While on vacation in Florida, Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney thought LSU's Brian Kelly was having a concert. Here's what led to the confusion.

Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney planned to keep the story to himself until his Tigers faced LSU on August 30 in Atlanta. Over the summer, while vacationing in Florida, Swinney was told that Brian Kelly’s wife owned a souvenir shop near the beach he was visiting.

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