Swinney Calls Media Looking For 'Conspiracy' 'Unprofessional'

Following the Tigers 45-14 win over Florida State Saturday that moved the Tigers to 6-0, Swinney was asked: You made a point of telling anybody who'd listen that nothing's wrong, nothing's the matter, they're still the same team. How much did today's performance validate that and how much did they need that?Which led Swinney to that the players health is no ones business but the player, the coaching staff and their families.

CLEMSON — Dabo Swinney returned to form in the last to weeks. The form of the disrespected, underdogs of college football who are getting zero respect — even though they were sitting at 5-0 following a one-point win at North Carolina.

People were questioning the Tigers play-calling, the team and, maybe more to the point, the health of quarterback Trevor Lawrence.

All of the above questions, led one person in the media to text Swinney about the health of Lawrence and another to actually ask Lawrence whether or not he had undergone an MRI on his shoulder.

Following the Tigers 45-14 win over Florida State Saturday that moved the Tigers to 6-0, Swinney was asked: You made a point of telling anybody who'd listen that nothing's wrong, nothing's the matter, they're still the same team. How much did today's performance validate that and how much did they need that?

Which led Swinney to that the players health is no ones business but the player, the coaching staff and their families.

"Yeah, I wasn't really trying to make a point about nothing. I was trying to make a point, and this is ... we shouldn't ask our players if they've had an MRI or something like that," Swinney said. "It's not something that we put out, you know. We should not be asking those type of questions and Trevor kind of got put on the spot, and he doesn't want to lie. We do MRIs if you get a sore finger. What does that mean? It was more like "Oh my God, he hasn't played up to some people's standards, well he must be hurt." 

"No, there's nothing wrong with him. He's had a bruise, you just do ... you do things, but that's private. You shouldn't ask people their medical information, especially young players. These are college kids, man. We shouldn't be asking them medical information. Ask me, you know? That's what my job is and also that was really kind of where it all came from."

Swinney continued to state that there is no "conspiracy" surrounding anyones health on the team, and media searching are "unprofessional."

"Then I got media texting me ... like there's some big conspiracy going on, and there's not. There's nothing wrong with him," Swinney said. "There ain't nothing wrong with him. Zero, but for him to be asked a question like that is just not right. To me that's unprofessional and when we haven't put ... it's not like somebodies coming off an ACL injury.

"We haven't out anything out, because there's nothing to put out so we're trying to create something or putting him ... you ask me, I'll tell you. That's just private information, so that's really where it all kind of came from. I wasn't trying to make a point about anything other that."