Dabo Swinney knows there are only so many days out of the calendar year that his team actually gets to play in games that his team spends many more other days preparing for.
So, Clemson’s head coach doesn’t take a single game for granted – especially not one like this year’s highly anticipated Aflac Kickoff Game between the 14 th -ranked Tigers and No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Saturday, Aug. 31.
“First of all, you’re excited to just play. In our world, unlike baseball or basketball where you play every day or every other day, football, you might have 15, 16, 17 days out of a year that you actually get to play the game that you spend all this time working, preparing, training for. So, it’s always exciting to get that first game,” said Swinney, who answered questions leading up to the Aflac Kickoff Game, Week 1’s highest-ranked matchup…