It’s not often college football serves up an opener dripping with playoff implications and Heisman hype. But August 30 is doing exactly that. LSU and Clemson. Brian Kelly vs. Dabo Swinney . The two Tiger programs with parallel DNA will square off in a collision that will carry a playoff atmosphere rather than Week 1. Both have veteran QBs, brilliant HCs, and national title aspirations. And there’s one more thing binding them. Neither of them plans to step aside. But that’s where the Clemson twist comes in.

The season opener isn’t the only game Dabo Swinney is adamant about winning. He’s trying to make history again, as Hayes Fawcett posted on Instagram on August 10, “ Dabo Swinney thinks the Tigers will be the 1st 16-0 Team ever .” That’s not impossible because they alread

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