Clemson Football: National media shockingly makes Dabo Swinney out as the villain
National media *shockingly* makes Dabo Swinney out as the villain
It would be absolutely shocking to know that there are national media pundits who are making Dabo Swinney out to be a villain over the latest FSU debacle.
For the last six months- and really, even longer- there have been a few handfuls of national media members who have seemingly watched from afar with the intent of just waiting for Dabo Swinney to say something that might indict him in some way or another.
When Florida State canceled its game with Clemson this weekend due to a positive test that made the trip with the Tigers, it was only a matter of time before those media members jumped on board to give their two cents.
That was especially amplified Sunday night when Dabo Swinney gave a very candid and honest response as to why the game was canceled:
Dabo Swinney: "This game was not cancelled due to COVID. We had people travel from all over the country. We should have played. To me, the Florida State administration forfeited the game."
— Scott Keepfer﮷ (@ScottKeepfer) November 22, 2020
Dabo Swinney’s words put him in ‘hot water’ again in the eyes of the media pundits who were just waiting
Alabama game w/ LSU gets cancelled:
— Peter Burns (@PeterBurnsESPN) November 23, 2020
Saban: "We were certainly looking forward to playing a game, but I think that we kind of expect disruptions this season"
Clemson game w/ FSU gets cancelled:
Dabo: "COVID was just an excuse to cancel game. … To me, FSU forfeited the game"
I’ve never seen a prominent sports personality torpedo their image the way Dabo has over the past year without doing anything but opening their mouth
— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) November 23, 2020
At best, Dabo is being irresponsible and lame for blaming it on another school.
— Brendan Sonnone (@BSonnone) November 22, 2020
At worst, it’s gross negligence and a complete lack of care for the health of others (FSU players, coaches, and his own players) to allow that to happen.
The answer is probably somewhere in between.
I’m a Dabo fan however this is the most idiotic thing I’ve heard a person in his position say Especially when it was his player that had Covid. https://t.co/kYT3pVpp1r
— Booger (@ESPNBooger) November 23, 2020
The national media continue to belittle or flat out ignore the fact that the player who tested positive did not practice when he had mild symptoms on Monday and Tuesday- continued to test negative- and only returned when he didn’t have symptoms, still testing negative, until his test on Friday.
You can say what you want to about Swinney’s ‘reputation’ or how ‘irresponsible his comments were’ but let’s not forget FSU played a game just a couple of weeks ago with Pittsburgh after the Panthers had a player receive a positive test on Friday.
Clemson met and followed all the protocols and Swinney is totally in the right for have wanting the game to be played- he even offered to move it back a couple of days to allow for more rounds of testing- but no one talks about any of that.
Next. Time to say 'nah' to FSU. dark
Instead, it’s just all about Dabo. Wonder why?