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That dream continues, as I have joined @ClemsonTigerNet to write and podcast full time.
I'm thankful to @MDavidHood for the opportunity this summer, and I can't wait to continue to grow.
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Dabo Swinney says the state of CFB officiating is a bad system that needs change:
“In the meantime we got gambling issues going on and people are being suspended…refs are people too. If they are a part of the game they ought to be part of the accountability and consequences.”
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Dabo Swinney got the wrong Brian Kelly.
In a hysterical clip, Swinney mistook Brian Kelly, LSU’s head coach, for Brian Kelley, who is best known for his work with Florida Georgia Line.
This clip is seriously a must watch.
Swinney and Kelly will have a laugh in August.
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The student section for Clemson last night showed up and showed out. The energy was unmatched. @ClemSportNews
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“Probably a screen or draw!”
Dabo Swinney says Clemson had good mojo with Brent Venables back in town.
He also provides a solid impression of his former defensive coordinator.
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Tom Brady on Will Shipley: “The little stud from Clemson.”
The GOAT with some praise for the former #Clemson RB.
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Former Clemson DE Shaq Lawson speaks out on the state of the program:
"We don't got no dawgs at Clemson. That NIL change everything."
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This moment absolutely goes down as the best moment of Cade Klubnik’s #Clemson career.
Everything was stacked against them, and Klubnik put together his best plays when it was needed.
Career defining moment.
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Adam Randall talks his journey, #Clemson to the CFP:
He says the road to get here hasn’t been smooth, but tonight was a special moment for him.
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BREAKING: #Clemson has made a move in the portal.
WR Tristan Smith of Southeast Missouri announced it earlier on his Instagram.
Smith tallied 76 RECS for 934 yards and six TDs for the Redhawks.
Dabo Swinney is making moves 👀
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#Clemson caps off the night with the planting of the flag at the Carolina logo.
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247Sports has bumped Clemson to the No. 3 class in the nation. 📈
Here’s a look at the five commitments from this stretch:
4 ⭐️ OT Adam Guthrie
4 ⭐️ WR Naeem Burroughs
4 ⭐️ WR Connor Salmin
4 ⭐️ OL Grant Wise
4 ⭐️ OL Chancellor Barclay
What a weekend for the Tigers.
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Former Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence was on Pardon My Take and got the chance to talk about Dabo Swinney:
“He would make you believe you could do anything. It didn’t matter who we were playing, we are gonna kill these dudes. He was awesome.”
🎥: @PardonMyTake
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The All-22 film of some of #Clemson QB Cade Klubnik’s greatest hits against Texas remind you how he’s truly grown this year.
Another season like this, and he’s likely one of the top QBs taken in the 2026 NFL Draft.
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Matt Luke has assembled the best OL class in Clemson history:
4 ⭐️ OT Carter Scruggs
4 ⭐️ OL Leo Delaney
4 ⭐️ OL Chancellor Barclay
4 ⭐️ OL Grant Wise
4 ⭐️ OT Adam Guthrie
3 ⭐️ OT Braden Wilmes
It's time we consider Luke one of the best assistant coaches in the country.
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Clemson’s 2026 class is now ranked No. 5 in the nation, according to 247Sports.
The Tigers picked up four massive commitments this weekend:
4 ⭐️ OT Adam Guthrie
4 ⭐️ WR Naeem Burroughs
4 ⭐️ WR Connor Salmin
4 ⭐️ OL Grant Wise
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#Clemson has now beaten North Carolina, Duke, and Kentucky in the same season.
A feat that hasn't been done since Maryland in 2001-02.
Another impressive mark for what's been a pretty successful season for Brad Brownell and Co.
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“The consistency of this program is historic.”
Dabo Swinney sounds off in the locker room after #Clemson won the ACC Championship, earning a trip back to the CFP.
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Stanford clears the dugout to join Clemson in honoring US veterans in attendance during the M4.
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Looks like Phil Mafah earned every bit of that first career TD.
Here’s the play before his career moment.
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#Clemson WR Antonio Williams is returning for 2025.
“More to be done,” says Williams on his Instagram.
This WR now brings back its top trio + Tyler Brown from injury and Tristan Smith from the portal. Lots of talented pass catchers.
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Despite the loss, you got another confirmation that this freshman duo of Bryant Wesco and TJ Moore will be special next year.
Moore had a career night against Texas, capping off a year we haven’t seen from the #Clemson WR room in some time.
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We’ve talked a TON about what Matt Luke has done for the #Clemson OLine in such a short time.
Every week we’ve had the chance to ask the unit about his energy, and they always have great things to say.
This clip right here gives you a pretty good idea.
🎥: @ClemsonFB
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Once again, @ClemSportNews was able to capture how electric the student section was in yesterday’s thriller over Syracuse. They were an undeniable x-factor. @D_Rench_ coordination efforts?
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Clay Swinney jumps into today’s media session with a burning question:
“Who is the best holder Clemson’s had in the last decade?”
Swinney says that’s a tough question, but they’ve all had a great mom.
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The season is coming to a close for #Clemson, but a defining question was answered in 2024:
Cade Klubnik is not only your guy, he’s one of the top QBs in the nation.
Klubnik gave the Tigers all he could to give them life.
In 2025, 2️⃣ gives you a chance to do special things.
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Peter Woods has also confirmed his return for 2025.
The #Clemson DT is ready to roll for his junior season. 👀
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Steve Sarkisian says #Clemson modernized a lot of coaching philosophies that many programs use today.
He says that Swinney has created a culture of love and that a different approach has paved the way for many coaches to run things differently.
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#Clemson QB Cade Klubnik:
“I wanna give a shoutout to Adam Randall.”
Randall’s kickoff return was easily the play of his career.
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TJ Parker has had quite the season that nobody is talking about enough.
He's had 11 sacks this year and is the first Clemson player to post double-digit sacks since Clelin Ferrell had 11.5 in 2018.
Add six forced fumbles, and that's an unbelievable sophomore year.
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Peter Woods says Clemson has adopted a "stricter standard."
"If there's a workout at six in the morning, we are there at 4:45."
He adds the team has done a great job of buying into that standard, especially the defensive line.
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Peter Woods reacts to the Tigers back in the CFP:
“It’s #Clemson chaos.”
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Clemson QB Cade Klubnik is out in California working with QB guru Jordan Palmer.
It also looks like in these posts he brought TJ Moore, Bryant Wesco, and Antonio Williams out with him.
Clemson’s offensive core is training together this summer.
📸: (cadeklubnik: Instagram)
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#Clemson players leaving for the draft:
RB Phil Mafah
TE Jake Briningstool
DT Payton Page
Players returning:
LB Wade Woodaz
It’s early, and more decisions are to be made. Here’s where we currently stand.
No surprises so far.
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BREAKING: 4 ⭐️ safety Blake Stewart has committed to Clemson.
Stewart is choosing the Tigers over Michigan, Miami, and Vanderbilt.
This is Clemson’s 21st commitment of the 2026 class.
Big get for Mickey Conn.
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Former Clemson DE KJ Henry gets the pick six.
Big day for former Tigers.
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BREAKING: He’s back.
#Clemson QB Cade Klubnik is returning for his senior season.
His junior year was the best the Tigers have seen from the position in years, and will look to lead Clemson back to the CFP in back to back years.
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Matt Luke told us that Dabo Swinney’s comments about this 1-3 start being a coaching failure is very fair.
He breaks down the pride of executing the right vision, especially at Clemson.
“When you put the paw on your helmet, there’s a certain way it’s supposed to look.”
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Another look at Bryant Wesco’s spin move into the end zone.
The #Clemson freshman found the end zone for the first time since September.
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Brad Brownell is out handing doughnuts to #Clemson students who have packed the grounds at Littlejohn.
Been seeing that the building is wrapped around with fans trying to secure a spot.
🎥: @SirAirKelly
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#Clemson upsets No. 2 Duke in what will go down as the most significant win in Littlejohn in recent memory.
Here’s the scene on the home floor:
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“Marco?” “Polo!”
Dabo Swinney gets in on the moment Kentavion Anderson committed to Clemson.
Here’s that full moment for the 4 ⭐️ DB.
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“Making plays and being a part of something great is phenomenal.”
WR Tristan Smith talks the nerves from today, and what it’s like to be here and making plays at Clemson.
Smith easily was the highlight of the spring game.
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BREAKING: Not once, but twice:
DE Will Heldt is transferring from Purdue to #Clemson. The edge rusher had five sacks in his sophomore season.
He will have two years of eligibility remaining.
Dabo Swinney does it again. 👀
@AdamSchefter had the initial report.
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BREAKING: 4 ⭐️ QB Kharim Hughley has committed to Clemson.
One of the Tigers’ recent offers at QB pulls the trigger.
This is Clemson’s second 2027 commitment.
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Dabo Swinney on #Clemson WR TJ Moore:
"We are creating a monster."
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Here's how Clemson recruiting fared in June:
4 ⭐️ DL Keshawn Stancil
4 ⭐️ DE Dre Quinn
4 ⭐️ OL Carter Scruggs
4 ⭐️ OL Leo Delaney
3 ⭐️ DE JR Hardrick
Massive month for the Tigers. 📈
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Dabo Swinney said on Sunday that TE Christian Bentancur was in the facility running wind-sprints after a two TD performance.
Bentancur says the quote “if you don’t stop growing, you start dying” encapsulates how he approaches his work at Clemson.
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BREAKING: #Clemson adds another from the portal.
This time, former 5 ⭐️ edge from Alabama, Jeremiah Alexander, announced he will join the Tigers.
This marks Clemson's third addition from the portal, with Alexander being another solid piece for the defense.
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Kirk Herbstreit was asked which college football team will make a “jump” this season.
Herbstreit thinks Clemson “is coming back to the party” this season.
He is a believer in Klubnik + the Tom Allen addition.
All eyes on LSU. 👀
🎥: @PatMcAfeeShow
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#Clemson WR Bryant Wesco has also signed a new deal to return in 2025.
Klubnik will retain his freshman pass catchers, with the addition of Tristan Smith into the mix.
Antonio Williams hasn't announced a decision.
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It has been a busy two games for Cade Klubnik and the #Clemson offense.
The junior QB has accounted for 11 total TDs in that stretch.
He’s playing like the star Clemson recruited him to be.
Here’s a compilation of it all.
🎥: ESPN/ACCN
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BREAKING: 4 ⭐️ DE Dre Quinn has committed to Clemson.
Quinn has chosen the Tigers over Texas.
A massive get for Chris Rumph and this defense.
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4 ⭐️ WR Clemson target Jamarin Simmons just made one of the catches of the year.
Oh my goodness.
🎥: @bigbend850_
Big Bend 850
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Had this video sent my way.
It may be the best angle we will get on the PI against Clemson.
What’s the verdict?
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All smiles from Tom Allen.
We will hear from him this afternoon as he’s formally introduced as the new #Clemson defensive coordinator.
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Cade Klubnik reunited with former #Clemson QB DJ Uiagalelei postgame.
@CarmineGemei asked what his former mentor taught him that had an impact.
“He was in the facility until 10 every night. That kind of work ethic, whether you notice it or not, it pushed me a lot.”
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BREAKING: OF Ryan Wideman has transferred to Clemson, per his social media.
Wideman was the Conference USA player of the year, hitting .398 with 10 homers and 68 RBIs.
Massive get for Erik Bakich.
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BREAKING: Four ⭐️ DL Kameron Cody has committed to Clemson.
Cody likely caps off what has been a tremendous March for the 2026 class.
The Tigers continue to rock and roll in the recruiting scene.
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#Clemson walk-on OL Sam Judy might have the entry of the year for the win-cam.
He’s played in two career games since joining the team in 2022 according to the team website, until today. He was very excited.
“I got play time! I love play time! Let’s go!”
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#Clemson is one of the major winners from an unreal weekend of chaos in CFB.
Teams that dropped losses today:
#5 Indiana
#7 Alabama
#9 Ole Miss
#14 BYU
#15 Texas A&M
#16 Colorado
The Tigers and Gamecocks are playing a play-in game next weekend for a spot in the CFP. 🔥
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#Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney on Hauser sending the Tigers to the College Football Playoff:
“THANK YOU JESUS!”
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“I had no doubt we would come out and play our best game.”
#Clemson LB Sammy Brown reacts to the Tigers heading back to the CFP:
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Clemson and LSU will kick off at 7:30 p.m. on ABC, per @Brett_McMurphy
The much anticipated opener gets the primetime slot to open the college football season.
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#Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney giving a shoutout to Fran Brown:
“I wanna give a shoutout to Fran Brown! Appreciate the opportunity!”
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“I think at the end of the day, the Dabo Swinney way is going to be incredibly victorious.”
Matt Barrie and @finebaum are talking #Clemson, who is one of Finebaum’s biggest surprises after declaring the Tigers’ relevancy was over after UGA.
🎥: @MattBarrie
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Tristan Smith is having himself a day.
Here’s the sequence of his touchdown, along with another insane catch.
Clemson snagged a good one in the portal.
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New transfer WR Tristan Smith getting to work for #Clemson.
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Want a true turning point from yesterday? This throw from Cade Klubnik was it for #Clemson.
Easily one of his best throws of the year.
Rolls out in duress and throws an absolute dart to move the sticks down seven.
This was the first of six straight TD drives.
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Worlds collide:
#Clemson QB Cade Klubnik and WR Antonio Williams seen with Yankees’ Jazz Chisholm.
Clemson baseball and Absolutely Ridiculous announced a partnership this week, which Chisholm is a part of.
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A look at portal moves from #Clemson:
3 ⭐️ WR Tristan Smith
3 ⭐️ Edge/OLB Jeremiah Alexander
4 ⭐️ DE Will Heldt
When it comes to the make of this roster, this has been one of the more impressive offseasons from Clemson in years.
Add the right DC to that, and the 📈 rises.
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Matt Luke is an absolute superstar.
This class of OL talent certainly reflects that.
4 ⭐️ OL Leo Delaney
4 ⭐️ OL Chancellor Barclay
4 ⭐️ OT Adam Guthrie
4 ⭐️ OL Grant Wise
3 ⭐️ OT Braden Wilmes
The Tigers are on fire and aren’t slowing down.
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BREAKING: Four ⭐️ OT Adam Guthrie has committed to Clemson.
A major commitment for the class of 2026.
Guthrie has been on campus since Tuesday, and now will be a significant addition for Matt Luke’s future in the trenches.
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I've spoken to several 2026 OL prospects who slotted #Clemson in their final lists.
Matt Luke's immediate impact continues to be a consistent trend that should only continue to grow.
Swinney's hiring of Luke only becomes a more obvious slam dunk.
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#Clemson QB Cade Klubnik reacts to the official hiring of Tom Allen on Instagram:
“😏”
Lots of excitement brewing.
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Nolan Hauser wins it for #Clemson.
The Tigers are going to the College Football Playoff.
Here’s the scene in Charlotte:
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BREAKING: 2027 DB Harrison Luke has committed to Clemson.
The son of Matt Luke is a Tiger.
He also had offers from Georgia and Ole Miss.
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Dabo Swinney remains confident better days are ahead for Clemson:
"Unless Graham sends me packing, I'll show up on Monday. We will finish. These freshmen will win a championship before they get out of here, I promise you."
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Dabo Swinney on not playing NC State until 2027:
"We got the trophy back. Guess we can hang on to it for a little while."
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BREAKING: 2027 4 ⭐️ LB Max Brown has committed to Clemson.
The younger brother of Sammy Brown will follow in his siblings footsteps to play for the Tigers.
This is Clemson’s first commitment for the 2027 class.
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BREAKING: 4 ⭐️ WR Naeem Burroughs has committed to #Clemson.
The wins from the Elite Retreat keep coming.
Matt Luke gets a future tackle. Tyler Grisham gets a future stud at WR.
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More from Trevor Lawrence talking Clemson on Pardon My Take:
Lawrence talks Dabo Swinney as a recruiter:
“He’s a great recruiter. You wanna go play for him. He sells the family atmosphere of Clemson and you get there and it’s really like that.”
🎥: @PardonMyTake
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BREAKING:
OT Tristan Leigh and OG Marcus Tate are active today against South Carolina.
Huge boost for the #Clemson OL.
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Series swept.
#Clemson sweeps South Carolina in Columbia, putting together quite the weekend for Eric Bakich and Co.
Here’s the scene in Founders Park.
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#Clemson AD Graham Neff reacts to the Tigers heading to the College Football Playoff:
“How about Nolan Hauser?”
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I asked #Clemson WR Antonio Williams about his career day today:
During his explanation, Cade Klubnik makes a brief cameo:
“13 catches? Two touchdowns?”
Antonio Williams: “That’s all you.”
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Dabo Swinney on this moment of visible emotion:
"I'm human, man. I'm not a cyborg. I've been here 23 years," Swinney said. "I've invested my life here. When I don't get the job done, I feel responsible. I feel the pain, and not just my pain."
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