Clemson HC Dabo Swinney Apologizes to Fans After Loss to Georgia Tech

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Swinney has faced criticism this season amid issues with the offense. The Tigers were outgained in total yards 407-228 by GT. Clemson turned to three quarterbacks on Saturday amid…

The Clemson Tigers suffered their most humiliating defeat of the season to Georgia Tech at home on Saturday.

The Tigers dropped to 6-4 on the season after losing to the Yellow Jackets, who were just 2-7 before playing Clemson.

Swinney has faced criticism this season amid issues with the offense. The Tigers were outgained in total yards 407-228 by GT. Clemson turned to three quarterbacks on Saturday amid injuries to Christopher Vizzina and Tait Reynolds. The Tigers gave up four sacks and only gained 86 yards on the ground via 34 carries.

During his postgame news conference, Swinney apologized to fans for the Tigers' play this season.

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"I'm just sorry," Swinney said, via Jackson Castellano of The Post and Courier. "I carry that pain, burden and responsibility. But I also know, just as a person of faith, man, God don't allow storms without some type of purpose, so we just got to keep going and get back up tomorrow and fight again.

"I love our fans, and they just support us ... and my heart breaks for them because I know how much they care, and they've always supported me, and just really disappointed anytime we don't get it done. Certainly today, we (didn't) deserve it, and that's my responsibility."

Reynolds suffered a knee injury in the first quarter. Pearman replaced him, but went just 2 of 6 passing for 6 yards before Vizzina replaced him. Vizzina battled through an ankle injury to play against Georgia Tech. He went 12 of 27 passing for 133 yards and one interception.

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