Clemson’s Dabo Swinney Went On Fiery Rant About Officiating In College Football

Clemson coach Dabo Swinney was fined for his comments complete a arguable walk interference telephone that ended up playing a important portion successful their nonaccomplishment to Duke this past weekend.

Toward nan extremity of nan crippled betwixt Clemson and Duke connected Saturday, nan Tigers forced a extremity connected fourth-and-10 that would person ended nan game. However, Clemson was called for walk interference contempt nan Duke receiver appearing to almost push Tigers cornerback Avieon Terrell to nan ground. Following nan call, Duke went connected to people a touchdown and triumph nan game.

After nan game, Swinney called that punishment one of nan worst he’s seen successful his career. Now, he’s advocating for a reformed officiating strategy that would clasp officials much accountable for their calls connected nan field.

“We had a game—I’m not criticizing, I’m not gonna opportunity nan crippled ... but there’s a strategy of accountability, and y’all don’t cognize thing astir it,” Swinney told reporters connected Tuesday. “It’s down a curtain. How situation we person accountability. In nan meantime we sewage gambling issues going connected and group are being suspended, each that benignant of stuff. Refs are group too. It ain’t conscionable coaches and players and if they’re a game, past by God they ought to beryllium a portion of nan game. And they ought to beryllium portion of nan accountability and they ought to beryllium a portion of nan consequences, not conscionable down immoderate shadowy curtain. They ought to person to reply for it.”

Swinney went connected to explicate that successful 1 crippled this year, location were 14 calls he wanted to taxable to nan ACC, but he was only allowed to nonstop successful 10. Of nan 10 he sent, he believed 8 were incorrect calls. The ACC disagreed, saying only 5 calls were wrong.

Swinney continued, “There’s besides absolute flat-out misses pinch nary consequences. ... These are crippled changing calls. Obviously walk interference, not called that’s takes you disconnected nan field. ... There’s nary nationalist accountability. The strategy needs to beryllium changed. There needs to beryllium situation opportunities and we request full-time officials. If you’re gonna person these types of stakes, needs to beryllium full-time officials.”

“They get to spell location and portion and get connected pinch their life and conscionable time off nan carnage that affects a batch of people,” Swinney said. “People losing jobs.”

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