What fans learned from Week 9 of the college football season

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The last Saturday of October means the college football season is starting down its home stretch. 

November will be filled with conference matchups and rivalry games as the College Football Playoff creeps ever closer. In a year when a handful of teams appear to be legitimate national championship contenders, the final four weeks of the regular season should be fascinating. 

Head coach Dabo Swinney of the Clemson Tigers after a game against the N.C. State Wolfpack at Carter-Finley Stadium Oct. 28, 2023, in Raleigh, North Carolina. N.C. State won 24-17.  (Lance King/Getty Images)

Fans have learned a few things through nine weeks of the regular season, including that Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney isn’t going to take any grief from fans. 

After the Tigers fell to 4-4 following a loss to N.C. State Saturday, Swinney unloaded on a fan who called into Swinney’s weekly radio show Monday. 

CLEMSON’S DABO SWINNEY UNLOADS ON 'SMART A--' FAN DURING CALL-IN RADIO SHOW: ‘YOU'RE PART OF THE PROBLEM’

"So, I’m curious. Why are we paying you $11.5 million to go 4-4?" the caller asked Swinney after questioning his coaching hires and saying he sensed "arrogance." 

"To answer your question, I started as the lowest-paid coach in this freaking business," Swinney said in part. "And I’m where I am because I've worked my a-- off. Every single day. And I ain’t gonna let some smart a-- kid get on this phone and create this stuff.

Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney walks onto the field before a game against the Miami Hurricanes Oct. 21, 2023, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla.  (Doug Murray/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

"So, if you got a problem