Dabo Swinney on Cade Klubnik's performance against Notre Dame
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00:00 Katie had an embrace there at the end of the game.
00:02 Can you talk about that moment and what that meant to you two?
00:04 Yeah, I mean, that's a big win for that kid.
00:06 I mean, it really was a big win.
00:08 His teammate on the other team, too.
00:10 It was a big moment.
00:11 You know, he's just -- he's going to be a great one.
00:15 He's growing. He's learning.
00:18 He's had to battle through.
00:19 He's got a lot of mental toughness.
00:21 He's got some moxie.
00:23 And that was a big-time win for him.
00:27 It was a big-time win for him.
00:29 You know, I hated -- you know, since Chapel brought up
00:32 the interception, we average one a game now, Chapel.
00:36 You know, just one a game. That's okay.
00:40 You know, and they score for the other team, by the way.
00:43 They don't just catch it and fall down, Chapel.
00:46 It's an inside joke for people around here.
00:48 But I hated that one for him
00:51 because he put the ball right on the money.
00:52 And Bo, you know, Bo just didn't --
00:54 you know, Bo uses a hand catcher.
00:56 He just didn't -- he just let it in his body,
00:58 kind of cross his body and bounce up.
01:00 But he played good. He did a nice job for us.
01:05 We tried to pop a draw right there before the half.
01:07 And, oh, man, it was that close to creasing them.
01:13 And then we were going to maybe try to get
01:14 one more first-down clock, use our time-out,
01:17 get a first-down clock and kick a field goal
01:19 right before the half.
01:20 That was kind of what we were trying to do.
01:21 But, you know, he did what he needed to do.
01:24 He probably took one sack he shouldn't have taken.
01:27 He needed to -- they went -- I think it was a two-man deal
01:29 and just held them -- just get rid of it.
01:31 You know, it was like third and forever.
01:33 And he made it fourth and forever more,
01:36 put a little more on the punt.
01:37 So that was probably a play.
01:40 But he's just tough. He's a grinder.
01:42 That kid didn't practice --
01:43 he didn't practice Monday or Tuesday.
01:46 You know, he's been battling an injury as well.
01:49 And he didn't really get any, like,
01:52 competitive reps until Wednesday.
01:54 So it's been a week.
01:58 So it was a cool moment to be able to celebrate with him
02:02 an awesome win for his young career.
02:04 He'll have a lot more. That was an awesome one.