A new feature in EA Sports College Football 26 that isn't being talked about enough is the addition of head coaches in the game. Before, the coaches were replaced by generic placeholders but now, most of them will be in the game, along with two assistants on each team.
For Clemson, Dabo Swinney will be in the game along with Garrett Riley and Tom Allen.
This new feature is exciting for fans of the game who want it to feel more realistic. Unfortunately, if you wanted to see Dabo pacing the sidelines during the game, you may be somewhat let down.
On Tuesday, EA Sports released some early photos of game play and the screens in certain game modes and a picture of "Dabo Swinney" surfaced.
And let me tell you, it's bad.
Here's a first look at Dabo Swinney in CFB26:
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This very clearly looks nothing like the legendary Clemson head coach and fans across X agreed and were disappointed, especially after seeing guys like Kirby Smart and James Franklin resemble their real-life selves. This looks like what someone would create who has never seen him in real life and their only prompt was "his name is Dabo".
Honestly, if this is the worst thing about the new game, we really won't have much to complain about, but it's just disappointing to see Dan Lanning, Marcus Freeman, and James Franklin look like themselves while Dabo looks like the most generic coach of all time.
Maybe next year the game will actually work harder on Clemson's coaches instead of taking the 7,000 pictures the school sent over and ignoring them.