TAMPA, Fla. — An hour after it all went down, after the thrilling, game-winning drive and the magical moment eight years in the making, Dabo Swinney was sitting in quiet reflection while waiting for a live television spot.

He sat in a small chair with his orange sweatshirt soaked from a congratulatory water dunking and his orange hat with the white Clemson "C" pulled down low near his eyes. There were grass stains on the knees of his khaki pants from where he fell in exhilaration at the end of slaying big, bad Alabama. His head was shaking back and forth while he softly mumbled to himself.

This wasn't disbelief. This wa...

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