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Since this day will always be about bowl games, what’s the Rushmore of best bowl performances since 1980 — Vince Young vs. USC in 2006, Jim McMahon for BYU over SMU in the 1980 Holiday Bowl, Tim Tebow in the 2010 Sugar Bowl and Joe Burrow’s back-to-back playoff wins for LSU in 2019/20? And if you doubt Burrow, he went 60-for-88 for 956 yards and 12 TDs without no picks in two games.
Rushmore of “Val” and be creative — Val Kilmer, Napa Valley, “Walk through the valley of the shadow of death …,” Medal of Valor.
Rushmore of musical groups with an animal in their name — Snoop Dogg, John Cougar Mellencamp, The Eagles and The Birds. With all apologies to Def Leppard, Buck Owens, and The Beastie Boys.
Rushmore of pants — “Liar, liar, pants on fire,” blue jeans, Rod Stewart’s “Hot Pants” and all hot pants in general, “Ants in your pants.”