{"id":422135,"date":"2017-12-29T11:10:07","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T17:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/?p=422135"},"modified":"2017-12-29T11:10:07","modified_gmt":"2017-12-29T17:10:07","slug":"swinney-and-clemson-have-proven-they-belong-even-against-the-secs-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/swinney-and-clemson-have-proven-they-belong-even-against-the-secs-best\/","title":{"rendered":"Swinney and Clemson have proven they belong even against the SEC\u2019s best"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/NutsBolts-9-8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-385760\" src=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/NutsBolts-9-8-1024x384.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"384\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yes, Dabo Swinney is the reigning title holder and has a chance for a repeat national championship. And yes he has a great overall record.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But you have to remember his accomplishments have come while playing in the ACC. He wouldn\u2019t be so successful if he had to consistently face SEC teams.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the conventional wisdom. But do the numbers back it up? Actually, not really.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Dabo Swinney&#8217;s record:<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Overall<\/em>: 101-29; 77.69%<br \/>\n<em>Vs. SEC:<\/em> 13-8; 61.90%<br \/>\n<em>Vs. all others:<\/em> 88-21; 80.73%<\/p>\n<p>Since becoming head coach midway through the 2008 season, Swinney has won 78 percent of all his games. Against SEC opponents, that percentage drops to 62 percent.<br \/>\nBut in recent years, it hasn\u2019t mattered much who was on the other sideline.<br \/>\nThe Tigers have won five in a row versus SEC opponents and seven of their last eight. The lone loss was that thrilling game against Alabama in the national championship game two years ago.<br \/>\nDuring that eight-game stretch Clemson has beaten Auburn twice, Alabama once and South Carolina four times.<br \/>\nSwinney has also beaten Kentucky and LSU and Georgia. In fact, he\u2019s won at least once against every SEC team he\u2019s had a crack at.<\/p>\n<p>I know there\u2019s a difference between playing three SEC opponents per year instead of eight.<br \/>\nBut at this point I think we can all just admit that Clemson doesn\u2019t have to take a backseat to anyone. That includes the best the SEC has to offer.<\/p>\n<p>For Threaded Fasteners, I\u2019m Randy Kennedy with Nuts and Bolts of the Game.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-422135-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NutsBolts122917.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NutsBolts122917.mp3\">http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NutsBolts122917.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Yes, Dabo Swinney is the reigning title holder and has a chance for a repeat national championship. And yes he has a great overall record. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/swinney-and-clemson-have-proven-they-belong-even-against-the-secs-best\/\" title=\"Swinney and Clemson have proven they belong even against the SEC\u2019s best\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4489,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[161,106,176],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-422135","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-nuts-and-bolts","7":"category-on-the-air","8":"category-top"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4489"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422135"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":422137,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422135\/revisions\/422137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}