Swinney guarding against letdown for No. 4 Clemson

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Dabo Swinney won’t let No. 4 Clemson let down against FCS opponent South Carolina State, not with how far the Tigers have come in the past two seasons. After the Tigers’ 38-35 victory over No. 11 Georgia last week, the college football world is watching to see if Clemson will do what it’s done several times the past decade — stumble on the road to possibly bigger things. That’s not likely to happen Saturday when the Tigers (1-0) take on the Bulldogs (0-1) of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Clemson is 26-0 all-time against teams of the old Division I-AA, including a 54-0 victory over South Carolina State in the teams’ only other meeting in 2008. Still, Swinney has become irritated by the questions that crop up after each big win.