recall a lot about Legette from highschool however he has developed into a man who shall be an important professional, a reminder that it is a developmental sport.
- Feels the Portal is a good device for the gamers, generally they want a recent begin or a brand new alternative, Rattler is an effective instance of that.
- Gamecocks have extra weapons than simply Legette corresponding to Brown, Harbor and Joyner, they’ve executed issues to present defenses totally different seems like bringing Sellers in and working totally different motions.
- USC will try to get one thing going within the run sport, will run loads boots, must have an effect on Rattler, if he’s snug within the pocket it is going to be an extended day for them; Anderson is a tricky runner, onerous man to sort out, downhill runner.
- Once you reside in a state like this and also you lose, you find out how critical the rivalry is, even for those who didn’t develop up within the state.
- Preparation, particulars, unusual effort, eyes on the suitable issues, ripping the ball out are among the causes they’ve executed a a lot better job creating turnovers the previous couple of weeks.
- Turnover margin is essential to the current success, they’ve received that of their final three video games and received all three, turnover margin has been essential on this rivalry, of their five-game shedding streak they misplaced 15 turnovers to their three.
- “Hopefully our pretend punt will work this week, name that within the first or second sequence.” Broadcasts punter Aidan Swanson will return for subsequent season.
- Thinks they’ve gotten higher in particular groups, punting, kickoffs, returns and protection, subject aim kicking has been up and down and one thing they’ve to handle within the spring, is aware of USC may have good particular groups play.
- Most attention-grabbing interactions throughout the rivalry had been with Steve Spurrier, they continue to be good associates and he’ll see him in a few weeks on the corridor of fame ceremonies.
