Everyone else is playing for second place.
Oh, no one is suggesting that Old Dominion-Western Kentucky is a storied rivalry. And heaven knows their football game Saturday night in Bowling Green, Ky., had no conference, let alone national, implications.
All-Americans and NFL prospects did not litter the field, and no legends were born. But for sheer, can’t-make-it-up lunacy, none of college football’s iconic finishes tops what the Monarchs and Hilltoppers produced.
No band marched onto the field prematurely and the hero didn’t propose to his cheerleader girlfriend after scoring the winning points. No matter. For sustained implausibility, ODU-WKU stands alone.