Clemson coach Dabo Swinney did have a better view than most of us.
Maybe that explains why he made the statement he made Tuesday, just several days after his third-ranked Tigers were routed at home, 51-14, to No. 5 Florida State.
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Swinney said that after watching film that if the two teams played 10 times, “We’d probably win five, they’d probably win five.”
He said that the Seminoles were a great football team.
“That’s not taking anything away from them; they played a heck of a game, and we certainly didn’t give ourselves a chance. We didn’t give our fans a chance. You can’t make those mistakes and even really assess it as far as where you are competitively.
“They’ve got a couple of areas where they’re a little bit ahead of us, that I think we’re going to catch up.”