CLEMSON, S.C. — Even though Clemson did not have any February signees for National Signing Day, it was still a festive atmosphere in the Upstate.
Head coach Dabo Swinney went with his traditional NSD attire which is the orange blazer and he had a special guest to his left in new offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Garrett Riley.
There was also a large spread of bar-b-q on the premises as Swinney spends part of the first Wednesday in February as a celebration of a new class coming into the program.
With the new signees locked in since December, Swinney’s news conference dealt with his new assistant coach and a certain segment of the fan base that may be disappointed in the 2022 team which did win 11 games, but lost to arch-rival South Carolina for the first time since 2013 and lost to Tennessee in the Orange Bowl.
Swinney says it is important to enjoy the journey, regardless of where each season’s journey ends whether it’s the Cheez-It Bowl, the Orange Bowl of the national championship.