Dabo Swinney talks expectations, changes in the sport & much more | Always College Football

Always College Football with Greg McElroy

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Football, Sports

3.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Greg McElroy talks with Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney about overcoming the disappointment of the 2025 season, the state of the Clemson program, how he can get the most out of this Clemson team in 2026, the ACC moving to a 9 game conference schedule and much more. Plus, McElroy looks at everything that has changed in the sport since the show started 4 years ago and wonders - what will the sport look like in four years from now? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.6	We did not handle the noise well last year.
0:34.6	We didn't handle the expectations well. So this year, you know, we got to handle the negativity.
0:44.3	Hello and welcome in. It's always college football. I'm your host Greg McElroy. So happy to have you here with us. We are in May. The draft is over. The whole scouting process is done undrafted free agents
0:57.6	or going elsewhere. We got playoffs in the NBA and in the NHL. And really there's a lot of people
1:03.3	still craving college football content here. I love you guys for that. It is fun. We're crazy,
1:10.0	but we love it. Y'all are my people. So welcome to Always College Football. Today we have a treat. We're going to be joined by Davosweeney. And one of the more fascinating figures in college football. And for a million different reasons. One, he's a multi-time national championship winner, right? So he's been around for a long time.
1:28.5	He's been to the playoffs seven times. He has had a ton of success over the course of his 18-year tenure
1:35.6	as the head coach of the Clemson Tigers. And many have said, well, he's at the crossroads right now.
1:41.8	The world has changed beneath his feet. Does he still believe in what he's always believed?
1:47.0	Or has he started to adapt?
1:49.0	He brought in 10 transfer portal players this year.
1:52.0	So we will have a great conversation with him about what he believes is a key to success here in the modern era. And if you don't have maybe the deepest pockets in the
2:04.9	world, can you still be competitive? We'll ask them some of those questions. So we also, I think
2:10.9	at some point, we need to dive into the big picture changes and how much the world is different here for us college football
2:20.2	fans and it was, say, four years ago. And we started this show four years ago. And the amount of
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