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Dabo Swinney to Nick Saban ‘Kind of a rebuilding year for us’

The four coaches of the teams in the College Football Playoff held a news conference in Atlanta last week before the College Football Awards show.

Alabama coach Nick Saban was chatting with Clemson coach Dabo Swinney and asked if Swinney would be sticking around for the awards show following the media availability.

“I was like, ‘Nah, we didn’t have anybody good enough to win any of these awards, kind of a rebuilding year for us,” Swinney jokingly replied. “‘Maybe next year we’ll have somebody good enough to win one of those awards.’ ”

Clemson might not have had any national award winners honored in Atlanta, but the Tigers are back in a familiar spot — playing Alabama in the College Football Playoff.