Paul Finebaum had one word to describe Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney.
Dabo Swinney and the Clemson Tigers are coming off of one of their worst season in over a decade after finishing the season at 7-5.
With the Pinstripe Bowl the only thing left on the schedule after the Tigers missed the College Football Playoff, some have scrutinized Swinney and questioned his long-term future with the program.
When addressing Swinney, college football analyst Paul Finebaum only had one word to say. And it didn't really give the sense of anything in depth about what's going on with the 56-year-old coach.
"Grandpa."
That's all Finebaum said, which is a bit strange considering that Swinney does not fall anywhere within the realm of college football's oldest head coaches.
Here's a look at the rest of Finebaum's one-word description of multiple other notable head coaches, some of which are quite amusing.
Finebaum has made some negative comments in the past regarding Clemson's success and outlook for the long-term future, but we didn't get much of that here.
What matters more than anything for Swinney is the level of confidence his team and athletic director Graham Neff have in him. And based on what has been said recently, all signs point to that all parties are comfortable and optimistic about the head coach.
“That’s been shown for two decades that Coach has been at Clemson, and I expect that to continue for many, many years ahead,” Neff told the media early in December. "I couldn’t be more excited to watch the ‘25 Tigers, while certainly pointing ahead to the ‘26 Tigers and beyond."
Swinney himself doesn't seem concerned about the program's trajectory, either, noting last month that he was incredibly 'bullish' on Clemson's potential moving forward in November.
"We'll win more national championships," Swinney said. "We'll win more conference championships, we'll win more big games."
Regardless, there's a lot of work to be done in order for Clemson to get itself back to its former glory that is the standard set to be a consistent contender for a national title. This is a team that has been consistently in the mix in the past and is expected to be on a regular basis.