Recruiting is an interesting facet of college football offseasons that always seems to bring out some ridiculous pictures, videos, and storylines. Even Dabo Swinney has had his share of "cringey" moments, but you can get away with that kind of thing when you're a two-time national champion and head coach of Clemson football.
Swinney has taken pictures with recruits over the years like all coaches have, but what he can do that most others can't is he can feature the national title trophies in these recruiting photoshoots.
Like I already said: most other coaches can't do that.
One coach who doesn't have the luxury of being able to feature a national title trophy (or even a conference title trophy) in his photoshoots is South Carolina's Shane Beamer. While he is a really good coach, he's at a recruiting disadvantage there.
So he's been forced to improvise.
And the results are, well, "cringey", as they say.
Thank God our Coach can just hold a national championship trophy instead of “hitting the Shedeur”. Jesus Christ https://t.co/w38T2DUcE8
— Rusty Shackleford, M.D. (@rustyshaxle) June 9, 2025
Beamer hosted four-star quarterback Landon Duckworth on an official visit this past weekend and hit the "Shedeur" with him in his recruiting photoshoot. The recruit probably thought this was cool, but if he ends up somewhere else, this picture will forever be used against Beamer as a troll.
Plus, hitting the "Shedeur" is a wild photo idea. It was obviously not Beamer's idea, but the quote tweet above is on point: Dabo doesn't have to do things like that, all he has to do is flash his rings.
Right now, South Carolina has the bragging rights in the rivalry after last year's game, but you just know Dabo and Co. are ready to exact some revenge this season. This picture will spread like wildfire on social media if and when that does happen.