The wildest game of Saturday’s college football slate came from a game hidden deep into the selections on ESPN+.
The Eastern Kentucky Colonels took down the Bowling Green Falcons 59-57 in seven overtimes, in a game that took four and a half hours.
At seven overtimes, it’s only topped by Illinois’ nine-overtime victory over Penn State in 2021.
Oh, and Eastern Kentucky — who entered the game as a 7.5-point underdog — is an FCS program, while Bowling Green — a member of the MAC — is part of the FBS.
Eastern Kentucky sent the game to overtime with a touchdown — followed by the game-tying extra point — to beat the fourth-quarter buzzer.
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In the third overtime, Eastern Kentucky converted the game-tying two-point conversion on an 18-yard pass.
Eastern Kentucky converted their two-point try from the 18 yard line to send it to a fourth OT I'm howling pic.twitter.com/AdBhzGEx3Y
— Colton Denning (@Dubsco) September 11, 2022
And in the fifth overtime, Eastern Kentucky ran a hilarious play in an attempt to win the game. The play failed.
Finally, in the seventh overtime, the Colonels came through and completed a wacky walk-off victory.
Eastern Kentucky trailed the game 10-0 in the first quarter, before erupting for a 24-points second quarter that gave the Colonels a 24-17 lead at halftime.
Here’s a look at how the college football world is reacting to Eastern Kentucky’s upset victory in a seven-overtime marathon:
FCS Eastern Kentucky gets 7-OT win at Bowling Green in game for which EKU is getting $350,000 guarantee. This is 3rd FCS-over-FBS win of the season, the first in OT after two previous FCS losses in OT
— Steve Berkowitz (@ByBerkowitz) September 11, 2022
Fans react to Bowling Green's 7OT loss to FCS EKU… of note the two coaching picks below (Loeffler & Addazio) were also the first two head coaches to be ejected from FBS games over two unsportsmanlike conduct calls! pic.twitter.com/SvMAs25j3g
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) September 11, 2022
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