Dabo still true to himself, and it's still working
There's one difficulty in interviewing Dabo Swinney 2017 after you have interviewed Dabo Swinney 2016.
You get the same Dabo.
The circumstances surrounding Swinney might change, although in this case they haven't changed that much as he brings his Clemson Tigers back to the College Football Playoff championship for a second straight year. There are some Tiger players who have moved on, of course, and some new faces who will play important roles in Monday night's game against Alabama. None of that causes any alteration at all in Swinney's demeanor, his relentless positive outlook and pride in what his team has accomplished or his sense of semi-wonder, after nearly eight years at the Clemson helm, that all of this is happening to him.
"I don't think I even remember last year," Swinney said as he sat down before the media day throng at Tampa's Amalie Arena. "This is great. This is awesome. Did we have all this last year? I can't remember."
