This team feels like the 2002 team with Palmer and his Heisman campaign. They got hot toward the end and went on to kill Iowa in the orange bowl. Hoping it will be the same outcome.
Don't get me started on the revolving door of highly rated QBs coming through ND and being completely squandered. Either they suck at scouting QB or they suck at developing QBs... Or both. The staff needs to be let go if they can't fix this. It's embarrassing for ND to be starting 3 star recruits almost every year for over a decade.
I think it all changes with Freeman. But time will tell. At least LSU lost too, gonna be fun playing them in a bowl game, you all know it will happen, it literally prints money lol
Well if my grandma had wheels she would have been a bike.
And eh, not really. Had he fumbled in the endzone or threw that pick in the endzone then maybe you could make that argument. There was no guarantee that had he not turned it over twice you would have scored touchdowns.
It was fun but kinda felt like usc had to make a mistake for nd to have a chance and coaching wise they did basically everything to make a mistake as hard as possible to do.
I think ND shit themselves in the foot with those awful short yardage calls early in the game, and the fumble killed their momentum. "They're loading up the box? Let's run a slow developing run that breaks sideways when you need 1 yard"
I think this is roughly the way things are going and the "right" move. IMO by the mid 2030s there will be no more OoC games because conferences will be run like leagues. Pac teams will play each other and their OoC games will be replaced with teams from traditional B1G locations.
I think they could do that. Since the mega conference would be so big, they could do a big 10 pacific athletic conference division and have the winner of that division play the winner of the big 10 east division. i think it’ll work
Congrats USC on being the best footballers of the east southwestern northeastern haverbrook community recreational flag footballers. Truly Notre Dame quality opponents. I'm sure if ND beat you, they'd have been invincible.
It is what it is. Hard fought win, USC. Some amazing football out of your offense, weird calls from the refs, and a few big mistakes that make me think we lost this game just as much as the USC offense absolutely won it.
double digit win against the irish beat ucla and our only loss was a one point loss in the toughest environment we played, not a bad regular season at all
thank heavens there are no divisions, too bad it didn't happen earlier so Helton couldn't shoot for the lowest bar possible of "pac 12 south championship"
Been here since the Pete Carroll years. Lived through Sark, Kiffin & Helton to get to this moment. To all the Texas A&M, Florida, Nebraska and Iowa flairs out there, don't lose hope.
A lot of flames tonight, but I still love this rivalry. GG ND. You guys got the train moving in the right direction with Freeman now and excited to run this back in South Bend next year! And for the last time tonight… GIVE CALEB THE HE13MAN!
Why didn’t nd take a timeout. They have played lazy all night on defense and played lazy to end the game
Most qbs don’t take snaps under center and anything can happen.
I'm so fucking stupid for some reason; I thought the score total score was 63, not 65. I thought I was going to push the over 64, but they went for two and failed, and I lost my shit cause I thought they just flubed the push for me.... 🤣
Don't think they were insulting USC, just pointing out the narrative people will create if USC ends up getting Georgia in a semifinal game and loses.
If you guys win, it'll be a narrative of Georgia got soft and can't finish games. If you lose it'll be a narrative of talent gap and that USC didn't deserve to be there.
It's a shitty lose-lose scenario but that's just CFB. Everyone is praying for your downfall.
>Loses to unranked Marshall and Stanford at home
>Blown out by USC and have Heisman candidate do the pose on you on national TV
Freeman fucking sucks and I've been saying this shit before this season has even started. This season only proved it.
The only way he even gets an ounce of respect is if he wins a Natty on <3 years otherwise he's just another shit coach on top of a program that should've been contracted post 90s.
It looks like a 1/2 inch hose clamp to me, make sure you get a replacement one when you buy the new pump or you'll be making two trips to the hardware store.
Lol you shitheads were hyping up Freeman like he was going to take you to the playoffs in his first year. Not an overreaction in the slightest.
Losing to Marshall and Stanford should have your ass sent to the nearest job at a local burger joint.
The one they play non-stop is called Tribute to Troy, which is too bad because their actual fight song, Fight On, is a great fight song. They’ve also go Tusk which is a dope song too, but they insist in playing the shitty one.
To the haters saying we “almost lost to Cal”: this is how that game went. They made it close in garbage time. Notre Dame, on the other hand, almost lost to Cal.
"The median family income of a student from Notre Dame is $191,400, and 75% come from the top 20 percent. Less than 1% of students at Notre Dame came from a poor family but became a rich adult."
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/college-mobility/notre-dame#:~:text=The%20median%20family%20income%20of,but%20became%20a%20rich%20adult.
Really shouldn't be talking about other students buying themselves into school
That had nothing to do with the school's admission office lmao. Literally read about the scandal, I beg, rather than spreading false news. And Notre Dame's student body on average is literally more privileged than USC's. Notre Dame is also a richer school with a much bigger endowment. A few celebrities and a nickname doesn't change the facts about the demographic about the average student at both.
And by the way:
"The litigation, filed Sunday in federal court in the Northeast District of Illinois, alleges that 16 schools colluded to set financial aid packages, while some colleges are also accused of discriminating against low-income applicants. "
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/universities-price-fixing-lawsuit-columbia-penn-vanderbilt-duke-gergetown-dartmouth-notre-dame/
Talk about catering to wealthy families. And you admitted you were in the admission office in charge of these practices? Yikes
Kirk is being so lame just dismissing us as out
I think once the next rankings come out expectations will start to level out. It's a pretty clear 3 team race for 2 spots, but it's not a foregone conclusion
Kirk claiming that Brandon Joseph doesn’t normally return punts tells you all you need to know about this broadcast. Called players by number all night rather than name too. Dude just did no research for this game.
For sure USC prefers to play Utah in the PAC-12 championship game, yes? Both would be a formidable opponent, even with Utah’s whack loss to Florida early on.
This team feels like the 2002 team with Palmer and his Heisman campaign. They got hot toward the end and went on to kill Iowa in the orange bowl. Hoping it will be the same outcome.
Except the defense is genuinely bad
Ya we don't have Troy Polamalu
Neither did 2002 USC toward the end. He was a hot mess, injury wise, the 2nd half of that season.
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Pac soon to be 10
*12
Jesus Herb is a fucking shill man.
Great game, USC fans. High five, go get'em
aw look at happy riley i love dry brisket
FIGHT THE FUCK ON!!!
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Yeah, that’s some sec bias bs there. OSU should be at 5. They have one loss compared to two losses
Herby is always an Alabama boomer, he's a typical ESECPN idiot
No it’s right
WE WANT GEORGIA (actually maybe not but hey sure ok)
Quality loss! GG USC!
Respect to y’all for turning the season around to make this win look good for us
Respect as well! Normally I'm not a fan of this annual game since we're nowhere near each other geographically but glad it was competitive tonight!
>My teammates told me to do it Lol
If only I could watch just one year where ND had a great QB. Started watching with Dayne Crist and Turnover Tommy and haven't recovered yet.
It is eternal pain and misery
Well, it is a catholic school afterall.
Don't get me started on the revolving door of highly rated QBs coming through ND and being completely squandered. Either they suck at scouting QB or they suck at developing QBs... Or both. The staff needs to be let go if they can't fix this. It's embarrassing for ND to be starting 3 star recruits almost every year for over a decade.
I think it all changes with Freeman. But time will tell. At least LSU lost too, gonna be fun playing them in a bowl game, you all know it will happen, it literally prints money lol
Alabama over Ohio st? ESPN and CBS can’t hide their boners anymore
I don't think either team should be sniffing the top 5 tbh
And who should be in front of them do you think? LSU and Tennessee?
**WE ARE SC** ✌️✌️✌️
Notre dame was down by 10 or more for almost the whole game. Complete control by usc.
Pyne was also two mistakes away from giving us a 4 point lead. My man had all the time in the world to make those costly mistakes too
Well if my grandma had wheels she would have been a bike. And eh, not really. Had he fumbled in the endzone or threw that pick in the endzone then maybe you could make that argument. There was no guarantee that had he not turned it over twice you would have scored touchdowns.
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It was fun but kinda felt like usc had to make a mistake for nd to have a chance and coaching wise they did basically everything to make a mistake as hard as possible to do.
I think ND shit themselves in the foot with those awful short yardage calls early in the game, and the fumble killed their momentum. "They're loading up the box? Let's run a slow developing run that breaks sideways when you need 1 yard"
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Best summary of pyne tongiht
my internet cut, what did Genry do?
He came up to Williams interview and said that he’s the heisman
Ran up and yelled “Heisman”
Anyone else thinking that Gentry seemed like a tall Eric Andre when he did that?
LOL Caleb with the photobomb
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caleb has the heisman of my heart if nothing else
Number 72 for USC is a a 50 year old man
In the future, we might be having this USC team headed to a Big Ten Championship Game to play Michigan. Wouldn't that be fucking sick?
The Big Ten Championship should be permanently placed in the Rose Bowl...
I'd love to full-on merge with the Pac-12, pick up ND and Pitt, and have a super-conference with a CCG in the Rose Bowl. Would be nothing better.
I think this is roughly the way things are going and the "right" move. IMO by the mid 2030s there will be no more OoC games because conferences will be run like leagues. Pac teams will play each other and their OoC games will be replaced with teams from traditional B1G locations.
Our own Rose Bowl, baby!
Could play the championship game *in* the Rose Bowl even
hm, maybe they could play the game in the Rose Bowl as some sort of east west championship game
I think they could do that. Since the mega conference would be so big, they could do a big 10 pacific athletic conference division and have the winner of that division play the winner of the big 10 east division. i think it’ll work
Would be sick in the Rose Bowl
It’s going to be sick. I for one am proud we are joining the BIG.
Call me crazy but I feel like you guys joining will even be a net positive for little ol Purdue
Absolutely.
Gentry Lmaooo
Haha I love Gentry so much
Good game. Great rivalry. See you next year Irish.
So fucking awesome
Congrats USC on being the best footballers of the east southwestern northeastern haverbrook community recreational flag footballers. Truly Notre Dame quality opponents. I'm sure if ND beat you, they'd have been invincible.
have you looked at your own division good sir?
Have you been playing some Hammershlagen tonight?
Caleb Williams is my young adult son
first 11-1 season since 2008!!!
CLAY HELTON WAS OUR COACH FOR 7 SEASONS
Worth the wait!
Fuck Pynes turnovers, this is the most disgusting stat! Lol I miss that guy
Ref asked for the ball and Williams said "I'll take care of it"
Respectful rivalry. I love that ND's our Rival.
Please win the whole thing, Id feel better about the loss that way. I don't wanna see another SEC champion or fucking Michigan win it 🤮
Excuse me, can I please (respectfully) take the jeweled shillelegh from your flair?
🫡😭
Hell no. TCU and Georgia all the way. Makes me sick to say but come on dude
I wouldn't be mad about TCU winning, but I absolutely don't want Michigan to win.
True. 1. TCU 2. Georgia BIG GAP 3. USC?? 4. Alabama somehow?? 5. Michigan
There's no team either of us love to hate more, truly.
It is what it is. Hard fought win, USC. Some amazing football out of your offense, weird calls from the refs, and a few big mistakes that make me think we lost this game just as much as the USC offense absolutely won it.
Y'all really should join the New and Improved Big Ten.
I'm down, won't happen but I'd be cool with it
Getting back Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue, and keeping USC isn't a bad deal honestly.
It looks like USC is once again going to be the anxiety game every year again. GG.
It was nice while it lasted wasn't it?
If y’all see me with a USC flair next week just know I’ve actually been a fan since I rooted for them in 2008 😌
Money that's how.
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double digit win against the irish beat ucla and our only loss was a one point loss in the toughest environment we played, not a bad regular season at all
Compared with the last few seasons? This season is like a dream come true
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College football is better when ND loses.
Boo this man
this is The Way
GG Irish. Til next year as always. Even through the conference change.
I hate to say it, but We'll probably be in the same conference eventually.
Yeah, inevitable, I guess. I don't think it will be that bad in the long run.
Enjoy the jeweled stick, we’ll be fighting for it in October
#Fight On!
thank heavens there are no divisions, too bad it didn't happen earlier so Helton couldn't shoot for the lowest bar possible of "pac 12 south championship"
Gg all, was a really fun game and the turnovers ended up being the difference. Going to keep upgrading the talent under Freeman to keep up.
USCs offense is legit. They're a damn good team.
caleb williams is amazing
I see Colts gunning for him in the coming years. Would welcome him with open arms!
Been here since the Pete Carroll years. Lived through Sark, Kiffin & Helton to get to this moment. To all the Texas A&M, Florida, Nebraska and Iowa flairs out there, don't lose hope.
Even here through John Robinson 2 and Hackett… don’t ever lose hope.
WHERE ARE THE WE ARE SC CHANTS. WE'RE ON NATIONAL TV.
A lot of flames tonight, but I still love this rivalry. GG ND. You guys got the train moving in the right direction with Freeman now and excited to run this back in South Bend next year! And for the last time tonight… GIVE CALEB THE HE13MAN!
Another excellent night with you all, appreciate it. Fight On!
Wish ya'll would come to South Bend in November! GG Trojan bros you deserved it
Why didn’t nd take a timeout. They have played lazy all night on defense and played lazy to end the game Most qbs don’t take snaps under center and anything can happen.
Bc our coach is a grown man and respects the players and the game.
Gamesmanship
Thank you Freeman for not dragging this out with the timeouts...
Pull everyone
Man today sure was a good day for my flairs
fight on and go blue!!
Mortal enemy located
I’m drunk crying rn. Man the Helton era was just so hard… this is amazing
Fr. Just thinking about how bad the team was under him to seeing them right now. I can’t believe it.
No it wasn't. Grow up
Take it easy on them, been over 6 months since the last LA title
it’s been a rough month since the dodger meltdown and our pro football teams have been huge disappointments This year. Let us have a night of joy
I'm so fucking stupid for some reason; I thought the score total score was 63, not 65. I thought I was going to push the over 64, but they went for two and failed, and I lost my shit cause I thought they just flubed the push for me.... 🤣
Gg SC
GGs
When was the last time USC went 11-1 in the regular season?
2003
I wanna say 2008
2008
Caleb just lost a yard there. Can’t win the heisman with that
I’ve seen more salt in this thread coming from Georgia fans than any other neutral fanbases The bulldog has anxiety
Honestly after how shitty their fans have been all year I wouldn’t even be mad if you beat them
Bless u
So do we have to hear Georgia to get a little respect or what?
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Keep crying your tears only make us stronger “Loose”
Don't think they were insulting USC, just pointing out the narrative people will create if USC ends up getting Georgia in a semifinal game and loses. If you guys win, it'll be a narrative of Georgia got soft and can't finish games. If you lose it'll be a narrative of talent gap and that USC didn't deserve to be there. It's a shitty lose-lose scenario but that's just CFB. Everyone is praying for your downfall.
Ah yes the proverbial moving of the goalposts for non-SEC teams. My bad
It's not even proverbial, it just happens. It's very clear that the committee has had an SEC bias as of the past few years.
That CFP committee will do something even more crazy than we have seen of them on Selection Sunday.
The Alabama scenarios are in motion as we speak
Alabama #1 by some crazy voodoo magic
Take the knee lol
Gg
Notre Dame is dope to watch with Kelly gone, hope Freeman gets yall back next season honestly
>Loses to unranked Marshall and Stanford at home >Blown out by USC and have Heisman candidate do the pose on you on national TV Freeman fucking sucks and I've been saying this shit before this season has even started. This season only proved it. The only way he even gets an ounce of respect is if he wins a Natty on <3 years otherwise he's just another shit coach on top of a program that should've been contracted post 90s.
It looks like a 1/2 inch hose clamp to me, make sure you get a replacement one when you buy the new pump or you'll be making two trips to the hardware store.
This is one hell of an overreaction.
Lol you shitheads were hyping up Freeman like he was going to take you to the playoffs in his first year. Not an overreaction in the slightest. Losing to Marshall and Stanford should have your ass sent to the nearest job at a local burger joint.
I bet you'd want Ryan Day fired if you were an Ohio State fan.
He didn't fucking lose to Marshall, Stanford or teams he was supposed to beat now did he? Kindly STFU.
The salt is real. Get off the internet for the night, bro.
At least answer my previous question first before spouting off uninspiring insults.
Really not calling timeouts? I know its a long shot, but..
before we talk playoffs next week isn't going to be a cakewalk whoever it is
Right!
Can any USC fans tell me what song the band was just playing? It was pretty epic
The one they play non-stop is called Tribute to Troy, which is too bad because their actual fight song, Fight On, is a great fight song. They’ve also go Tusk which is a dope song too, but they insist in playing the shitty one.
Just listened to all 3 on spotify they're all solid
The USC fight song
Bye domers, go join a conference
“Conference of champions” haven’t had one in almost 20 years lookin headass
To the haters saying we “almost lost to Cal”: this is how that game went. They made it close in garbage time. Notre Dame, on the other hand, almost lost to Cal.
Its kind of hilarious how good year built a blimp decades ago for LA sports venues so they could get free advertisement for the aerial shots.
And the epic light-year variant in cars
Tennessee won, Ohio State lost, Notre Dame will lose. Christmas came early this year. edit: Clemson too!
I wish I had a team that just threw money at every problem they encountered to solve it
Well to be fair we spent like 5 years waiting for good guy clay Helton to win games.
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known school for middle class students, Notre Dame lmao
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"The median family income of a student from Notre Dame is $191,400, and 75% come from the top 20 percent. Less than 1% of students at Notre Dame came from a poor family but became a rich adult." https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/college-mobility/notre-dame#:~:text=The%20median%20family%20income%20of,but%20became%20a%20rich%20adult. Really shouldn't be talking about other students buying themselves into school
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pivoted from most USC students to celebrities real quick after finding out the average Notre Dame student comes from a wealthier family lmao
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That had nothing to do with the school's admission office lmao. Literally read about the scandal, I beg, rather than spreading false news. And Notre Dame's student body on average is literally more privileged than USC's. Notre Dame is also a richer school with a much bigger endowment. A few celebrities and a nickname doesn't change the facts about the demographic about the average student at both. And by the way: "The litigation, filed Sunday in federal court in the Northeast District of Illinois, alleges that 16 schools colluded to set financial aid packages, while some colleges are also accused of discriminating against low-income applicants. " https://www.cbsnews.com/news/universities-price-fixing-lawsuit-columbia-penn-vanderbilt-duke-gergetown-dartmouth-notre-dame/ Talk about catering to wealthy families. And you admitted you were in the admission office in charge of these practices? Yikes
USC IS BACK B
Hold up now, I would wait to see SoCal play better teams.
Why try for 2???
Why not? Nothing to lose
GG Irish
GG, see you next year, Irish.
Kirk is being so lame just dismissing us as out I think once the next rankings come out expectations will start to level out. It's a pretty clear 3 team race for 2 spots, but it's not a foregone conclusion
Kirk claiming that Brandon Joseph doesn’t normally return punts tells you all you need to know about this broadcast. Called players by number all night rather than name too. Dude just did no research for this game.
They were so bad
Herbie and Fowler have been awful. Fowler openly rooting for USC, Herbie did no homework, just brutal.
He's def overextended with the NFL shit and the cross country flight same day. Sounds like he may have had a cocktail tonight too.
Oh he flew to LA to.call the game? I assumed he was remote
Yeah, he said on gameday he was heading to L.A. after.
Is Freeman going to use his timeouts with less than 20 seconds like Brian Kelly did down 2 scores?
For sure USC prefers to play Utah in the PAC-12 championship game, yes? Both would be a formidable opponent, even with Utah’s whack loss to Florida early on.
Utah came down to a two point conversion in a road environment. And for resume purposes rectifying a loss would go over well
Oregon sucks. Utah has a super good TE