LSU 22, OREGON STATE 21

What a wild finish! From the AP via the Baton Rouge Advocate:

LSU can thank an Oregon State kicker who could not make extra points for its season-opening victory.

Alexis Serna missed three extra points Saturday night, including one that would have forced a second overtime, and No. 4 LSU escaped with a 22-21 victory over the Beavers.

The defending BCS champion Tigers trailed throughout the game, were shut out in the first half, and behind 15-7 with 1:38 left.

The Tigers seemed sure to lose when they drove to the Oregon State 2-yard line and failed to score with 3:39 left. But their defense gave them another shot.

The Tigers got the ball back for their final possession of regulation with 1:38 left. After JaMarcus Russell threw two incompletions, he hooked up with Dwayne Bowe for a 26-yarder then a 38-yard touchdown to cut Oregon State's lead to 15-13.

On the conversion, Russell ran to the left, stretched out the football and leaped into the end zone for two points to tie it at 15 and force overtime.

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So why am I posting a sports report here at Real Art? Well, okay, it's not art or politics, but it is culture, and...uh...look, damnit, I'm now a student at a school that has the defending college football national champion: it's difficult to not get a bit caught up in all the hoopla.

Just indulge me.

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