Posted on 11/28/2004 9:05:14 AM PST by SoCal Pubbie
LOS ANGELES - For one quarter, Notre Dame was better than No. 1 Southern California.
Then the Trojans got serious and the Fighting Irish had no chance.
Matt Leinart made a big pitch for the Heisman Trophy, passing for a career-high 400 yards and a school record-tying five touchdowns, and the Trojans overcame a sluggish start to beat Notre Dame 41-10 on Saturday night.
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Despite the rain and cold, I sat in the far reaches of the Los Angeles Coliseum and enjoyed every minute of the spectacle. Especially the site of all those Irish fans filing out of the stadium with heads down well before the final gun had sounded.
In a somewhat disappointing note, I have read many a posted article here about breathless accounts of Notre Dame wins this season over the likes of Michigan and Michigan State, but a search strangely turned up no results for this game. I guess an embarrassing loss to USC now is considered so commonplace it's not even news anymore.
Hugh Hewitt PING!
Its OK Hugh, the cap is adjustable.
Are you the guy who bet Hugh on the game?
Yup!
You missed seeing Anthony Davis on TV. Keith Jackson slammed that disgusting fat body but good.
Notre Dame's tailspin can be traced to the butt kicking they got from OSU, that's Oregon State Univerity, a few years ago in the Fiesta Bowl.
And did Notre Dame really beat Tennessee, at Tennessee just a couple weeks ago? The same Tennessee that is to provide such a 'stern test' for Auburn, in that powerhouse SEC conference. Gimme a break.
Go Trojans! The truimph of my guys and my school over the hated ND was fun to watch. Gloat!
I hate the rubbers with every fiber in my body. Still it's good to see the Pac 10 kicking tail...
Being an ex-Calif....I still root for tail-back U. But, since moving to Okla...I morphed into a Sooner fan. I'm hoping to see a USC / OU game to close this college gridiron season.
We shall see, what we shall see.....
FRegards,
Wasn't it the University of Oregon that humiliated Notre Dame in that bowl?
In any case, ND's ghosts remained asleep.
Thus, my motivation for the nature of the bet.
That he wear the USC cap in public.
Notre Dame will be fine, probably as soon as next year. They showed signs of turning it around this year, beating Tennessee, Michigan, and Michigan State, and then having close losses against Boston College and Pitt, who are decent. SC is just really good, and there is still the lingering bitterness at SC over Notre Dame beating them something like eight years in a row in the 90's, so they'll run it up on Notre Dame if they can. And they did. Again.
It was eleven years in a row, and unbeaten over thirteen, with one tie thrown in there. And if SC really wanted to run up the score, they could have put 60 on the board each of the last three years.
Enjoyed the game immensely~! I am glad I didn't have to sit through the rain. Went to the Cal game earlier in the year and felt that Cal was a better team. Hope they go to the Rose Bowl. It would be nice to see the Trojans put a complete game together sometime this year! Go Trojans...beat UCLA!
Yeah, you are probably right. I think it was UCLA that beat them eight in a row during the same stretch of years, when SC was down. So I hope SC has another rout in it's bag of tricks waiting for the Bruins next week as well. Maybe Michael Moore can show up wearing his UCLA cap to root for the Bruins.
Also, remember last year, last regular season game, when Notre Dame played a mediocre Syracuse team? If Notre Dame wins, SC goes to the BCS title game on strength of schedule. Notre Dame sleep walks through the game, SC misses out.......................and SC fake punts up 34-10 in the fourth quarter yesterday. A beautiful thing.
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