Deep underneath the Louisiana Superdome early Tuesday morning, Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney sat on a podium and answered questions about his team’s loss to LSU in the National Championship. Yes, the loss bothered him. Yes, he was disappointed for the fans, for his coaches, and his players.
But he was whittling away, waiting for the dawn of another day.
Allow me to explain.
In early April of 1862, Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army were surprised by a strong Confederate attack at a place called Pittsburg Landing. In what would become known as the bloody battle of Shiloh, the Confederate Army wrecked more than one Union Division, pushing the entire army to the river, and its destruction seemed to only await the dawn.