Forget playing one game at a time. Forget the idea of a one-week season. Forget enjoying this one for a night and then moving on to the next one.
No, this game was bigger than that.
Clemson’s 24-22 victory over sixth-ranked Notre Dame in front of a sensational, saturated sellout crowd at Memorial Stadium on Saturday is not a game that’s played and then forgotten. Much like the last time the Tigers and Irish played in that stadium, regardless of what else happens in the 2015 season, anyone who was there will remember the details.
It didn’t happen that way by default.