Two things worth noting this evening that I think perfectly sum up the extraordinary range of events that take place in college sports.
On one end, you have the Division III men's basketball team at Cal Tech. The school ranked No. 4 in the U.S. News and World Report poll (and just down the highway from the No. 4 school in this week's AP poll) broke a losing streak of 207 games to NCAA opponents on Saturday.
On the other end, you have the Ohio State marching band, which delivered another impressive performance before the start of the big-money BCS national championship game. The so-called "Best Damn Band in the Land" performed its signature "Script Ohio" formation not once, but twice simultaneously -- one set of marchers facing each sideline. There were times when there were three lines of marchers moving side by side, and I swear there was barely a hand's length between the end of one guy's trombone and the adjacent guy's tuba.
Talk about a game of inches.
