During the lead-up to Clemson’s season opener at LSU, much of the attention has gravitated towards Lane Kiffin and his effort to add former NFL talents to his roster.

Dae’Quan Wright, the former Ole Miss tight end who signed an undrafted free agent contract with the Cleveland Browns, and Ole Miss defensive tackle Zxavian Harris, who signed with the Saints before being waived, are both set to officially join the Bayou Bengals depending on a hearing scheduled for Thursday.

Unsurprisingly, those moves have created a ton of backlash across the country, including from the SEC, which is fighting tooth and nail to keep former NFL players from coming back to college football.

With Clemson set to visit Baton Rouge on Saturday, head coach Dabo Swinney was asked his feelings on the subject during his weekly press conference on Tuesday.

“It is a crazy world we live in,” Swinney said.

“It doesn’t frustrate me. Honestly, rarely am I at a loss for words, but I am at a loss for words. I would just say it is kind of embarrassing. It is just embarrassing that that is where we are. I don’t blame the kids. People are trying to take advantage of the system, and I just think it is embarrassing for college football.”

While the current state of the sport certainly frustrates the Tigers’ longtime head coach, he chooses to remain solely focused on his program and his team’s preparation for the upcoming season.

“I just keep my energy on the things I control. The things that matter. And that is the kids here on our team,” Swinney added. “That outside stuff, no pun intended, we just stay in our lane here at Clemson. Try to. Every now and then somebody will ram into us, but we try and handle our business here.

“I mean, we have no rules. I mean, it is a joke. Zero rules. And when you enforce rules, somebody just goes and finds a judge that says no you can’t do that. Never did I think we would be living in an era like this, but that is where we are. Hopefully, eventually there will be some different things coming down the pipeline.”

Swinney’s mantra has always been on controlling what he can control, and that will remain the focus throughout. For that reason, he’s more concerned about what his Tigers do on Saturday rather than worrying about which players might, or might not play.

“I have lost zero sleep over that,” Swinney said. “People can do what they want to do. People judge us all the time. I am not going to sit here and judge somebody else over decisions they make and how they want to run their program. At the end of the day, our focus is on us, and that is all that matters.”