Florida State officials decided to cancel their game against Clemson on Saturday three hours before kickoff with the Tigers already in Tallahassee, after learning that a Clemson backup offensive lineman had tested positive for COVID-19. The offensive lineman had practiced earlier in the week when he had symptoms, but had not tested positive, and he traveled with the team.
Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney clearly does not believe that this was enough of a concern for Florida State to cancel the game because he has gone off on Florida State today:
Dabo Swinney is really upset: "This game was not canceled because of COVID. COVID was just an excuse to cancel the game." Says FSU administration forfeited the game. If FSU wants to play Clemson, they can home to Death Valley, he says. Or they can pay for Clemson's travel.
— Grace Raynor (@gmraynor) November 22, 2020
Dabo: "This game was not canceled because of COVID. COVID was just an excuse to cancel the game. … To me, the Florida State administration forfeited the game."
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) November 22, 2020
Dabo Swinney asked about going back to FSU: “It’s an awful lot of money. We were there and we met the standard to play. That’s $300,000 just gone out the window. That’s a question for Dan (Radakovich)."
— Clemson Sports (@ClemsonSports) November 22, 2020
Dabo Swinney on if FSU was concerned about COVID-19: “If that was their worry, they shouldn’t have even played this season."
— Clemson Sports (@ClemsonSports) November 22, 2020
Dabo Swinney, “The standard to cancel a game was not met. I was on every committee call for months since March. The only thing we talked about in canceling games was not having enough guys or seven offensive lineman."
— Clemson Sports (@ClemsonSports) November 22, 2020
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FSU depending on the coronabro mob to take their side against the evil folksy country man Dabo. Too bad he doesn’t GAF about them!
The convenient way to save face this season and not scare off recruits…Novell must have talked to Coach O and his “anytime, anywhere” Tigers
100% correct, it was an excuse and should be considered a forfeiture. Zero reason to cancel. Shame on FSU.
Semenoles just avoidin’ an annual arse-kickin’…
Get em Dabo, once proud Seminoles are a joke. Sounded like the rainout in “Bull Durham”.
…Michigan taking notes for their game against Ohio State in three weeks.
Clown show at fsu
FSU wanted to avoid the embarrassment of a 49-0 butt kicking, AT HOME. Clemson just lost their first regular season game in 4 years, and they were angry.
FSU is so far in the toilet they will never climb out. When a university president provides no leadership, what you see in Tallahassee is the result.
He’s gonna be forced into an apology.
FSU should have to cover Clemson’s travel fee though since they cancelled.