mop up

Desman Stephens had played only a handful of snaps to this point, mostly in mop-up duty, but as the freshman linebacker peered over the line of scrimmage at Penn State’s offense Saturday, he could see the third-down play unfolding in his head.

Crews are continuing mop-up efforts on the fire’s south flank, authorities said.

These crews also do mop-up and cleanup work.

But after giving up a run in a meaningless mop-up inning of a 10-4 loss at San Francisco on June 30, his downturn over his next five games was sharp:

With 11 starts at UNLV, Maiava already has more game-time experience than Moss, whose duty before his Holiday Bowl heroics mostly amounted to fourth-quarter mop-up duty.