Dabo Swinney and the Clemson Tigers kicked off their 2024 season with an ugly, 34-3, loss to No. 1-ranked Georgia on Saturday. It was a brutal performance by the No. 14-ranked Tigers, who are coming off a 9-4 season in 2023.
Swinney has struggled in recent years after leading Clemson to national championships in 2016 and 2018. One of the biggest reasons why could be that Swinney seems to be refusing to adjust to the times and is not taking in players from the transfer portal. Since 2021 Clemson has taken only two players from the portal and didn't take any over this past offseason. Georgia, by comparison, has 11 players on this year's roster from the transfer portal.
