Clemson head coach Dabo fulfilled his final media obligation Friday and the hottest topic was surrounding that of quarterback DJ ."Yeah, amazing. He's done his part, you know, which is all he can do, you know, and I Zack Wheeler Jersey mean, they're not gonna let him throw it and catch it. So, I mean, he's done his part inside a great week of practice, and the team has responded like you want, but move forward and the other day we're attending ten-and-one in our division and earned the opportunity to be here. And so we're expecting him to play well."Full Pre s Conference Transcript:DABO SWINNEY: Well, good to be back in Charlotte. Sat at home and watched this last year, so it's good to be back here and have an opportunity to represent the Atlantic, which I think is the only division in college football or at least Power Five to have six teams with seven-plus wins, so super excited about winning our division and earning an opportunity to be in this game.It really is special, this time of year when you're playing and there's a trophy being handed out. We're excited, again, to be here and be a part of a great venue and represent this league.We want to congratulate Coach Brown and his staff and all their team. Same thing; they're a division champion. They earned their way here. It's special. These opportunities are unique, to get these opportunities, especially when you look back historically.I got hired 14 years ago yesterday, as a matter of fact, and at that time it had been a long time Juan Lagares Jersey since Clemson won a championship.I have such a great appreciation for the opportunity to be here and all that goes into earning the way here. It's hard. It's hard to win.Really proud of our team for their season that they've had, to get to this point, and again, look forward to a great match-up tomorrow night, and want to thank Subway for being a sponsor, and then also all the people who make this happen.There's a lot that goes into making a game like this special for the teams involved. There's a lot of logistics, a lot of moving parts, from the locker rooms to the field, et cetera, et cetera.I appreciate everybody's efforts to make this a great venue and a great experience for both teams, and look forward to competing and hopefully playing our best.Q. With Drake May, how important is it to try to build a two-score lead late in the game, kind of the way you did at Florida State with a guy like Drake May, who seems to be better when coming from behind and under pre sure, leading game-time, game-winning drives?DABO SWINNEY: Two-score lead? Hey, that's important anytime you can do that.But hey, we just want to win the game, whether it's one point or two scores or whatever. But I think anytime he's on the field and they've got the ball, it's just regardle s of what your lead is, whether it's two scores, as you say, or one point or you're behind, he's a problem in any situation. He's just a great player. He really is.I can't imagine that he's not going to be one of the finalists for the Heisman, 35 touchdowns, five picks. He's a leading rusher. He's a great player, can beat you a lot of ways. He's got a great mind for the game. He sees things. He proce ses stuff well.Regardle s of what the scoreboard says or what the situation is, he creates a problem and has our full attention.Q. Wanted to ask you about Josh Downs. He has a high win rate, but the last two weeks haven't been as good for him. What do you think you and your have to do to get him slowed down and keep him out of the end zone?DABO SWINNEY: Yeah, well, I think that's what you hope to do is maybe minimize him a little bit, slow him down a little bit, but you're not going to stop him. He's the best we've seen, I think. We've seen some really good players, but he is a great, great competitor. He's a great football player. He's dynamic with and without the ball. He's a guy that -- he's also a Todd Frazier Jersey returner for them.But they use him a lot of underneath, screen -- they won't come out of this game without at least probably trying to get him the ball at least about 15 times in different ways. You just do the best you can to obviously know where he is. You've got to change things up a little bit as far as how you play him, and you've got to compete and win your match-up and hope that you can, as you said, just slow him down a little bit.But he'll make some plays. You've got to try to hopefully minimize it.Q. Going to ask you about two guys that are from here. What were your first impre sions in recruiting Trenton Simpson from Mallard Creek and from Weddington.DABO SWINNEY: Yeah, they're both special talents. Special people, too, just really great kids, great families. First time you talk to both of those guys, you just go, wow. They're just kind of a breath of fresh air. Just really talented players, but they just have great humility to them. Both love the game, pa sionate about it, wired very similar in a lot of ways.Just super, super skilled, both of them. Trenton, he can do anything. He's got a long future ahead of him as a football player. He's big. He's strong. He's really fast. You don't see many guys his size as explosive as him, change direction, and just dynamic.Then Shipley, as you all saw this week, he's the first guy ever to be first team in three different things, so Dwight Gooden Jersey running back, all purpose, and I gue s a specialist.That's who he was in the recruiting proce s. That's what we saw in him as a player, a guy that could be involved in every facet of the game and impact the game in every way, whether it be as a returner, as a receiver, as a rusher. Great energy. Both of them play with a high level of intensity, both great effort guys.A lot of similarities in both of them. Both of them got great futures ahead of them in football.Q. What are your biggest concerns when you look at North Carolina on tape? What jumps out that concerns you?DABO SWINNEY: Yeah, well, they're the eighth best pa sing in the nation. They've got a Heisman-caliber quarterback that's playing with unbelievable confidence. They've got a great receiver. Everybody talks about 11, but it's not just him; it's 3, it's 5, it's 18, Mike Piazza Jersey it's those tight ends they've got. The backs are good players. They've got a great scheme. They're very confident in what they do. They play with tempo. A lot of -- they get their ball to the playmakers, a lot of formations and motions and shifts.There's a lot of things to handle schematically, but they've got good players.Again, we've not been great -- we just gave up a bunch of pa sing yards last week, and then you get to play this bunch and they're eighth in the country, so that's a concern for sure.Then defensively they've gotten better. I think as the year has gone, they've really improved. They've had a lot of injuries and things they had to work through to get to this point.But they're much improved there for