On special occasions, Harold Olson will strap on the watch he and his Clemson teammates received as a parting gift at the 1958 Sugar Bowl in New Orleans.
The watch is still ticking, by the way, much like Olson and several of his teammates, who remain in regular contact and invariably steer much of their conversation to that game and that era and the special people who remain vivid memories despite the relentless passage of time.
Fifty-nine seasons have come and gone since that day, but Clemson is finally Sugar Bowl-bound again.
Coach Dabo Swinney’s top-ranked Tigers will play No.