Clemson247 is premiering a new article that'll run each week. We'll pick a dozen of Dabo Swinney's best or most insightful quotes from the past seven days and highlight them here. These quotes come from his postgame press conference, his weekly in-season press conference, his post-Wednesday practice availability, his Sunday evening teleconference, or his Monday night radio show unless otherwise specified.

1) "You know what, it’s crazy, I’ve got a couple of 'nice suits' that I don’t get any comments. I walk into the team meeting yesterday with my $49 Belk pink coat, and the (players) were like, ‘Woah!’ I mean they were blown away. So, shoutout to Belk. Hashtag 'shameless plug,' so there you go. I love them, but I don’t want to go to that bowl. Been there, done that. Y’all aren’t going to like me if we’re there, but I like their clothes."

Belk found out about Swinney's postgame shoutout and subsequently donated $25,000 to Swinney's All In Foundation to raise money for breast cancer research.

"They reached out to my brother and sent a message and just super cool. They gave $25,000 to the foundation for breast cancer. It's unbelievable. I'm thinking I've got to say something nice about Harley-Davidson this week."

2) "[Freshman tight end] (Davis Allen) has gained my trust, I'll play him in any situation. Took a while to get him healthy and he missed all of camp basically, so mentally he had to kind of catch up. Physically, he's an incredibly trustworthy guy. He's got great ball skills, big, strong kid, fundamentally really sound, he's got good technique. He had a couple of key blocks this past week. Did a great job in our screens in space, covering guys up. He's just a really good football player. He's an athlete, he played offense obviously, he was pitcher, basketball player, his dad was a really good linebacker at Georgia, he's just got a lot of natural stuff that comes to the table.

"And now that he has played and gotten more experience, he's just moving with more confidence in everything he does. That's allowed us to hit the pause button on Jaelyn (Lay) a little bit. Really the guy that has changed the plan is Luke Price. He does a lot of dirty work that may not show up on the stat sheet but he's a good football player. Tough, physical, incredibly strong, explosive power. We just moved him from linebacker in the spring and didn't know how he'd project and make the transition. But I tell you, Luke has been a blessing for us."

3) "That's what we're capable of when we are in rhythm and efficient and not having penalties and turnovers and missed opportunities and we made the layups. We just really were a focused group today. It was just rare that we had a hiccup. They know what they can do. Great to see Trevor Lawrence have a great game. Now we're moving forward." — On the offense vs. Boston College last Saturday

4) "I'm 100 percent for the collegiate model and the value of education. That's never going to change for me. Our country needs that and these kids need that for sure. I think there's a way to make it all work in a really positive way. I think there's lots of ways to make it better for everyone and keep it equitable and within the collegiate model. It's a very complicated thing but that's why you have some smart people getting together. I don't see anything negative about it at all. Now, as it sits right now with no parameters, that's not good in my opinion. But there's going to be some great discussion and great things that I think will come out of it for the student-athlete." — On Tuesday's NCAA vote that would open the door to allow college athletes to benefit from name, image, and likeness

5) "Our offensive line is leading the way. And that's the third game in a row that Travis Etienne has been amazing. He's almost been unstoppable."

6) "Nyles (Pinckney) is coming off back-to-back really good games. Very productive. Grading well. Doing a lot of the little things right. He's probably a little under-the-radar right now if you will. Jordan (Williams) has had his moments, has not been quite as consistent as Nyles but Nyles is a fourth-year guy and Jordan is a third-year guy. Need Jordan to be a little more consistent but he's a hard worker and his attitude is off the charts, but there's still more there for him. He's still an improving, learning player."

7) "It starts with our 'backers— cannot say enough about those guys. Isaiah Simmons and Jamie Skalski could probably get players of the game every week. Chad Smith, he's gotten better and better and he was our player of the game on Saturday. ... Chad did not have quite as much experience as far as linebacker play, but he's kind of got his seas legs under him now. He was where he was supposed to be and he tackled well. He's had to work on consistency, but a little bit of that is just playing a lot more snaps. He's gotten better and better, and I really like where he is. ... Baylon (Spector) really is probably a co-starter, he's at that level. He's an explosive tackler and physical presence every time he's in there. ... It really starts those 'backers setting the tone down the middle and with Tanner Muse and K'Von Wallace."

8) "Defensively, this is the best we've been after eight games in a long time. Not giving up many points. Playing with great effort and discipline and we've developed good depth and good chemistry."

9) "Offensively, we've never had a team that has averaged 250+ yards rushing and passing. Never. And I think us and Oklahoma are the only two offenses that are doing that."

10) "I remember getting booed going off the field at halftime. Getting booed. Everybody telling coach (Chad) Morris to go back to high school, heard that a few times. That's probably what I remember more than anything." — On Clemson's 2011 contest vs. Wofford when the game was tied at halftime

11) "I used to ride in the back of my dad’s truck, two-seater truck, lawn chair on the back, 80 miles an hour down the interstate everywhere we went. Sitting in a lawn chair. That was pretty stupid."

12) "We are in a good place heading into November, but everybody has got to be a little bit better. Just a little bit better from everybody because man the air gets a little colder, a little thinner the higher that you climb. Guys get banged up and you've got to have the guts to push through."