USC-ND

[Van]

KC, do I sound like I'm looking for excuses?



I fully expect(ed) USC to lose, and the way Monte has retreated to this horrible defeatist soft zone has me screaming at the TV. And now he's doing it again.

My god, when will this old feeb ever learn? IT ISN'T WORKING! You know what is? Pressuring the QB! Jamming ND's receivers at the line! Fuck, Kiffin, make ND prove they can run the ball and/or beat man-coverage. Don't just lay a red carpet out for them to march unhindered down the field!

If USC wins this thing, I'll just have to chalk it up to the gods paying us back for the injury to Barkley last year, followed by Rojo's game-blowing drop.

Still, there's all kinds of time left, and Monte is sticking USC right back into that bullshit cushion defense. ND is already throwing with ease again, and now Rees is back in the game.

I still like ND to win this thing.

(Edit: And sure enough, an easy ND score. 24-17, USC. This is death and taxes.)

[Van]

Once again, a USC drive deep into ND territory fizzles...only this time the kicker shanked the thirty-two yard FG attempt.

Had he converted that kick I was about to say that ND is a lock to win this thing, 31-27. Just too many blown opportunities leading to an inevitable ND winning drive.

Now?

[Van]

But then ND hands USC another gift wrapped in supermodel pussy.

Unbelievable.

[Van]

Well, I thought Barkley-to-Woods would be our only chance...combined with ND gaffes.

I'm a real fucking genius.



(That was definitely a catch by Woods.)

[Van]

That pick of Rees by Robey may have ended it. If USC scores even a FG here, stick a fork in this thing.

Damn it, Monte Kiffin does not deserve a win here. I hate that some may view this result as any sort of vindication of his passive system. It ain't. His idea of defense is not working, at least not at the college level.

I shudder to think what Andrew Luck will do to this soft-cushion defense. His completion percentage will likely break eighty.

And yeah, Te'o, that South Bend newspaper's "What if?" article depicting you in a USC uniform? That's exactly what you should have done, you wishy-washy Samoan dick.

[SoCalTrjn]

Looks like Haden told Kiffin to not go for the score there at the end, fuckin Domer, you that shit up on the most hated rival the school has.

[SoCalTrjn]

That pick of Rees by Robey may have ended it. If USC scores even a FG here, stick a fork in this thing.

Damn it, Monte Kiffin does not deserve a win here. I hate that some may view this result as any sort of vindication of his passive system. It ain't. His idea of defense is not working, at least not at the college level.

I shudder to think what Andrew Luck will do to this soft-cushion defense. His completion percentage will likely break eighty.

And yeah, Te'o, that South Bend newspaper's "What if?" article depicting you in a USC uniform? That's exactly what you should have done, you wishy-washy Samoan dick.

Andrew Luck isnt a waterheaded downs baby like this Rees kid is


Imagine Teo and Burfict both in Trojans uniforms laying fools out... the defense would have been amazing.

[Van]

I will say this, though...

Hey, ND, go ahead, keep trotting out green unis, Earl Shibe helmets, long grass and biorhythm-fucking nighttime starts whenever USC rolls into town. Gotta love these desperate gimmicks. Keep 'em up.

The shillelagh is back where it belongs.

Killian, that's about it, in terms of my talking any shit. The only real difference in this game was the QB's. Our guy made solid decisions on his way to a cooly efficient performance. Barkley made plays where your guy made errors, and that one goal line fumble was just a crusher, especially when followed up by that lateral/fumble.

USC didn't cause either of those errors. They just lucked into them. Sometimes that's all it takes, and this time they were the fortunate ones.

[Van]

Looks like Haden told Kiffin to not go for the score there at the end, fuckin Domer, you that shit up on the most hated rival the school has.

Would you please become a UCLA fan?

[SoCalTrjn]

It was obvious, Kiffin was calling the next play, Trojans were going to go in for another score and Haden the Domer comes over and tells him to not run the score up. Thats fucking bullshit, this is notre dame, you run that shit through the roof on those cock sucking kid fuckers. fuck brian kelly and fuck notre dame

[Atomic Punk]

Looks like Haden told Kiffin to not go for the score there at the end, fuckin Domer, you that shit up on the most hated rival the school has.

Bull-fucking-shit! Haden doesn't tell Kiffen what to do you fool. Kiffen was running out the clock.

[SoCalTrjn]

Kiffin was calling the next play, Haden came over and told him to just let the clock run out, it was obvious to anyone who watched the game on TV. Haden is a domer, he is probably apologizing to his domer co-horts right now for USC crashing their party

[Atomic Punk]

Kiffin was calling the next play, Haden came over and told him to just let the clock run out, it was obvious to anyone who watched the game on TV. Haden is a domer, he is probably apologizing to his domer co-horts right now for USC crashing their party

I saw that but did you actually hear Pat Haden tell him what to do? He may have asked Lane what he was doing. Why would he run up the score when they are going to be losing scholarships and have a few down years?

BTW, Haden was a USC QB back in the day before broadcasting for ND games you stupid twat. Somebody push Toejams head down to compress the spring and shut the lid on that metal box.

[SoCalTrjn]

You run up the score because Arik Armstead, Shaq Thompson, Tee Sheppard, Bryce Treggs, Ishmael Adams, Jordan Payton and Byron Marshall are all California recruits, two have been USC verbals while the rest are considering staying home and playing for the Trojans, that Brian Kelly brought to South Bend this weekend to try to steal from USC and you know that Kelly would have ran the score up on USC to make the statement that Notre Dame was the place to be.
Kiffin was calling in the play and Haden the domer came over and told him to not run it in, because it would embarrass his beloved notre dame

[Screw_Michigan]

a lawn more

Way to go, tubby.

[Killian]

Killian, that's about it, in terms of my talking any shit.

Oh talk as much shit as you want, it's all justified. It appears ND spent more time the past two weeks fixing the helmets, printing rally towels and piping in shitty music than actually working on, you know, football. Rees is at best, an average QB but Kelly thought it fitting to trust the game to him. ND ran the ball with their RB's 9 times. 9. How did ASU beat USC again?

Kelly is a thinner, shorter Weis who actually gets that defense needs to be recruited, but he still doesn't have a fucking clue on who to hire to coach it. But he would rather get cute on offense than run right at teams.

As far as luck goes with turnovers, yeah, I agree to a point. But well coached teams don't turn the ball over like that on a consistant basis. This is now the 3rd of 7 games where ND turned the ball over 3+ times. That's poor coaching.

[Van]

USC lost to ASU in large part for the same reason ND lost to USC: turnovers. USC had four, ASU had none. USC also had ten penalties. They outgained ASU and had a 35:31 to 24:29 advantage in time of of possession but they just committed way too many errors.

Anyway, do you really think better coaching could have prevented ND's turnovers in this one? The goal line fumble was just a fluky physical error, similar to RoJo's dropping of that easy game-winning catch last year. Sometimes things simply have to be chalked up to "shit happens." I don't see how Kelly could have prevented something like that. Maybe the other turnover on the down-the-line lateral pass could have somehow been prevented through more detailed coaching, but not Crist's fumble. I don't think that late pick was really a failure of coaching either. That was just a DB out-battling the receiver for the ball.

Now, why ND barely even ran the ball is another matter. I suppose a lot of it had to do with the early deficit combined with the fact that ND really wasn't initially able to move the ball on the ground, but coming into the game it sure seemed like that was one area where ND would have an advantage.

The larger issue was their inability to stop USC from rushing the ball. That was wholly unexpected. I never would've believed USC would outgain ND on the ground to the tune of 241-41, or that they would double ND's time of possession.

[Killian]

That specific fumble? Perhaps not, although, I do think subbing in Hendrix screwed with Crist's momentum. Again, it goes back to Kelly trying to be cute instead of just fucking running it in on one or two plays with your 235 lb tailback. So while the fumble wasn't really on Kelly specifically, it was a confluence of events that caused it. That doesn't happen with well coached teams.

[Terry in Crapchester]

a lawn more

Way to go, tubby.

He spelled it the same way they pronounce it in the South. Except that they draw out the "more" so it takes about ten seconds to say.

[Laxplayer]

Kelley lost that game when ND had the chance to tie it. Why take Crist out and bring in Hendrix? Put 5 wides out, put him in the shot gun and give him a run pass option or run the QB draw. Instead you put a kid under center that hasn't been under center in a game since week #1. It's no surprise that happened. Kelley tried to out coach himself and it worked. Just go with what works. Run Eifert on a 5 yard sit down route in the end zone and throw him the ball. Easy TD. Figure out a way to get Floyd involved in the game. Figure out a way to limit Woods to only 20 catches and 200 yards. Pathetic game plan and in game play calling by BK.

[Carson]

a lawn more

Way to go, tubby.

He spelled it the same way they pronounce it in the South. Except that they draw out the "more" so it takes about ten seconds to say.

Some folks call it a sling blade.

I call it a Kaiser blade.

Mmm hmm.

[Terry in Crapchester]

. . .Arik Armstead, Shaq Thompson, Tee Sheppard, Bryce Treggs, Ishmael Adams, Jordan Payton and Byron Marshall are all California recruits, two have been USC verbals while the rest are considering staying home and playing for the Trojans, that Brian Kelly brought to South Bend this weekend to try to steal from USC . . .

Oh, so we're back to the old "schools should only be allowed to recruit in-state," are we?

Quick question, and a simple yes or no answer will suffice: did ND "steal" Will Yeatman a few years back?

[Laxplayer]

Hey shit head...nobody's stealing recruits from anyone. Nobody is anyone's recruit until they're signed, sealed and delivered. If you think that SC doesn't keep recruiting kids after they've verbaled to other schools then you're a bigger fucktard than originally thought.