Alternate reality isn't a safe space. It's just safer.
My preferred land of make-believe from the past two decades is where Ted Ginn doesn't go down on the first play of the Ohio State-Florida BCS title game - because it is impossible to disprove. And it's a much healthier place for fans like me who witnessed the real version.
After Teddy left that game - just one blessed play into the coronation - the Buckeyes lost any ability to stretch the field which allowed the Gators to pay rent in the trenches, and the outcome was academic.