Corvallis, Oregon: The place is home to a sports team whose colors are the colors of Halloween. Oregon State home games — football and basketball — are often spooky, creepy events when the weirdest, strangest things happen.
Such was the case for USC once again in Corvallis on Saturday night.
Find anyone — a USC fan or an Oregon State fan — who thought the first half would feature just 10 points, with Chance Nolan throwing a bad interception for the Beavers and Caleb Williams barely being able to complete a pass.
Players were jumpy and anxious. This is part of college football. Yet, the inability of these offenses to settle down was a big part of the story in the first half.
Then came the second half and a supremely dramatic conclusion.
There’s a lot more to say about this night, below: