Clemson coach Dabo Swinney kept his team on the field briefly at halftime, telling his players in a speech caught on camera that he wanted his players to stop talking and just play, saying “You win with class, you lose with class. This is Clemson!"
Defensive end Shaq Lawson said Swinney’s message was simple.
“He just told us to play with class. He’s right about that because some of the players got a little out of hand about the situation,” Lawson said. “We knew we were up, but we needed to play with class and win with class, and lose with class. That’s what he was basically telling us and to have a class effort.
Clemson coach Dabo Swinney kept his team on the field briefly at halftime, telling his players in a speech caught on camera that he wanted his players to stop talking and just play, saying “You win with class, you lose with class. This is Clemson!"
Defensive end Shaq Lawson said Swinney’s message was simple.
“He just told us to play with class. He’s right about that because some of the players got a little out of hand about the situation,” Lawson said. “We knew we were up, but we needed to play with class and win with class, and lose with class. That’s what he was basically telling us and to have a class effort.