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Why Dabo Swinney Needs To Shut Up About Deshaun Watson

Dabo Swinney has been gushing the past three seasons about his junior quarterback, Deshaun Watson, who has now become probably the most successful quarterback in Clemson history. While he is a phenomenal player, a top NFL prospect and a Heisman contender, Swinney lobbying for his quarterback is probably not the smartest thing he could be doing right now. The Heisman trophy will be presented next weekend, and the finalists have all played their regular season games. Watson, Louisville's Quarterback Lamar Jackson, Alabama's Quarterback Jalen Hurts, Texas' Running Back D'Onta Foreman, Oklahoma's Quarterback Baker Mayfield, Washington's Quarterback Jake Browning and Michigan's All-Purpose-Athlete Jabrill Peppers are all running in a race as hotly contested and close as the 2016 Presidential Race. Every player has a great argument and case that has been made. Swinney, after his Clemson Tigers jumped from #3 to #2 in the College Football Playoff Rankings, talke...

College Playoff Commitee's Top 25 Rankings 11 15 2016

Whoa whoa whoa whoa, what?!?! After a weekend of utter chaos, where the 2nd, 3rd and 4th ranked teams all took losses to teams that they shouldn't have, and the analysts all reported a shakeup in the top 4, we got... Musical Chairs? Well, almost. The latest top 25 rankings were a little bit disappointing for Louisville fans and anyone who wants to call the Big 12 or Pac 12 dominant, but there were quite some interesting revelations. FINAL 4 #1. Alabama Crimson Tide VS #4 Clemson Tigers With all of the close games Clemson has played to teams they should have destroyed (Ahem, North Carolina State, Pittsburgh, TROY), I don't understand why Louisville can't be ranked ahead of Clemson. If you watch the Louisville/Clemson game, you will see a lot of iffy calls, rough cheap play from Clemson and a few other interesting things and, oh yes... That will be upcoming soon in an article. In otherwords, Clemson is 9-1, just lost to a Pittsburgh team who can't play defense, Watso...