7:00 AM ET Over time, our memories distill classic sporting events to just one or two moments. This is unfair, as a classic is usually set up by a series of indelible events or actions, but our hard drives have only so much memory. The incredible 1984 Miami-Boston College game becomes Flutie-to-Phelan and not the four fourth-quarter lead changes or 1,234 yards that preceded it. The 2006 Rose Bowl becomes Vince Young’s TD run and not the multiple runs and plot twists or the fourth-down stuff that set up Young’s score. The 2018 Rose Bowl becomes Sony Michel’s game-winning overtime jaunt and not the trick plays and lead changes that sent it to OT in the first place. 2 Related It comes in handy, then, to commemorate classics, to set them fully formed in carbonite, as quickly as possible, before our faulty memories take over. And to be sure, Clemson’s…
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