Sports columnist Scott Rabalais with his three takeaways from Brian Kelly’s weekly news conference on Tuesday:

1. KELLY V. DABO

Tuesday, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney gave both teams a failing grade from Saturday’s 17-10 LSU win: a 65 for LSU, a 58 for Clemson. Kelly jabbed back: “I thought we dominated them in the second half. Maybe he didn’t see the second half. He might not have wanted to see the second half.” Kelly is clearly still chapped that Swinney dropped dime on AJ Haulcy to the NCAA, leading to his first-half suspension Saturday for an ejection at Houston.

2. 1-0 … 1-0 … 1-0 …

Typically in the LSU team room there are panels describing all the upcoming games and potential postseason targets as well. This preseason, the only opponent referred to on the wall was Clemson. Tuesday,

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