Dabo Swinney Crafts a Folksy Reply for That Dadgum Paul Finebaum
The forever victimized Dabo Swinney isn't fooling anyone with this nonsense.
His Clemson Tigers are in fact the defending national champions and currently unbeaten headed into the ACC Championship Game.
However, Dabo seemed pretty dadgum perplexed after his Tigers annihilated yet another inferior opponent at South Carolina.
Just listen to this shameless attempt at martyrdom:
"Georgia loses to this very same team & the very next day it's 'How do we keep Georgia in it?' We win to the team that beat South Carolina & it's 'How do we get Clemson out?'"
— Saturday Down South (@SDS) November 30, 2019
- Dabo Swinney pic.twitter.com/TmXMDtCTMi
Dude can't possibly believe this gibberish.
This us against them motivational ploy may work with his student-athletes, but talking head Paul Finebaum is having none of it:
"I think Dabo Swinney is the most annoying winner in all of sports."@finebaum was ON ONE today 😳😳😳 pic.twitter.com/2zDdRCAs6h
— Get Up (@GetUpESPN) December 3, 2019
The brutally frank ESPN and SEC commentator may be a complete dick, but he's certainly got a point about that grueling schedule.
Of course, this argument has been well-lamented:
Dabo Swinney says he can’t control the strength of his conference - only his program. Fair enough. But, he can control his non-conference schedule. So, was he just expecting Wofford and Charlotte to be a shit ton better when he put them on the schedule?? #CFBPlayoff
— Leonardo Fassbender (@LennyFassbender) December 5, 2019
Dabo was predictably asked about the Finebaum verbal spanking and spun quite the yarn in response:
Dabo Swinney fires back at Paul Finebaum:
— The Sideline Report (@SidelineReport_) December 3, 2019
“You don’t take criticism from people that you wouldn’t take advice from.”
Dabo also talks 1st grade naps, lunchboxes, and bologna sandwiches which I thought was very spot on😂#Clemson
pic.twitter.com/ulijxcStl0
That whimsical tangent reminds us of a bizarro Mike Leach, although the Cougars head coach typically covers a more diverse range of topics.
The edge in vocabulary also goes to Leach.