Clemson’s coach, Dabo Swinney, has little to worry about his football team on the field. It’s a different story.
Swinney is involved in the Tigers’ top-ranked free week, especially with licensed players on Friday and Saturday, can lead the team to have more contact with others and increase the threat that players are exposed to coronavirus.
“Probably the same great fear of all coaches, ” said Swinney.
That’s good.
The Tigers (2-0), like all teams on the Atlantic Coast Conference, are tested 3 times a week and have had no effect in the first two games.
“Our protocol was really good,” Swinney said Tuesday. ” I accept as true with them. It’s not like we get them all day, every day. We get them for about 4 hours at most. The other 20 hours are hence a result of accepting as true with field and sacrifice.
Clemson will practice 3 days this week and have a team that will serve Tuesday instead of his normal network service day a week off. The team will reunite after their Sunday break to take the test and begin preparing to face Virginia on October 3.
“The Tigers are motivated to do everything right while pursuing the league goals they didn’t achieve last year when they fell to LSU in the national name game,” said cornerer Sheridan Jones.
“It’s having religion about fear, ” said Jones. ” The religion we’re going to have for a while. Advancing at this speed with this mentality has helped us to paint day after day and focused on the task in question.
Clemson looked like a team on a mission. The Tigers had simple victories over Wake Forest and The Citadel, beating the Bulldogs 49-0 last Saturday for their first bleach in four years.
His game was so effective and effective that Swinney struggled to separate him.
The offensive, led by Trophy favorite Heisman Trevor Lawrence, bombed either party to the conflict while the first-team’s defense played at championship level. Swinney and his team had to play alternates for life periods.
“We played against thirteen supporters (against the Citadel) and virtually every single D lineman we had,” Swinney said.
On special teams, B. T. Potter scored his 3 goals in the area and had touchdowns on his nine kicks out. Travis Etienne and Amari Rodgers helped Clemson average nearly 18 yards in clearing returns.
Jordan Williams’ defensive takeover said that in addition to the team’s performance, it’s time to take a break. The long summer camp with all the questions of whether Clemson would play football strenuously and stressfully.
“That’s all we all need, ” said Williams. ” It’s anything that helps us grow. “
The team peaked in COVID-19 cases when it returned for summer training in June (37 of the 43 tests among Clemson athletes were football players). Since then, Williams said the players had agreed to do the right thing to continue the season.
“That’s what propelled us, ” said Williams.
Clemson had a COVID-19 disorder. The long-awaited starting defensive finish Xaiver Thomas took a red-blouse season because he caught the virus in the spring and his conditioning had negative consequences. Winney said Thomas was back in shape and preparing to play later this season.
Swinney said the show had planned almost every fitness scenario related to the virus, which he would do if Swinney tested positive.
But it does not share.
“It’s the wisest secret. I put it in a drawer in a window that says, “Break it only if necessary, ” he says.
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