Orange and purple confetti poured from the night sky as Clemson demolished Alabama football 44-16 for the College Football Championship. Senior running back Damien Harris and superstar Tua Tagovailoa sat motionless as their season came to an unceremonious end.
No one predicted the behind the woodshed whipping Clemson handed out. On that fateful night, the Tigers out-schooled; outperformed, and punished the neighborhood bullies.
In HBO’s The Wire, a quaint, questioning, aging soldier, Cutty, expressed how everything changed after a long stint in prison. New school general Slim Charles retorted a memorable quote, “Game is the same–just got more fierce!