Tag: Notre Dame vs USC

ND Routs USC 48-20

Irish Editor October 20, 2023 2023 Games Tagged Notre Dame vs USC

USC rolled into town 6-0 with their pompous QB and rolled out with a thorough beatdown by the Irish.

Both the ND Offense, Defense and Special Teams beat the crap out of them. Special praise to ND Safety Xavier Watts who had 2 pass interceptions and a scoop and score for a TD along with numerable tackles. 2nd Place goes to DC Al Golden whose D forced 5 Turnovers.

On offense it was the Sam Hartman show dropping a a 46 yd TD to an in-stride Chris Tyree. Hartman finished 13/20 for 126 yards and 2 TD passes. Next Jadarian Price returned a Kickoff for a TD. Next Audric Estime was 22/95 yards.

This game ended a 4 game run against 4 ranked teams – night games.

The whole team and Coaches were excellent all night.

Lets hope this game takes away USC’s QB 2nd Heisman after we gave him one last year.

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Notre Dame 31 USC 16 – 2021

Irish Editor October 26, 2021 2021 Games Tagged Notre Dame vs USC

At one point in this underwhelming game ND led 24-3 then allowed SC back in the game and mercifully it ended with the ND win.

Great plays by Freshman receivers along with Kyren Williams with 2 TD’s and 180 total yards. ND’s OL actually played pretty well, but the play of the game was Bo Bauer returning a pick 81 yards however ND had to settle for a FG.

USC came close cutting ND’s lead to 24-16 in the 4th quarter and they finished with 428 total yards to ND’s 383.

I want Isaiah Foskey to play full time as a DE end and I just hate when ND goes to 3 man DL.

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Here is the Brian Kelly post game press conference:

Notre Dame vs USC Predictions 2021 – 7:30 PM ET NBC

Irish Editor October 22, 2021 2021 Games, Predictions Tagged Notre Dame vs USC

Let’s see – USC has no Head Coach and a slew of injuries, but they still have a lot of talent on that team. They are 3-3 and they lost their last game to Utah 42-26. It appeared they also quit in that game.

USC still has an excellent WR in Drake London. Their OC is Graham Harrell who was the QB coach for Mike Leach’s air raid offense at Washington State. He also played at Texas Tech under Leach.

They are weak against the run, but we have a very suspect OL so I would look to them to load the box and blitz like hell.

We all know by now that Jack Coan cannot handle the blitz so they will be all over him. Coan has got to get rid of the ball fast. Just throw the damn thing into the dirt if no one is open.

ND needs to score 40 to win this game.

Score Prediction: Notre Dame 40 USC 28

Here is the Brian Kelly pre-game press conference:

Notre Dame 30 USC 27 – Highlights And Recap

Irish Editor October 13, 2019 2019 Games Tagged Notre Dame vs USC

After leading 17-3 at the half, ND let SC back in the game in the 2nd half. ND’s 3rd quarter as has been the case all year only recorded 3 points.

ND also let SC’s freshman QB Slovis air it out and he got better and better as the game wore on – he’s got 3 more years, so that’s a problem ahead.

ND QB Ian Book was workmanlike threw only 1 TD pass to TE Kmet, but Book got us out of jams with his legs even scoring the clinching TD on a designed run.

FG kicker Jonathan Doerer got the game ball and he deserved it, kicking 3 40+ yard FG’s that made the difference in the outcome.

Tony Jones ran for 176 yards while ND had a total of 308 yards rushing. Braden Lenzy had a 51 yard TD run on an end around. He has blazing speed and ND needs to get him into the offense – he probably would excel as the Slot receiver.

USC has a monster back in M. Stepp – hope he’s a senior and I really hope they keep their current coach Helton forever.

Lots of recruits were on hand and they got to see a very good rivalry game.

I really don’t see any easy games ahead so ND must come up with a consistent offense to run the table.

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Here is the Brian Kelly post game press conference:

Next Game: ND vs Michigan

Notre Dame vs USC Predictions

Irish Editor October 11, 2019 2019 Games, Predictions Tagged Notre Dame vs USC

All bets are off when these 2 teams line up. I’ve seen some dreadful USC teams come into ND and pull off an upset.

So let’s look at USC. They are currently standing at 3-2 with wins over Fresno State, Utah and Stanford (45-20). They lost to BYU and Washington.

Starting QB Kebon Slovis has 4 picks to his game, but he has 3 outstanding receivers – Pittman, Vaughns and St Brown. In addition, they also have a good running game. As usual they have good talent on the OL and DL (13 sacks).

This won’t be easy, but if Ian Book has his head right he should have a big game using his big receivers to get things going. I also hope Chip Long can finally come out with an uptempo lights out offense.

On defense ND should eat up this freshman QB and blitz him simple.

Notre Dame 43 USC 24

Notre Dame 24 USC 17 – Recap and Highlights

Irish Editor November 25, 2018 2018 Games Tagged Dexter Williams, Ian Book, Notre Dame vs USC

Almost splat face down, but ND roused themselves just enough to edge USC. They were even generous to let them score in the last minute.

I don’t know what the ND DC was trying to do – just sit back and admire USC’s freshman QB throw for 349 yards and 1 TD.

Meanwhile the ND OL was atrocious. We ran for only 129 yards and that included a 52 yd TD run by Dexter Williams. When they weren’t run blocking they weren’t pass blocking either.

Book was constantly harassed and only completed 52% of his passes. He ended with 22/39 for 352 yards.

A point here – this is a different Book than before he got hurt. He’s missing guys that were wide open and doing erratic things like trying to squeeze passes to guys that had 3 USC defenders around them. One pick was in the end zone. He badly needs a rest to get his mojo back and perhaps heal up from his previous injury.

12-0 sure sound terrific, but I don’t see how this OL can handle anyone in the top 5. They are going to need an extraordinary playbook for whoever – a totally outside the box group of plays.

Now they get to play in the top 4. God help them.

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Here is the Brian Kelly post game press conference:

Notre Dame vs USC Predictions – 8:00 PM EST ABC

Irish Editor November 23, 2018 2018 Games, Predictions Tagged Notre Dame vs USC

I’ll start out knowing ND sent a lot of very good teams to the Coliseum only to lose legitimately and stolen by the refs – so like Leahy said we have to score 5 TD’s with only 2 counted.

So this Saturday we find another undefeated team vs a 5-6 USC team that’s had a lot of injuries especially on the defensive side and their best defensive player OLB Porter Gustin. USC offensive has trouble scoring points and has been gashed on the ground. They have fairly good DB’s and a so so OL.

USC starts a true freshman at QB – a highly recruited 5 Star JT Daniels who’s experiencing freshman troubles having thrown 13 TD’s and 10 Picks.

They have some capable RB’s who can all run. Their OL just isn’t that good.

IF Ian Book is sharp and the ND OL protects him this could be over early. But USC always has quality players and always plays ND very tough, plus they need 1 more win to qualify for a Bowl game – And ND must win to hold their #3 ranking.

USC will give it a go to try to protect their HC, but barring a disaster ND should blow them out.

ND 44 USC 21

Here is the Brian Kelly pre game press conference: