Damon West
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Podcast Appearances
Coach Swinney met you at an award show in Houston.
He would love to have you come talk to the team.
Do you have August 1st open?
And I'm like, brother, I got every first open, man.
What are you talking about?
I'm talking to a mirror, man.
Dabo didn't know that, though.
So August 1st, 2017, I go speak to the Clemson Tigers, the defending national champs of college football.
And when I get done with my presentation tonight, Dabo's in my face.
And, man, you know Dabo, man.
He's high energy.
Yeah.
Damn it, that's the most amazing story I've ever heard.
I've never seen my players respond like that to a speaker.
He said, have you been to Alabama to talk to their football team?
And I'm like, no, Debo, I've been to Clemson.
I haven't been anywhere, man.
He said, we're going to see about that.
He said, I just texted Nick Saban from the back of the room.
Mick, when my flight landed in Houston the next day for my trip to Clemson, I turned my phone on.