{"id":265714,"date":"2025-11-01T21:48:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T21:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/265714\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T21:48:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T21:48:08","slug":"dabo-swinney-goes-nut-on-clemson-sideline-in-epic-meltdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/265714\/","title":{"rendered":"Dabo Swinney goes nut on Clemson sideline in epic meltdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It isn\u2019t getting any better for Clemson.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tigers head coach Dabo Swinney amid a defensive meltdown by his struggling team during a 46-45 loss to Duke.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With less than 20 seconds left in the first half, Clemson allowed Duke quarterback Darian Mensah to connect with wide receiver Que\u2019Sean Brown on a 42-yard touchdown pass, tying the game 28-28.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Swinney was far from happy.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dabo Swinney has officially hit a breaking point. Clemson&#8217;s head coach absolutely loses it on his defense, which has given up 28 first-half points to Duke\u2026 at home. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TJQTsnIjko\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/TJQTsnIjko<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/awfulannouncing\/status\/1984680536908968306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey got 28 damn points on you!\u201d Swinney said at one point during the tirade.<\/p>\n<p>The Tigers, now 3-5 and 2-4 in ACC play, have been one of the most disappointing teams in college football this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Tigers have suffered tough losses to conference opponents like SMU and Syracuse, while their wins have come against lowly competition like North Carolina, Troy and Boston College.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.6542811;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37549765\" width=\"976\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/8BF1F0D7-AB15-4A48-9E36-4B8D0039E685.jpeg\" alt=\"Dabo Swinney losing his cool on the Clemson sideline.\" class=\"wp-image-37549765\"  \/>Dabo Swinney losing his cool on the Clemson sideline. Awful Announcing\/X<\/p>\n<p>Clemson had national championship aspirations coming into the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They were ranked No. 3 in the preseason AP poll.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Swinney, one of the longest-tenured coaches in college football, might be feeling the pressure with his Tigers trudging through their worst season in recent history.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Clemson hasn\u2019t had a losing season under Swinney, a two-time national championship winner, since 2010, his third season at the helm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37549740\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP_SMU_Clemson_Football_38302-cd947-0.jpg\" alt=\"Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney on the sidelines with players in the background.\" class=\"wp-image-37549740\"  \/>Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney reacts in the second half of an NCAA college football game against SMU, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025, in Clemson, S.C. AP<\/p>\n<p>Swinney previously showed signs of frustration earlier this year when it appeared his team was set for a disappointing season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s so bad about our program? What\u2019s so bad about it?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/21\/sports\/lets-stop-pretending-clemson-is-still-a-powerhouse-program\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Swinney said in mid September<\/a>. \u201cLike, what\u2019s so bad about the worst season \u2014 14 years, how many programs in college football would sign up for, and only once in 14 years, nine wins. Why are we held to a different standard to all these other teams out there who ain\u2019t ever won nothing? We\u2019re not perfect. And we may suck this year. We may lay a freaking egg and go 6-6, but I don\u2019t think so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later adding, \u201cIf they want me gone, if they\u2019re tired of winning, they can send me on their way. Because that\u2019s all we\u2019ve done is winning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It isn\u2019t getting any better for Clemson.\u00a0 Tigers head coach Dabo Swinney amid a defensive meltdown by his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265715,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[1771,1607,21824,7091,99],"class_list":["post-265714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-clemson-tigers","tag-college-football","tag-dabo-swinney","tag-duke-blue-devils","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}