[SCENE: Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium, on a clear and cool morning the day of the College Football Playoff National Championship Game]
[a lone figure quietly climbs the steps of an otherwise peacefully empty stadium]
LARRY CULPEPPER: Aw, heck. What a morning. The College Football Playoff! My life’s work, my beautiful brainchild come to fruition yet again! It’s hard to believe it’s here already. And what a matchup! A rematch of last year’s thrilling shootout between the Clemson Tigers and the Alabama Crimson Ti-
[he feels a sharp pain on the back of his skull, and quickly everything goes black]
[SCENE: a cold, damp tiled room, lit only by a single dim bulb swinging from above]
[in the darkened corner, Larry can make out a human figure on the floor, clothed in an excited-looking tiger costume.