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Grip compares Clemson win to Rambo

Did you know the first Rambo movie, “First Blood,” was originally more than three hours long? Sylvester Stallone watched it, realized it was awful and tried to buy the film back from the studio so he could bury it – before it buried his career. Instead, the movie was edited down to about an hour and a half. And resurrected Stallone into stardom again. OK, maybe that isn’t the best argument – did we really need another a Rocky 11 or whatever number they are on now? – for tighter editing. But if you were lucky enough to only watch the fourth quarter of Clemson’s dramatic 35-31 victory last night, you sure saved yourself a lot of time. And off-tackle plays. The first half was like Rocky’s first fight/Vince Grippi, A Grip on Sports. More here.



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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