SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Dabo Swinney says this phrase a lot, especially after his Clemson Tigers take down another heavy weight on the national stage.
So why does he say it?
“I’ve been saying that for a long time because we are Little ole Clemson,” he said. “If you’ve been to Clemson, we’ve only got about 14,000 people in our population there, and — I don’t know — about 20,000 students, maybe.
“So, it’s probably the biggest stadium per capita in the country for the city that it’s in.”
Memorial Stadium currently sits 81,500 fans, while another 70,000 or so never make it into the stadium on game days.