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Pardon this brief departure from August camp coverage.

Also pardon the addressing of what is a story only by the loosest of definitions.

A few weeks ago, Kelly Bryant was asked if he received a championship ring from Clemson. He said no. It briefly became a peripheral news item and then everyone moved on.

Until this week, when somehow it became an aggregation sensation that swept across the country.