You can only get so far from an evaluation standpoint in practice, and you know, at some point, you've got to go play and kind of take that next step in the evaluation of just where you are and then grow and make adjustments as you go throughout the year.

To be an overachiever you have to be an over believer.

Any time you have coaching changes and things like that, you go and study everything.

Every game is huge and every game will count when it's all said and done.

It takes a lot to be Dabo Swinney, and not everyone can live this lifestyle. But, boy is it fun.

The opener is always very difficult every single year. It Really doesn't matter whom you play. The opener is difficult because you've got more time to prepare for one game than you do any game the rest of the year because you've got all spring, all summer to prepare for this opponent.

I think continuity is a good thing. But change is sometimes good, too.