The Clemson Insider · Feb 7, 2017
Swinney no longer has to defend the ACC
No one has defended the Atlantic Coast Conference more than Dabo Swinney the last five years. The Clemson head coach has been outspoken about how the league is unappreciated by the national media and does not get the attention it deserves.
Swinney and the ACC are no longer looking for that respect because it has gone out and won it. With Clemson’s 35-31 victory over Alabama in last month’s College Football Playoff National Championship Game, the ACC has now won two of the last four national championships in college football and played for it another time.
And in both national championship victories, they beat the champion from the SEC.