Georgia 34, Clemson 3: Dabo Swinney postgame wrap

in the room and if time permits we'll go to questions virtually after that so coach whenever you're ready go ahead all right uh first of all congrats to Georgia um you know it was a a good first half tough hardfought first half uh and then they just freaking kicked our tails in the second half so congrats to them um they're a great team you know they they've been a great team and they showed in the third and fourth quarter U what it looks like but you know just really disappointed and uh biggest thing is you know when you when you don't finish again I've talked a lot about it and I thought we did some good things in the first half they'll be some things on tape um but you know you got to play four quarters and um and we didn't do that so uh biggest thing is you know that that's when you when you get beat like that that's that's on that's on the head coach that's on me so that's just complete ownership of um just a absolute crap second half and uh just you know really disappointed but I've done it long enough um you know this is uh you know sometimes you get your butt kick and we did today and that's uh not what we came here to do but you got to give Georgia Credit and um and we got to move on we got to learn from it but again uh biggest thing to me was missed opportunities on offense in the first half uh we we needed some early momentum and and we had made a couple plays and we made a huge play and you know they said we weren't lined up right uh said we weren't quite up on the ball he thought he was on the ball you know you look at the tape it's close but um that was huge huge huge missed opportunity in the first half and you know with with a team like Georgia where they are right now you you know you've got to take advantage of those opportunities when they present themselves and um you know so we we didn't do that uh in the first half you know some critical penalties and and just a couple of details and then the second half um you know just defensively really poor you know just really poor again I thought lines of scrimmage we will there's going to be a lot of good stuff that we're going to see on tape um but in the second half just miss tackles Miss tackles something I was worried about coming into the game and um you know but missed tackles third and long uh it was another thing I was worried about was you know their quarterback I think he showed what he I mean he's a really really good player and uh he's incredibly accurate um and that's one of my concerns going into the game was if we let him hold the ball on Third and long he'll find him and uh and and he's just he did he he made a couple huge plays on Third and long um and then I think you know they they capitalized on a couple we Misfit a couple of their runs um and then we missed some tackles and that contributed to some of the big plays so um and then we just kind of got in a hold um there so um disappointed offensively on the third and one there um had a little miscommunication but you know they they did fight they didn't quit they battled to the end and uh you know there'll be some like I said some good things that we'll see on tap but at the end of the day um you know we just got our butts kicked and um you know so um we got a battle back it's a long season ahead uh again George is a great football team and um you know have no doubt they'll go on to have a great year but this is one game and uh you know whether you get your butt kicked or or you lose by one point uh you know when you lose you lose and it's it's 0 and one and so we got to get back to work Monday we got to flush it and we got to learn from it you know uh is you know and I don't shy away from games like this I don't ever shy away from games like this I think I think this is when you play games like this you you got a chance to learn you got a chance to teach um and I think you can grow your football team and and you know because they get a chance to see you know um and uh right out of the gate so you know we'll get back to work on Monday um we'll flush it I really I really am proud of our guys in the locker room as you know obviously they've worked really really hard and when you put in the amount of work that these guys put in you don't get the result it's incredibly heartbreaking and disappointing and and uh but you know I I'm I'm proud of the comments in the locker room the leadership that I saw um and we certainly you know took one right just punched right in the in the gut but you know uh we'll we'll respond we'll get back to work it doesn't get any easier next week we got a got a uh probably as good a group of five team as there is in the country and app coming into the valley and U you know I'm sorry for our fans I I feel terrible for them uh because we didn't get it done for them tonight and um didn't play those last two quarters like like like we know we can play uh so but I promise you this we'll get back to work and uh long season ahead and see if we can find a way to have a great uh Sunday tomorrow a great Monday and find a way to to get on the other side of this thing and just you know keep going there one day at a time one game at a time and we'll see what we'll see what happens but uh today was not our day and and all the credit goes to uh uh Georgia for sure how was you