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Day 1 of the IEM Oakland League of Legends tournament brought some recently-overlooked teams to the light and proved lopsided regional prowess. The first match of the day saw Europes Unicorns of Love completely dominate Brazils INTZ from start to finish. INTZ was outclassed across the board, and UoL made sure to go for the throat once it found a lead; this was a simple thing to find considering Fabian Exileh Schubert lived up to his post-season peak from earlier this year, completely blowing away INTZs Gabriel Tockers Claumann in both games. Exileh paved the way for the team to work its historically strong rotational play, and it never gave INTZ an opportunity to mount a comeback.The second match was equally lopsided, but more interesting to many Western fans due to the relative obscurity of the teams involved. Oceanias Chiefs made their debut on the IEM stage, only to face South Koreas Longzhu, which was also making its IEM debut. The match started off with an exciting back and forth in Game 1 that almost led to a Chiefs victory thanks to their unexpectedly strong coordination and the efforts from jungler Samuel Spookz Broadley and mid laner Simon Swiffer Papamarkos.Unfortunately, the deficit that their top laner, Brandon Swip3rR Holland, had against Bon-Taek Expession Gu proved to be too much to bear; despite their strong teamfighting the Chiefs just proved unable to fight Longzhu 1-vs-1 in the split push the South Koreans initiated. Game 2 would prove nowhere near as competitive: Longzhu stomped Chiefs flat thanks to an amazing performance from Lee Chaser Sang-hyum, whose early pressure in the solo lanes gave Expession the opportunity to once again dominate Swip3rR and split push the team to a win.Sunday is sure to be an exciting day, as Unicorns take on Team SoloMid while Longzhu will challenge Flash Wolves. 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Its basketball team has seen players like Australias No. 1 overall NBA draft pick Ben Simmons, the legendary Shaquille ONeal and before him Pistol Pete Maravich go through its doors.Aside from Simmons, LSU has an ever-growing Aussie contingent among its ranks with three boys from Down Under having played for the Tigers football team. Brad Wing started the trend and is now enjoying a promising career in the NFL with the New York Giants. Rockhamptons Jamie Keehn followed Wing to Baton Rouge and just last season, he graduated after four years in the Bayou. The latest addition to the squad is South Australias Josh Growden, a former Greater Western Sydney AFL player, who battled injury before packing his bags for Louisiana.The game we were in town for just happened to be among the biggest in world sport annually. When LSU and Alabama get together, fireworks ensue, both literally and figuratively. Tiger Stadium holds just over 100,000 people and whilst there were a tick over 102,000 in the house, the noise the crowd made felt like 102,000 jet aeroplanes.Games like these attract people from far and wide.NFL alumni like Patrick Peterson, Kevin Minter and Tyrann Mathieu were on-hand to see their beloved Tigers in action. Mathieu, like many before him, was presented on the field during a time-out after making a $1 million donation to the university.But there were a few more recognisable faces inside Tiger Stadium.Newlyweds Rory and Belinda Sloane called in from New Orleans and despite being anything but gridiron addicts, told us they had the time of their lives. Adelaide club doctor Marc Cesana and his partner Tara also caught the game. Doc is a huge college football fan and he had stops in South Bend and Tuscaloosa before Baton Rouge. Three more iconic college towns you will not find.NCAA football is a brief season, just 12 regular season games meaning the crowd only gets six opportunities to see its team aat home.dddddddddddd Trust me when I say this, they make all six a party worth remembering. Camper vans fully decked out in LSU purple and gold park in the adjacent streets, BBQs are stoked up and the southern food is cooked to perfection - food and drink is available to all.?If you are here for a good time, youre in the right place.Jamie and his American girlfriend Helen were kind enough to take myself, Hannah, Rory and Belinda to a few tailgates - something all sports fans must experience. It was tent after tent after tent of endless food, drinks, entertainment and excitement as the hours counted down before their Tigers took to the field. Jamie estimated that as the players arrived roughly three hours before the kickoff, 150,000 people would have been surrounding the stadium, all partying like there was no tomorrow.You just asked yourself - 150,000 people does not go into a 102,000-seat stadium - great math, you are correct. At every LSU home game, there are always tens of thousands who come for the party but dont have a ticket to the game. Its truly a mind-blowing event to see live.The match ended up 10-0 in favour of the unbeaten Crimson Tide of Alabama but even me, a now avid LSU fan, could hardly care less. The game day experience was something none of us will ever forget and it is something we all want to experience again.I must say an ENORMOUS thanks to Jamie Keehn who looked after Hannah and I all weekend. He took care of Lynchy and I in 2014 and he came though with the goods again. Josh Growden also deserves a mention, we had the pleasure of sitting with his parents for the game and theyre extremely lovely people who hail from Clare in South Australias wine region. Its a small world.A popular hashtag used by fans of the team is #ForeverLSU - I can say that after two games in person, I am an LSU man forever!#GeauxTigersOur final night was spent in LA watching another famous sports team, the Los Angeles Lakers. The Kobe-less Lakers put in a stellar performance despite 39 points from my man Devin Booker of the Phoenix Suns. Staples Center is a remarkable arena and it was a stellar way to cap off an amazing and memorable holiday.Thanks to ESPN Australia and those people I thanked above for making it all happen and thanks to everyone who engaged with me on social media. I had a such fun bringing the games back to you as I did watching them.Well, we are literally just touching down in Adelaide. 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