Swinney happy with Tigers' first preseason game

Dabo Swinney was happy with Saturday's scrimmageCLEMSON – College programs don’t have the luxury of working out the kinks during preseason games, so the full scrimmages allowed by the NCAA are important.

Clemson scrimmaged for two-plus hours inside Death Valley Saturday morning, a scrimmage that head coach Dabo Swinney likened to a preseason game.

“We’ve got 19 days to get ready and this was our first preseason game. This is the best we could do to simulate the game and to get our guys ready,” Swinney said. “We don’t have any other way to do it, and we really only have two true preseason games, if you will. We do have a third, kind of situational deal, but it’s very controlled. Today and next…