--- title: "Fan poll: Is the Clemson football culture broken?" description: The latest on Clemson sports news with our analysis from the staff at ClemsonKickoff.com and the Reign Supreme Alway podcast image: https://clemsonkickoff.com/hubfs/podcast-thumb-all-purpose-2.png --- [Skip to content](https://clemsonkickoff.com/news/poll-is-clemson-football-culture-broken#main-content) [![Death Valley Intro Outline 2](https://clemsonkickoff.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Death%20Valley%20Intro%20Outline%202.png?width=600&height=209&name=Death%20Valley%20Intro%20Outline%202.png)](https://clemsonkickoff.com/) - [Recent Episodes](https://clemsonkickoff.com/news/tag/reign-supreme-alway-podcast) - [Tiger Trends](https://clemsonkickoff.com/news/tag/tiger-trends) - [Get Alerts](https://clemsonkickoff.com/news-alerts-clemson-sports) - [Podcast](https://goodpods.com/podcasts/reign-supreme-alway-sports-in-clemson-240902) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Recent Episodes](https://clemsonkickoff.com/news/tag/reign-supreme-alway-podcast) - [Tiger Trends](https://clemsonkickoff.com/news/tag/tiger-trends) - [Get Alerts](https://clemsonkickoff.com/news-alerts-clemson-sports) - [Podcast](https://goodpods.com/podcasts/reign-supreme-alway-sports-in-clemson-240902) - [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/clemsonkickoff) [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/clemsonkickoff) # What time is Clemson kickoff?  **• Clemson at Florida St., Saturday, Oct. 31, 7 p.m., ACCN • Clemson at Syracuse, Saturday, Nov. 7, TBD** October 21, 2025 | 1:11 PM # Fan poll: Is the Clemson football culture broken? [Bill Zimmerman](https://clemsonkickoff.com/news/author/bill-zimmerman) Share: [envelope icon](mailto:?body=https://clemsonkickoff.com/news/poll-is-clemson-football-culture-broken) [Twitter icon](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://clemsonkickoff.com/news/poll-is-clemson-football-culture-broken) [facebook-f icon](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://clemsonkickoff.com/news/poll-is-clemson-football-culture-broken) [linkedin-in icon](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://clemsonkickoff.com/news/poll-is-clemson-football-culture-broken) All right college sports fans, this one’s for those of you who follow Clemson football closely: We want to know during this bye week if you think Dabo Swinney’s culture has become broken. There’s a lot of message board talk and social media buzz, not all of it, but I’m seeing more and more fans and alumni saying that they want a completely fresh start for the Clemson football program. Wipe the slate clean. Some of them even say Swinney should go. Most don’t believe that, but there's seemingly been at least a dozen posts to that effect. > POLL: Do you think the culture of Clemson football is broken? > > — Clemson Kickoff (@ClemsonKickoff) [October 21, 2025](https://twitter.com/ClemsonKickoff/status/1980642847981506890?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) So: Tell us what you think. We’ve got a poll up on Twitter, it's embedded above or you can go to our page directly at [X.com/ClemsonKickoff](http://X.com/ClemsonKickoff). What we want to know first is a "Yes" or "No" to tell us if you think the Tigers’ famed culture is broken. Clemson sits at 3-4 in its second bye week of the season, and sits below .500 in ACC play at 2-3. Look, it’s possible to have a bad season without a broken culture, which is why we want to know first and foremost, simply put, do you think the culture under head coach Dabo Swinney and his staff is broken? Or is the culture good? We had a good exchange on Twitter with a fan who said the question opens up thoughts about different aspects, and his observations were really good. And, hey, it's a matter of each individual fan's line in the sand between a broken culture or a healthy one, and their gut reaction to that. So here's another way to look at the question: Clemson's culture once was lauded as being a key factor in winning national championships and making six straight four-team playoffs. Does its culture today get in the way of winning? Second, for those of you who think about it and answer "Yes," because you think Clemson's culture has become broken, tell us your thoughts of what needs to change, to fix it. What repairs does it need? Give us your thoughts on that, so that’s X.com/ClemsonKickoff to take our Twitter poll and to reply with a comment about the changes you see fit. We've embedded the original question above to make that easy for you. We always want to know your thoughts and we have gotten some great comments on YouTube lately in Season 4 of our Reign Supreme Alway podcast, so be sure to check those out sometime as well. 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