Dabo Swinney sort of smirked when a reporter asked him if playing in below 30 degree weather hurt his Clemson team in Saturday’s 22-10 loss to Penn State in the Pinstripe Bowl.
In particular, the Nittany Lions dominated the Tigers as the temperature dropped into the low 20s. Official temperature at kickoff time was 28 degrees, trailing only a 24-degree game at Auburn in 1961 as the second-coldest game in Clemson history.
“I didn’t think it had anything to do with it,” Swinney said about the weather. “In fact, we’re 7-0 in school history when it’s in the 30s.