Ruffin McNeill is basically like family to Garrett Riley and Lincoln Riley, so with Dabo Swinney's major hire of TCU's former offensive coordinator McNeill had a lot to say about Garrett and his history with him.

In the mid-1980s, McNeill got his start in college coaching as a grad assistant for Clemson under Danny Ford. He considers those years two of the most formative of his entire career coaching football.

Greg McElroy of ESPN covered Clemson's final game of 2022, a dispiriting loss to Tennessee in the Orange Bowl in which the offense put up a bunch of yards but reached the end zone just one time.

McElroy gives his own take on the Riley acquisition, and the state of Clemson football not just after two years of the Tigers not reaching the playoff, but amid Georgia's rise to dominance.

McElroy believes it's time for Swinney to totally step away from the offense and hand the keys totally to Riley.

"It's time for him to take a knee," McElroy said.