Dabo Swinney on Alabama vs. Clemson: I Won't Apologize for Having a Great Team

Clemson Tigers head coach Dabo Swinney is not one of those feeling fatigue by the constant postseason matchups between his team and the Alabama Crimson Tide.

"I'm not going to apologize for having a great team and a great program, and neither is coach Saban," he said, per Stewart Mandel of The Athletic. "If that's not what's best for college football, why are we even doing it?"

Mandel noted Swinney suggested college football should revert back to its previous system where it would simply "elect" a national champion with two polls following the bowl games if another matchup between the Tigers and Crimson Tide isn't good for the sport.

This is the fifth year since the current four-team College Football Playoff system was put in place, and Monday's game will mark the fourth time the two programs have played each other in the postseason. Only 2014, when Ohio State defeated Alabama on its way to the national title, didn't feature a showdown between the Crimson Tide and Tigers.

Nick Saban's team won the national championship game in the 2015 season, Deshaun Watson enacted revenge in the 2016 season's title game for the Tigers and Alabama won last year's semifinal showdown before defeating Georgia for the championship.

The Crimson Tide won 24-6 with relative ease last season, handling a Tigers team that was playing without the generational talent of Watson. Clemson will have Trevor Lawrence under center this time, and he will be asked to match the firepower of Heisman Trophy finalist Tua Tagovailoa on the other sideline.

While Georgia, Ohio State and Oklahoma have presented challenges and battled for championships at times, Alabama and Clemson have separated themselves from the rest of the college football world.

That may lead to fatigue and frustration from fans of other programs, but Swinney and Saban have dominated in the current system. The Clemson coach wasn't feeling apologetic for it, either.