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Aidan O’Connell = Mariano Rivera

For over 15 years, especially in the playoffs, whenever Enter Sandman played over the speakers at Yankee Stadium the game was over. The Yankees won four World Series in five years mostly because they knew if they got to the ninth inning with a lead in the playoffs the game was over. He was so consistent for so long that his extremely rare failures like against the Diamondbacks in 2001 and the Red Sox in 2004 are almost more well known because of their shocking nature.

Right now, Aidan O’Connell is basically Mariano Rivera for Purdue football.