The lights were bright in Jacksonville, the stakes even brighter. But in the aftermath of Trevor Lawrence’s last-second, birthday night heroics, it was Clemson’s head coach Dabo Swinney who delivered perhaps the most fitting tribute.
Swinney broke down the moment: “Just awesome. Uh … I hate for Andy Reid, because I love Andy Reid, uh, too … but, you know … it’s a long trip home, you know, it was a tough game like that.”
He continued, acknowledging the quality of the opponent: “You know, they haven’t had quite the start that they want, but they’ll … he played … I thought they played well, but I was so happy.