Daily News | Penn State’s Sean Clifford moves into “retirement” on the highest possible note | Mike Jensen
PASADENA, Calif. – Sean Clifford got loose inside the Rose Bowl, by the 25-yard line … now the 30, moving fast, almost dancing. No helmet on – Penn State’s quarterback had substituted a rose stem between his teeth.
Another scene: The 35-21 victory secured, media allowed on the sideline for the final minutes. A TV standup was filmed. A man stood in the late-game drizzle and said into a camera, “This was Sean Clifford’s legacy game tonight, in the biggest game of his career.”Who’d he beat? That had been the refrain. Update: At the top of his game, Clifford soundly beat the 7th-ranked Pac-12 champions in the Rose Bowl.
Maybe Penn State fans had earned their weariness of a sixth-year QB whose career defined ups and downs. But Clifford had so earned this moment. Spoke in the wheel? Not this night. Call Clifford the catalyst. Penn State receiver KeAndre Lambert-Smith stood against a wall outside Penn State’s locker room and gave it all some proper framing.
Ruling was done for the game and Utah never got any mojo back, Penn State scoring 21 unanswered before a last-minute Utes TD. The highlight play of the game was star freshman Nick Singleton racing 87 yards in the third quarter for a 21-14 lead. Lambert-Smith had a block that cleared a lane.
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