Clemson coach Dabo Swinney slams media for racial slur allegations coverage

CLEMSON -- Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said “it’s a shame” that the media tried to divert attention away from Clemson’s 56-7 victory against South Carolina on Saturday by reporting on Gamecocks’ players charges of racial slurs.

“I give young people some grace,” Swinney said at his weekly news conference on Tuesday. “They’ll say some things from time to time. My problem is with the media people. I don’t give them much grace. They don’t give me none either.”

USC linebacker Bryson Allen-Willams said after the game that a Clemson player “used the n-word, one of their offensive linemen. I don’t know which number.”

USC wide receiver Terry Googer and defensive lineman Dante Sawyer also referenced racial slurs in postgame tweets, with Googer saying what he heard came from fans.

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