A reversal of a vasectomy reversal wouldn't have taken this long.

It was about 10 p.m. Saturday night at the Coliseum when Oregon quarterback Brady Leaf threw a fourth-and-goal pass, watched it get tipped, then land in the hands of Jonathan Stewart in the back of the end zone for a 7-yard touchdown that cut USC's lead to 28-9 early in the fourth quarter.

(We interrupt this report for a short nap, dreams of the days before instant replay ever was part of sports).

It's about 10:15 p.m. Saturday, and Ducks kicker Paul Martinez converted the extra point, and it's 28-10.

Sorry, but we must have blacked out for those 15 minutes. Any way to get that time of our lives back?
About six of those minutes were to review the play and determine it would be reversed.
A minute later, they decided they had to review it again.
About eight minutes later, after another review, the play stood as the refs on the field called it in the first place.
And, according to replays, they still got it wrong.

On USC's radio post-game show, Trojan play-by-play guy Pete Arbogast said that he and Paul McDonald should be named "Pac-10 players of the week" for having to fill that 20 minutes (not quite that long) during all that review time.
Here's how Barry Tompkins and Petros Papadakis explained things without sounding as if they were killing time during the FSN telecast:

10 p.m.: Tompkins: "What a catch! Stewart catches it after it went off the fingertips of the intended receiver, who I believe was (Jordan) Kent. And it is a touchdown."
First replay is shown.
Papadakis: "And you see the crowd reacting (to the replay), not to whether Stewart was in bounds when he made the play but whether he came from the back of the end zone, he might have been out of bounds."
10:01 p.m.: Referee Jack Wood announces the play is under review.
Another replay shown. Papadakis: "And it looks like he was out."
Another replay, from behind the quarterback.
Tompkins: "You can't tell from that angle."
Another replay, from high above the end zone.
Papadakis: "If anything, his heels might have been out."
10:02 p.m.: Tompkins: "It's certainly not going to be conclusive."
Papadakis: "They're not going to turn this over. This will be a touchdown."
Another replay, from the side
Tompkins: "That's the best angle we've seen and it didn't look like he came beyond the end line. ... I doubt that they will change this."
Another replay, from high above the end zone.
Papadakis: "Right there, it looks like his left foot was out a couple of steps before that (catch) happened."
Another replay from the side.
10:03 p.m. Three-way screen showing referee, USC coach Pete Caroll and Oregon coach Mike Bellotti.
Tompkins: "The longer this goes on the more chance they will reverse this."
Papadakis: "With the deflection involved, I'm not so sure."
Tompkins: "It's not just a matter if he was out of bounds, but it's a rules interpretation also."
Papadakis: "He was definitely out of bounds, but does it matter with the deflection? I don't know"
10:04 p.m.: Another replay, from the side.
Another replay, from behind the end zone.
Tompkins: "I was reading earlier that the average review time is just 2 minutes, 8 seconds." (At this point, it has been 4 minutes according to a graphic)
10:05 p.m.: After 5 minutes and 35 seconds, Wood announces: "There is a reversal of the ruling on the field. The receiver who caught the pass voluntarily stepped out of bounds prior to touching the ball. Therefore, there is a foul for illegal touching on the offense. The penalty for that illegal touching is a loss of down at the previous spot. Therefore it will be first down USC at the 7 yard line."
Another replay, from high above the back of the end zone.
A stat graphic of instant replays in the Pac-10 this year: 71 review stoppages, 25 reversals, average time 2:02.
10:07 p.m.: A shot of Belliotti arguing with the official.
Tompkins: "He may be arguing about the tipped ball, whether all bets are off (with the catch and penalty)."
10:08 p.m.: Oregon challenges the review in the booth.
Papadakis: "Let's back up here: So the guys who made the call are being challenged again? Are they going to bring new review guys into the booth?"
Another replay of that same high-end zone angle.
Tompkins: "The question now is that the ball was tipped, are all bets off?"
10:09 p.m.: Another replay of that same high-end zone angle.
Papadakis: "The question we're asking, and to be honest, I feel a little stupid asking because I should know the rule, but it's the question that Belliotti, Carroll, the review booth and every official on the field is asking. Jordan Kent touched the ball first (on the tip) but on this review, it also looks like he stepped out of bounds (in the back of the end zone). So either way, whether it's Jordan Kent touching the ball first or Stewart catching the ball second, they both stepped out of bounds."
Papadakis: "Is there an alternate official, like the guy who comes in for the guy who gets hit or something, could can settle this for everybody?"
Tompkins: "What if Kent didn't step out of bounds?"
Papadakis: "This whole field is looking like a grassy knoll, everything is shrouded in mystery. Back and to the left."
10:10 p.m.: Another replay of that high end zone angle.
Tompkins: "Watch Kent pushed out of bounds on the bottom of the screen."
10:11 p.m.: Papadakis: "This has got to be some kind of record. Belliotti has used his challenge. If they flip it back, is Pete Carroll going to use his challenge?"
Another replay, a tighter angle following the quarterback, shows Kent deflecting the pass.
10:12 p.m.: Another replay of the same replay just shown.
Papadakis: "We're trying our best to have a discussion about a play we've seen now at least 20 times ... can you imagine the discussion between the booth and white hat on the field? What are they talking about?"
10:13 p.m.: Crowd begins booing.
Tompkins: "I'm sure there's a lot of leafing through rule books right now."
Papadakis: "I think it's more like frantic flipping."
10:14 p.m.: Wood returns to the field: "After further review, we have a reversal of the previously announced ruling. The ball was tipped by a USC defender, therefore the receiver regained his eligibillity to catch the pass. The result of the play is a touchdown."
Tompkins laughs as a shot of Carroll mouthing the word, "What!" is shown.
Tompkins: "That tells you everything you need to know."
Papadakis: "Is Carroll going to challenge it? If we've gone this long we might as well make it an even half hour. Somebody could have flipped away and watched a sit-com while we were doing this."
Shot of Carroll mouthing the words: "F--- you, f--- you, f--- you" to the officials.
No mention of the fact that on any of the replays did it show at USC defender deflecting the ball.

Tompkins: "Well, so be it, it is an Oregon touchdown. Meantime, most of the Oregon players have graduated."
Martinez tries the extra point, and penalty flags fly. Offsides Oregon.
Oregon's drive: 11 plays, 80 yards, 2 minutes, 48 seconds.
Tompkins: "But in fact, it took about 17 minutes."

After the game, Carroll said:
"I thought it was just terrible that it had to go on that way. Just make a call and stick with it. It is times like this that I really hate replay. It is not supposed to work that way. They should have got it right the first time."