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The inspiration for the signature piece of Clemson’s football facility – a 2,000-pound steel slide – came simply from Dabo Swinney seeing that Google had one in the movie “The Internship.”

One small step for man.

Then one giant ride for recruiting-kind.

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Clemson’s rise during the “Decade of Dabo” is an agglomeration of decisions, influences and favorable plays and outcomes from which its recruiting riches could be argued cause or effect.