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Swinney's rant against Florida State is on brand

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 Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney is in the news again. The previous weekend Swinney's Tigers were scheduled to travel to Talahassee to play Florida State. On the day of the game, it was called off.  According to an ESPN report , Clemson traveled with a player who had tested positive for COVID 19. In short, testing was conducted Friday on both teams, per policy, but Clemson did not get the results back until they were already en route.  The player, an unnamed offensive lineman, was reportedly quarantined and had arrangements to be sent home. That Saturday morning, the teams were informed of the postponement after Florida State reportedly was not comfortable going forward. Clemson-FSU was not the only game affected.  "The ACC also announced a number of schedule changes on Saturday. The Louisville at Boston College game that was moved to Dec. 12 will now be played Nov. 28 and Wake Forest at Louisville has been moved to Dec. 19. The Wake Forest at Duke game will not be rescheduled

Will Muschamp fired. What is next for South Carolina football

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Will Muschamp is no longer the head football coach at South Carolina. The move, announced Sunday, closes the book on a four-and-a-half season run, where South Carolina went 28-30, and had been trending down after a 9-4 campaign in 2017.  Fox affiliate WACH's Mike Uva first broke the news on Twitter. Breaking: Will Muschamp has been relieved from his head coaching duties at the University of South Carolina, a source tells me. Mike Bobo will be the team’s interim head coach @wachfox https://t.co/2uDzHN1crD — Mike Uva (@Mike_Uva) November 16, 2020 Much like his four-year run at Florida, Muschamp was unable to put a viable offensive product on the field. Much like his time in Gainesville, things dropped off after year two, where after going 11-2, Muschamp went a combined 10-13 before being shown the door there. Including 2020, South Carolina's offense has ranked no higher than 57th out of 130 nationally in scoring, and that came in 2018. The other years, the offense has been ran