It’s bull crap.
That’s how Dabo Swinney described "Clemsoning," the derogative term that hovers over the program like a black cloud, goading the Tigers with promises of an inexplicable loss that will somehow undermine an otherwise promising season. Swinney rattles off the statistics -- now 39 straight wins against unranked opponents; bowl wins against elite programs such as LSU, Ohio State and Oklahoma; five straight 10-win seasons; now a berth in the College Football Playoff -- to combat the label, but that’s not how this game works.
It’s sort of like the old Johnny Cash song, "A Boy Named Sue.