re: 35 years ago today one of the greatest finishes to a college game

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Richardson did make a first down. And you are right the clock would have stopped for that. But ‘killing the clock’ was not a thing until the 90s if memory serves.

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Memory doesn't serve. While spiking the ball wasn't a thing, they certainly could have just thrown it out of bounds over a receiver's head or at his feet. Teams did do that.