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WKU aiming for consistency, fewer 'stupid' penalties in C-USA tilt against Old Dominion

Last October, the WKU football team led Old Dominion 34-27 with 1:32 on the clock.

Over the next several minutes, the 13,269 people in Houchens-Smith Stadium watched as the Hilltoppers gave up a 79-yard touchdown drive and let the Monarchs kick a game-winning field goal on a third consecutive untimed down.

SB Nation later called WKU’s 37-34 loss to ODU on Oct. 20, 2018 — which featured 15 plays in the last 97 seconds, six plays in the last nine seconds and three plays in the last zero seconds of clock time — “one of the wildest endings in football history.