GLENDALE, AZ – While many Clemson fans had their hearts pounding and their blood pressure rising in the final minutes of the Fiesta Bowl, Dabo Swinney and Trevor Lawrence were calm and having fun on the sideline of State Farm Stadium.
Trailing 23-21, Clemson took over with a little over three minutes to play and Lawrence engineered a four-play, 94-yard drive that took just 78 seconds off the clock that will go down in history that gave Clemson a 29-23 lead that it wouldn’t relinquish.
But it was his poise in the moments before taking the field that stand out even more giving Swinney all the confidence in his signal-caller.