Swinney Stands By Fake Field Goal Decision

DANIA BEACH, FL.—Clemson head coach dipped into his bag of tricks for the third time in three games, and for the second time‚ the first coming against South Carolina, it blew up in his face.

Clemson went for a fake FG on fourth-and-4 from the 27 on its opening possession. Drew Swinney kept the ball instead of pitching it to B.T. Potter and was stopped short. If he pitches it, Potter has the first down and might have scored. That play set the tone for the rest of the half, as Potter would miss on his next three FG attempts.

However, after the game, Swinney stood by his decision to not take the points and instead go for a risky fake field goal attempt.

"We knew field goals wasn't going to win the game, and we came into the game, we felt like we had it there, and want to go and look at it as far as how we executed it." Swinney said. "But just to come out and be aggressive, and again, knew especially early that a field goal was not going to be the difference in the game.

"Then obviously we ended up missing three and made one, so just the plan coming in."

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