Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney ripped on social media after blowout loss to Georgia: 'Not doing his job'

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Clemson’s start to the 2024 college football season couldn’t have gone any worse. The Tigers were blown out by their SEC rival, the Georgia Bulldogs, 34-3, Saturday afternoon. 

And social media wasn’t kind to Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney. 

Swinney has not embraced the evolution of college football’s transfer portal, which has allowed programs to improve quickly by bringing in new talent each year. 

After seeing the results Saturday, fans immediately pointed to that as the reason for Clemson's lack of success against the No. 1-ranked team in the country.  

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Clemson Tigers head coach Dabo Swinney before a game against the Georgia Bulldogs at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. (Brett Davis/USA Today Sports)

Swinney responded to a question about the transfer portal after the loss. 

"People are going to say whatever they want to say," Swinney said, via ClemsonWire. "It doesn’t matter what I say. People are going to say whatever they’re going to say. And when you lose like this, they’ve got every right to say whatever they want to say. So, say whatever you want to say, write whatever you want to write. That comes with it. That’s just part of it."

Georgia head coach Kirby Smart made comments about Swinney’s program-building strategy a few days prior to their matchup, saying "I’m like Dabo" in that he wants to keep his entire roster. However, Smart has done a good job of utilizing the transfer portal since its inception, leading to great Bulldogs teams the past few years with national titles. 

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