If you blinked early Saturday night you might have thought you missed the game as USC jumped out to a 10-0 lead against Notre Dame,
but boy did the rest of the night go not all that much as anticipated.
However, USC simply made more plays than Notre Dame in a game that the
Trojans were in control of throughout, despite a fine effort by the Irish to play spoiler.
The win brings USC within one victory of their first College Football Playoff
appearance in program history while Notre Dame finishes the regular season at 8-4.
For the first time since 2016, Notre Dame will finish a year with fewer than 10 wins (postseason included).
Caleb Williams Show Caleb Williams was everything he was advertised to be and more as he was simply unstoppable in USC’s defeat of Notre Dame.
I actually give Notre Dame’s defensive line a fair amount of credit on their ability to get to Williams.
We expected that going in but their inability to bring him down wound up costly.
Two weeks from tonight will see a handful of young men get their trip to New York
but it will be Williams who walks away with the award. As good as he was, Notre Dame had a different issue on defense…
Austin Jones on Early Downs Notre Dame was supposed to be the ones that were able to run the ball when and how they wanted Saturday night
, not USC. We discussed Williams and his incredible ability to extend plays and ultimately
run for three touchdowns but the Irish struggled in a massive way on early downs against the USC rushing attack.
Austin Jones won’t get the headlines on Sunday morning but he had a massive night in establishing everything USC wanted to do.
If you blinked early Saturday night you might have thought you missed the game as USC jumped out to a 10-0 lead against Notre Dame,
They started 8 of 10 with Notre Dame finally getting a stop to make the Trojans 8 of 11 on a third-and-28.
Losing the Turnover Battle We spoke about it all week going in about how important the turnover battle was in this game.
We didn’t expect Notre Dame to be able to win it but if they were to keep it even then the Irish would have a chance in this one.
Drew Pyne Balled Say what you want about Drew Pyne. We’ll discuss his standing and future plenty in the days,
weeks, and hell, months ahead. Let’s just set this straight in regards to Saturday night.