Everything Dabo Swinney said after first scrimmage of Clemson fall camp

Clemson coach Dabo Swinney met with reporters at the conclusion of the first full scrimmage of fall camp at Memorial Stadium Saturday.

“This is our first preseason game, if you will,” Swinney said as part of his opening remarks. “We get two, basically, today and then we’ll go again next Thursday as a true preseason game, like, ‘Let’s go play football.’ We didn’t get into pads until Wednesday. We had a little bit of live, but this was the first day where it’s all live so there was some good and there was some bad like there always is. It’s never as good as you think it is and never as bad as you think it is.

“But a lot of things to be encouraged by (with) some individual guys, but still a long way to go. We’ve got a lot of work to do. We’ve got three weeks until we play (Georgia)… Not anywhere where we need to be, but this is just the next step for us in our preparation process,” Swinney added.

Swinney offered particular praise for his team’s offensive line play as well as for quarterback Cade Klubnik.

“If I had to just say who won the day, I’d say the OL won the day,” Swinney said. “I’m really pleased with how they’ve performed to this point, and I was anxious just to see them go today. I thought they came right out and opening drive, touchdown drive. I thought Cade had an outstanding day. He’s had a really good camp and he did some really good things today, as well.”

Here’s everything the Tigers’ coach had to say after Saturday’s scrimmage.

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