It comes down to this in my view. If our defense performs well again today we will win. We are unlikely to score a lot of points today, so to keep it close the defense has to hold the Trojans to moderate success. USC defense is pretty poor so I do think we will move the ball but we will be facing a much faster team on both sides of the ball than our last few opponents.
I was leaning toward picking the Trojans this week but two small but significant things have pushed me the other way. In listening to Kelly press conferences this week, he said he would have the first offense going against the first defense in practice to make sure they can simulate game speed and talent. The other tidbit is about playing the USC fight song at practice. There has been a recent tradition to blast "Fight On" during ND practices so the team could get used to the monotonous soundtrack we all have come to expect from the USC band. Let me quote Kelly: "we are not going to be doing that". Screw those guys and their fight song!
With Barkley out of the equation I think we will win. We will be there to watch and I will give you my stadium perspective tomorrow or probably Monday. One way or another we hope to be making bowl trip plans next week!
ND 20, USC 14
GO IRISH!
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Oh, that fight song. Pretty sad that six notes (or so) were given that much power, and maybe Kelly is right to ignore it and advise his players to do the same.
I'm hoping I can find a pay-per-view situation to watch the game; it is not scheduled to be shown here in Upstate New York - although I can't figure out why anyone here would be all that interested in Oklahoma/OK State. Yes, they're ranked and so on, but the rankings won't make any difference to the Syracuse team who lost to Boston College today.
I agree with Don; it may not be a high-scoring game but I'm looking for an Irish win - ND 17 USC 10.
Go Irish!
Rosie - check to see if your cable company is an espn3.com and you might be able to watch it on the web. I watched one of our road games that way earlier in the season.
You were right, Don! We got it set up so I could watch the game on the PC and the Syracuse-GA Tech basketball game on the TV. Am I sports-addicted or what?
Well played. Although it looks like the OU-Okla State game was a real barn burner too. We didn't get that one here, so I had to rely on the highlights.
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