Written by Keith Scheessele at Hustle Belt.com
Dabo Swinney’s Clemson Tigers played for the national championship last year. Dabo Swinney’s Clemson Tigers may play for the national championship this year. Dabo Swinney feels he’s earned the right to ignore a troubling accusation levied against his football team.
Such was the scene Sunday, a day after Swinney’s Tigers dusted the South Carolina Gamecocks 56-7 to improve to 11-1 and take another step towards earning a spot in the 2016College Football Playoff. Accounts from some of the Gamecocks, however, were that Saturday’s contest turned especially ugly. South Carolina players claim that racial slurs were lobbed in their direction several times throughout the game. After the game linebacker Bryson Allen-Williams spoke to the The Post and Courier about the alleged verbal assault.
“They called one of our defensive linemen, they used the N-word. An offensive lineman, I don’t know his number. … We’re going to get our get-back. Next year we play them in Williams-Brice Stadium, and we’re definitely going to have that game circled.”
Wide receiver Terry Googer tweeted the following after the game:
“Never thought I would hear so many racial slurs in my life!! Classless is not a strong enough word to describe the actions!”
Defensive lineman Dante Sawyer tweeted a similar account.
“racism still alive in Clemson i see.. classless sobs, still calling people (racial slur) is crazy”
I’m not interested in debating whether or not this actually occurred. Clearly though, there’s enough there that it should prompt some sort of action from somebody at Clemson University. Swinney disagrees. He was asked about the accusations on Sunday, and flatly refuses to acknowledge the possibility that this incident occurred. On top of that, wants you to forget about it.
“I was made aware of that. Obviously everyone is talking about it. That’s a shame. Absolutely I asked my guys about that. To a man, absolutely false. I believe my guys. I know the character of our team and that’s really all there is to say about it.”
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