Thursday was a beautiful, but fitful night at Yulman Stadium.

Tulane fans enjoyed spectacular fall weather for the Green Wave’s nationally-televised game against East Carolina.

Unfortunately, not much else went right.

The scoreboard clock malfunctioned (for the second consecutive game).

The ops crew got carried away and flashed the stadium lights during Tulane’ place-kicker Patrick Durkin’s critical, last-minute extra-point attempt.

And Tulane almost self-destructed in an avalanche of self-inflicted mistakes before regrouping to eek out a dramatic, closer-than-it-should-have-been 26-19 win.

“It’s only the second game of conference (play this season),” Tulane quarterback Jake Retzlaff said in reference to the eventful evening. “We’re all still figuring it out.”

That would be a good

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