That simple sign was hung on the wall the very first day, steadily and forcefully guiding them through years of failed yesterdays that don't mean a damn thing about today.

Believe.

Dabo Swinney made sure it was on the wall in 2008, hanging in the team meeting room where no one could avoid it the first time he addressed the Clemson football team as head coach.

Tommy Bowden had just resigned after a 3-3 start. Swinney, who had been coaching receivers, was named interim coach and Clemson once again was where it had been for nearly three decades, since the last time it was on top of the college football world: lost and defeat...

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