Josh Pate Unloads on Clemson, Dabo Swinney’s Buyout

The Clemson Tigers are trapped in a high-stakes waiting game, and according to college football analyst Josh Pate, there is no easy financial or cultural escape route for the university or its embattled head coach, Dabo Swinney. With a hefty, guaranteed contract acting as an impenetrable shield, the possibility of a sudden coaching change in Death Valley is essentially non-existent. “Nobody’s going to say to Dabo, ‘Please sit down. We’re gonna have to let you go, and you are owed sixty million dollars, and we’re gonna pay that.