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Dabo Swinney isn't mincing words ahead of Clemson's season opener at LSU. The head coach called the potential return of NFL minicamp players to college football flat-out embarrassing, and with the way he said it, you know he means every syllable. The rules of the sport are shifting fast, and Dabo is done pretending otherwise.
Staying in college football, Kirby Smart and number three Georgia are not taking Tennessee State lightly, at least not publicly. The Bulldogs enter this season as the heavy favorite to claim the SEC title and are squarely in the conversation for a third national championship in six years. Smart's message to his team is simple — stay locked in from day one, because complacency is how dynasties end.
And over in baseball, the playoff picture is getting desperate and dramatic in equal measure. The Miami Marlins are still breathing in the NL wild card race, while nearly the entire American League is in a full scramble for the final two postseason spots. September baseball hits different when every game carries this kind of weight, and right now, nothing is settled.
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