Well Beach, grew up a staunch ND fan and the annual game with USC was circled on the calendars of my family and all our immediate relatives. Nothing was as important as a fan than the USC game. No other sporting event generated as much raw emotion and excitement. The game is still a good rivalry game, but not a great rivalry game, and hasn’t been for nearly twenty years, as we’ve gone through too many years of one or both being largely irrelevant to the national title scene. I for one hope USC does hire Urban as I look forward to the game having national attention and national import, and I look forward to having that raw emotion and excitement.
Yes I have always rooted for Notre Dame to win every game but one. When both teams are strong college football is at its best.