CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson coach Dabo Swinney sees normally friendly faces avoiding his gaze around town. He also is getting plenty of “praying for you” texts and random letters in his mailbox, some from people he has never met.
It’s “like I’ve got the plague,” Swinney said of teetering around .500 going into Saturday’s game against resurging Florida State.
The six-time defending Atlantic Coast Conference champions already have lost two league games and will need significant help — plus improved play — if the Tigers hope to keep that streak going.
“It’s like you got a stink on you and nobody wants to be around you,” he said this week.