Clemson football: Paul Finebaum still butthurt even when Dabo Swinney loses

The world’s most famous SEC propagandist is back talking about the Clemson football program and Dabo Swinney— rather than his own conference– because, well, he’s still hurt.

There has been no program to even come close to the prestige of Alabama over the course of the last half-decade other than Clemson football. The result has left Paul Finebaum talking about Dabo Swinney and Clemson much more than you’d expect from an SEC Network analyst.

Even now when Clemson football is out of the CFB Playoff race and clearly having a down year, Finebaum still has to spend time taking unwarranted shots at Swinney.

"“Dabo Swinney, for all of his charm, is a pretty lousy loser,” Finebaum said on the ESPN College Football Podcast. “Nobody wants to hear his wine, nobody really wants to hear him say whatever he says. He’s a good winner — well, he’s not even a good winner. But he’s a terrible loser.”"

What exactly did Swinney say in any of his postgame press conferences that would point to him whining? What a ridiculous comment.

You would think that between the success of teams like Ole Miss, Georgia, Florida and Arkansas, that Finebaum would have his hands full talking about how much fun the SEC might be this year, but nope, he’s still concerned about Dabo Swinney.

Finebaum must have forgotten that his beloved Alabama was in a very similar spot to Clemson football just a few years ago

One other thing we’d like to point out here is that Finebaum’s beloved Alabama was in a very similar position to Clemson just a few years ago.

Alabama lost to Clemson 44-16 in the National Championship game and then followed that up the next season by missing the CFB Playoff altogether.

Many were talking about how the program was ‘on the decline’ and how the Crimson Tide were finished. You know what Nick Saban did? He made changes, adapted and came back to win the National Championship.

Dabo Swinney is now in the position where he is going to need to do the same thing.

One thing we will, however, agree with Finebaum is his assessment of the offensive line and Swinney’s assessment of that unit prior to the season.

"“I really do think it starts at the offensive line position,” Finebaum said of Swinney’s struggles. “I heard Dabo a month ago saying, ‘we are much better at the offensive line. I really like this offensive line.’ If he likes that offensive line, he likes bad football because they can’t block anything. They’re done for the season; it doesn’t matter who’s left.”"

If Clemson football is going to adapt like Alabama did, it’s going to start with Swinney recognizing those problems and being willing to transform his program.

It can absolutely be done and there’s no doubt that the Tigers have the talent to still be perennial contenders, but it’s going to take a hard look in the mirror.

As for Finebaum and his comments about Swinney are concerned, though, the only we’ll say is this: It really shows your insecurity when you want to beat someone when they’re down.

You better truly hope the Clemson run is done because if it’s not and the Tigers come roaring back in the future, Dabo Swinney not “being a good winner” is going to turn into Dabo Swinney “being a terrible winner” really quick.