NEW ORLEANS — Innocent minds should not be underestimated.

A couple years before Dabo Swinney was named Clemson’s head coach, there was a time he almost called it quits completely. He was ready to give coaching up, thinking it kept him away from his family too much. That included his three sons.

“I had this big speech ready,” Swinney said Saturday at the Sugar Bowl's media day. “They looked at me: ‘But, Daddy, if you’re not a coach, we won’t get to know the players and we won’t get to ride the bus.’”

Bus rides are always important.

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