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ESPN college football analyst Paul Finebaum spoke on Clemson’s poor situation with Swinney and believes that, even though the Tigers made the College Football Playoff in 2024, signs of concern began to arise last season.
Heading into the 2025 college football season, the Clemson Tigers were expected to be one of the top national championship contenders in the nation. Unfortunately for Dabo Swinney and company, the season has not progressed quite like that.
ESPN talking head Paul Finebaum has run out of patience with Clemson Tigers' head football coach Dabo Swinney.
Clemson is 3-4 on the year, with losses to LSU, Georgia Tech, Syracuse, and most recently SMU. After a double-digit home loss to a team the Tigers took down in the conference championship game last season, there is no denying that this school from South Carolina has fallen from grace just a year removed from a College Football Playoff appearance.
Swinney signed a 10-year, $115 million extension in 2021, which runs through the 2031 season. If the Tigers were to make a change at head coach this year, the program would owe Swinney a $60 million buyout. It's the 8th-highest buyout in college football.
Clemson's 35-24 home loss to SMU on Saturday will only make the voices calling for head coach Dabo Swinney's job grow louder, but he's unlikely to be going anywhere anytime soon.
Following Clemson’s 35-24 loss to SMU Saturday evening in Death Valley, several select football players were made available to the media, along with of course head coach Dabo Swinney who held his postgame news conference.
Clemson fell to 3-4 after a frustrating night in Death Valley. HC Dabo Swinney shared his thoughts on what went wrong and what must change moving forward.