Upset win over Notre Dame gives Clemson football ‘momentum.’ Will it last?

Upset win over Notre Dame gives Clemson football ‘momentum.’ Will it last?

Seven years ago, Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney delivered a soundbite for the ages, coining the phrase “Bring Your Own Guts” after a huge win over Notre Dame.

The stakes and the circumstances were far different Saturday. Far different. But after six College Football Playoffs and two national championships and a slide that had the Tigers deservedly unranked and undervalued, Swinney’s message did not change.

After a bruised and battered Clemson team overcame the mistakes it’s been making all season and upset No. 12 Notre Dame, 31-23, at home, he had a message for the college football world from the same field against the same opponent where his Tigers first burst onto the scene.

We ain’t had much go our way this year, but the one thing that has shown up every week is the heart and the fight of Clemson,” Swinney told ABC’s Molly McGrath after the game Saturday. “And I know we’re down and everybody’s throwing dirt on us. But if Clemson’s a stock, you better buy all you can freakin’ buy right now.”