Dabo Swinney's overwhelming, overflowing positivity demonstrated Friday morning in a conference call with reporters was a bit of a contrast to the statement offered by another university leader last week.

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President Jim Clements wrote a sober -- and sobering -- appraisal of the massive disruption inflicted by the pandemic, saying he fears this is all far from over.

Swinney's approach -- announcing his coining of the This Is Gonna End Real Soon acronym -- presented some incongruent messaging.