USC....needs our very best.

[deadirishpoet]

Without a doubt SC would like nothing more than to ruin another ND season. Different eras, different coaches and different players. It doesn’t matter. SC is still SC with a lot of talent. ND will. need their A+ game for this team.

Not only USC.
95% of the sports radio talking heads, and 65% of the college football fan base

Time to bathe in their tears

 

[Pennick4]

Don't think this team under Riley is going to fight too hard after we smack them from the outset.

 

[tbonesays]

Perhaps an unintended latent ambiguity by me. We have (IMHO) the best pair of coordinators in the country. And even if someone has better, I wouldn't know enough to really argue the point, we have two coordinators I have confidence in.

As our DC, Al Golden is 1-1 against Southern Cal fighting Rileys. They may have been his worst and best games.

 

[SubwaydomerDFW]

Stop the run & run the ball you win.

Don't do that you probably lose. This game will be more of the ol adage.

 

[NDinNJ]

This is the second thread you've started about the USC game. You make it sound as though they're some kind of juggernaut. Yes, it's a rivalry game and they have nothing to lose, but they're not as good as you may think.

Here are their losses:

27-24 to Michigan (a 6-5 team, soon to be 6-6)
24-17 to Minnesota (another 6-5 team)
33-30 to Penn St. (okay, they're a good team)
29-28 to Maryland (4-7)
26-21 to Washington (another 6-5 team)

If Notre Dame lost all those games, people on this board would be going ballistic and calling for Freeman to be fired. Yet Lincoln Riley is sitting pretty raking in $10 million/year. He's made a career on offense with no defense whatsoever, kind of like Charlie Weis.

The ND defense is something they haven't seen. The ND running game is going to be too much for them to handle and ND wins 38-17.

Let's hope the team and coaches stay focused and bring their A game. If they do, they should win easily.

 

[NDinNJ]

As our DC, Al Golden is 1-1 against Southern Cal fighting Rileys. They may have been his worst and best games.

To be fair, the loss was his 1st year as DC. He's got the D playing elite.

 

[PHJIndy]

“…we have the best coordinators in the country….” Lincoln Riley is the OC at USC. Some would argue Riley is a better OC than Mike Denbrock.

No, just no!

 

[PHJIndy]

Playoffs started on game 3.

Quite true, but this one isn't in the past, it's Saturday!

 

[jerbach]

I am a bit worried about the game, but would be more worried if USC had not punched its ticket to go bowling last week. Everyone likes to party.

 

[graceh90]

This game could exorcise some demons.

ND has lost in the Coliseum while ranked in the top 10 in 1964…70…72…74…78…80…96…98…02 and 06.

If you’ve watched this series, you know why this game is different than the other “playoff” games since NIU

 

[echowaker]

I am a bit worried about the game, but would be more worried if USC had not punched its ticket to go bowling last week. Everyone likes to party.

Not a lot of excitement for non playoff bowl games in my opinion for players unless it's a really attractive destination.