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Would Florida be crazy—or brilliant—to hire Dabo Swinney if Clemson moves on?

Billy Napier’s tenure at Florida has failed to meet expectations, and the Gators are staring down another potential reset. Meanwhile, Dabo Swinney and Clemson are enduring their worst start in over a decade, sparking speculation about his long-term future in Death Valley.

Which leads to one of the juiciest hypotheticals in college football: Should Florida go after Dabo Swinney if he and Clemson part ways?

The Case For

On the Unnecessary Roughness podcast, Brandon Walker argued that Swinney’s reputation won’t crater even if Clemson bottoms out this fall.

“I don’t think the open coaching market would view Dabo as a guy who went 2-10 this year,” the host said.