THAT'S IT NOTRE DAME GET'S THE W OVER THEIR HATED RIVALS THE USC TROJANS 41-31!!!
Q4 :38 Kessler sacked by Romeo Okwara, clock doesn't stop!
Q4 :42 Kessler runs it for 2 yards, and gets out of bounds
Q4 :50 Kessler runs wide open and passes to Schuster for the first down
Q4 :56 on that pass Sheldon Day was hurt and is on the sideline now
Q4 1:00 Kessler throws it to Mattet but it's incomplete
Q4 1:06 Kessler passes to Madden who gets the first down and gets out of bounds
Q4 1:14 Kessler drops back and throws it out of bounds, now 4th and 5
Notre Dame Stadium's really loud right now those kids coming off midterms are bouncing
Q4 1:12 USC calls their last timeout
Q4 1:45 Kessler passes it to Madden who gets a few yards
Q4 2:19 Kessler passes it to Madden who gets the first down and gets out of bounds
Q4 2:45 Kessler hands it off and Romeo Okwara stuffs him now 4th and 4!!! USC ball on their own 4, and they are going to go for it!
Q4 3:35 Kessler to Burnett and Redfield smashes him immediately
Q4 3:46 Newsome punt and Notre Dame pins it on the one, GREAT play by Devin Butler!!
Q4 3:56 Kizer drops back and is sacked way behind the line! Bad play by Kizer at least throw it away as they were in FG range. Chris Brown was wide open by Kizer didn't see him
Q4 3:56 Notre Dame calls a timeout to avoid a delay of game
Q4 4:39 Prosise gets the ball gets a short gain now 3rd down
Q4 5:33 Kessler throws it to and it's picked off by Max Redfield!!!!!!!!!!! That ball was meant to be caught by Schuster and it was tipped up and into the hands of Redfield!!
Q4 5:39 Kessler throws it out of bounds
Q4 6:34 Kizer drops back and passes to a wide open Prosise who is short for 4th down, and maybe 3. Justin Yoon is in now for the 32 yard FG attempt and he nails it!!!
Q4 7:14 Kizer hands it off to Prosise who gets tackled for now 3rd and 12
Q4 7:46 Kizer tries to keep it and run, he's stopped in the backfield!
Q4 8:18 Kizer airs it out to Fuller for the big gain!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a throw and catch there!!
Q4 8:25 Kessler airs it out and it's picked off by Keivare Russell what a pick by Russell!!!!!! The announcers on NBC said Kessler was "flawless" right before he threw the pick!
Q4 8:58 Kessler hands it off to Madden for the short gain
The Irish now have 14 unanswered points, all in the 4th quarter!
Q4 9:20 Kizer throws to Corey Robinson WHAT A CATCH THAT'S A TOP PLAY!!!!!! TOUCHDOWN IRISH!!! 38-31!
Q4 9:51 Kizer hands it off to Prosise who doesn't get anything
Q4 9:55 Kizer throws it out of the back of the endzone
Q4 10:35 Kizer passes to Hunter who passes to Jones!!! What you can do I can also do Notre Dame says to USC there!....Wait the play is under review.. the play is confirmed
Q4 11:30 Kizer hands it to Prosise who runs it to past midfield!!! 25 yard run there by CJ Prosise!!
Q4 12:21 Kizer hands it to Prosise who runs it for a big first down!!!
Q4 13:00 Kessler is pressured and sacked by Isaac Rochelle!!!!!!
Q4 13:07 Kessler throws it incomplete, now 3rd down, pass intended for Burnett
Q4 14:11 Kessler throws it to a wide open Burnett who would've been off if he didn't trip over his own feet!
Q4 14:26 Kizer hands it to Prosise who runs it in for 6!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ends USCs 21 straight points run! 31-31!
Q4 14:29 Kizer passes it to Fuller and it falls to the ground, bad throw
Q4 15:00 Kizer runs it himself and he gets the first down and a few more, for first and goal!
Q3 :10 Kizer hands it off to Prosise who runs it for a few yards and the third quarter is over
Q3 :16 Kizer throws it Fuller and it's another defensive pass interference!!!!!!!!!
Q3 :23 Kizer airs it out to Will Fuller and that's blatant defensive pass interference!!!!!
Q3 :55 Prosise stuffed here behind the line after the first down, and losses his shoe
Q3 1:18 Kizer hands it to Prosise who runs for about 9 yards
Q3 1:47 Kizer runs it for the first down and a 23 yard run!!!
Q3 1:49 Kizer has his passes tipped by Cravens
Q3 2:20 Prosise runs it up the middle for a few yards, now 2nd and 5
Q3 2:42 Kessler passes it inteded for Jalen Green but it's tipped at the line of scrimmage by Isaac Rochelle!
Q3 3:18 Jones gets it again and Daniel Cage wraps him up forcing a 3rd down
Q3 4:16 Davis runs for the first down once again
Q3 4:40 Davis runs for a big run but he is just short of the first down
Q3 5:02 USC called for the false start, Banner called again, moves them back to 2nd and 13
Q3 5:45 Kessler hands it off to Davis who gets 2 or 3 yards
Q3 6:13 Kessler hands it off to Davis who gets the first down
Q3 7:18 Kessler passes to Green who is run out of bounds by Cole Luke
Q3 7:33 Kessler hands it off to Jackson who gets the first down
USC has scored 21 unanswered points now
Q3 8:05 Kizer wanted Carlisle and he throws it way high and a little late, offense stays on the field, Kizer punts it again
Q3 8:40 Kizer passes it to Fuller for the gain now 3rd and 2
Q3 9:24 Prosise swallowed up for a large loss, now 2nd and 13
Q3 9:38 Sanders runs it to the 22 or so and there is a flag... Marshall is called for the facemask gives Notre Dame the extra yards
Q3 9:45 Kessler throws it to Mcnamara who is wide open in the end zone, to put USC up by a touchdown!! Horrible defense by Notre Dame, Mcnamara was wide open! 31-24
Q3 11:09 Kessler hands it off to Jones who is off to the races who runs it to the 6!!!! Horrible tackling allows the big run
Q3 12:05 Jones tries to run it again and Daniel Cage picks him up immediately loss of 1 yard!
Q3 12:10 Jones runs for a few yards and the flag is on Zach Banner, as the run is negated
Q3 12:50 Kizer rolls to the right and throws it over Corey Robinson's head, 4th down now
Q3 13:50 Kizer is wrapped up for the giant loss sacked by Simmons, 2nd and 19
Q3 14:13 Kizer keeps it and gets the first down
Q3 14:50 Prosise gets the ball and he is stopped after a 6 yard gain
Q3 15:00 CJ Sanders back to return and he gets rocked at the 25
The last few weeks trick plays have KILLED the Brian Van Gorder defense, since the Virginia game
Brian Kelly has to have a fit at halftime, they played well but they had an opportunity to blow this game open and it was fumbled away and they didn't play well really in the 2nd quarter while USC played really well
Q2 :10 and Kizer takes a knee to end the first half, 14 unanswered by USC, ND gets the 2nd half kickoff
The kicker was properly iced!
Q2 :20 And finally the 36 yard attempt is NO GOOD OFF THE LEFT UPRIGHT!!!!!!!
Q2 :20 Kelly calls his 3rd and final TO to try to ice the kicker once again
Q2 :25 Kessler throws it to Bennett before being shoved out of bounds by Russell to force the FG attempt and Notre Dame ices the kicker here using their first TO of the half and now Kelly calls his 2nd TO
Q2 :32 Kessler throws it to Schuster but the ball hits the ground
Q2 :45 Kessler throws it to Green who is thrown out of bounds
Q2 :48 Kessler throws it to Justin Davis for the gain, Kessler throws it just behind the line of scrimmage so no penalty
Q2 1:15 Kessler to Schuster, another flag... personal foul on USC, 15 yards back
Q2 1:17 Kessler runs it for a few yards and Day is called for the late hit, auto 1st down
Q2 1:45 Kessler passes it to Schuster, gain of 2
Q2 1:47 Newsome punts it all the way to the right, nowhere near Jackson
Q2 2:07 Kizer sacked again behind the line for a loss of 8 but there is a flag... holding on Ronnie Stanley
Q2 2:33 Kizer sacked behind the line, now 3rd down
Q2 3:04 Prosise swallowed up at the line
Q2 3:15 Sanders fakes the reverse and takes it to the 35, late hit out of bounds
Q2 3:40 Kessler pases it Adore Jackson who is off to the races!!!! 83 yard run by Jackson!!!!! Jackson just tore up the Notre Dame defense and threw them in the oven and served em for dinner! 24-24
Q2 4:04 Kizer hits Prosise but it's low and he drops it, the offense stays on the field, going for it on 4th and 3, wait, what? Kizer punts it deep, he was a punter in high school
Q2 4:47 Prosise runs it for about 2 yards
Q2 5:34 Kizer pases to Alize Jones who is not brought down but the whistle blows
Q2 5:52 Kessler passes it to Jalen Green who passes it Schuster on the trick play!!!!!!!!!!!!! 24-17!!! What a play!! Notre Dame tricked once again by the trick play !!
Q2 6:10 Kizer passes it to the tight end Alize Jones but it's tipped by the corner, great play by the corner there, Yoon hits the FG to make it a 14 point game
Q2 6:18 Kizer passes it over the head of Prosise now 3rd and goal
Q2 6:48 Kizer pitches it Adams who is brought down at maybe the line of scrimmage and another flag, holding on Luatua, Notre Dame moves back
Q1 7:19 Kizer keeps it and Cravens tackles him behind the line
Q1 7:27 Adams breaks a tackle and busts it open for the really big gain, to make it 1st and goal and Alex Bars is on the turf in pain
Q2 8:05 Prosise runs it for 1 yard
Q2 8:51 Kizer passes it Brown for the first down 12 yard gain
Q2 9:14 Prosise runs it for 6 yards, now 3rd and 9
Q2 9:23 Kizer drops back and flag comes in, false start called on Alex Bars
Q2 9:29 Sanders takes it back 25 yards on the punt, breaks a few tackles on the return
Q2 10:03 big tackle by Jaylon Smith forcing the punt, by USC
Q2 1:14 Kessler to his runningback and it hits the RBs hands and falls
Q2 10:26 flags in, false start on USC! backs them up
That was really easy to pop that ball out, Hunter needs to hold the ball tighter, it was very loose out in the open
Q2 11:15 Kizer drops back and throws it to Hunter who fumbles it!!! Horrible play by Hunter!! Touchback USC ball.
Q2 11:46 Kizer fakes the toss and runs it for the first down
Q2 12:15 Kizer runs it again but he's short of the 1st down, 3rd and 2
Q2 13:34 Kizer fakes the handoff to Adams and tricks the USC defense, he runs for the first down!
Q2 13:56 Kizer to Brown for the first down
Q2 14:20 Prosise runs it for a few yards 3rd and 2
Q2 14:50 Kizer runs it himself for about the 5 yard gain
For any baseball fans out there the Mets are up 1-0 at the end of the top of the 2nd
Sheldon Day limps off that's really not good for Notre Dame, he had a career high 9 tackles for ND last week against Navy
Q1 :15 Kessler passes it and it's tipped by Onwalu but there is a flag, holding on the offense!!
Q1 :42 Rodgers but well short, 11 yard gain, and they are going for it on 4th and 12
Q1 1:30 Davis runs it for another 1st down, and there is a flag, for offensive pass interference!
Q1 2:08 Rodgers catches it but Cole Luke smashes him immediately after catching the ball
Q1 3:27 Davis runs for the big gain and stiff arms Trombetti, bad tackling by Notre Dame there especially Trombetti
Q1 3:56 false start called on USC, pushes them back 5 yards
Q1 4:31 Kessler tries to throw it behind Rodgers and Luke makes a nice play to force 3rd down
Q1 4:55 Kessler to Schuster for the 6 yard gain
Q1 5:04 ST.BROWN BLOCKS THE PUNT!!! AND CARLISLE RUNS IT IN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN!!!! 21-10!!!!!!
Q1 5:18 The snap is low Kessler throws it out of bounds as the punt team comes out
Q1 5:45 Kessler to Rodgers for the 3 or 4 yard gain
Q1 6:12 Davis stopped way behind the line by Shumate!
Q1 6:20 Prosise runs it 45 yards for the score!!!!!!!!! 14-10! And Yoon with the PAT is right down the middle!
Q1 6:36 Noah Jefferson jumps to move the Irish up 5 yards
Q1 7:30 Kizer to Brown for the big gain, just short of the first down
Q1 8:02 Carlisle the former USC Trojan stopped behind the line and Hounshell is called for the holding penalty
Q1 8:33 Prosise runs it for the big gain the first down and way more!
Q1 8:43 Sanders with the nice return brings it back to the 25
Q1 9:21 Schmidt forces the FG attempt after he stops Davis short of the first down, that FG is good 10-7
Q1 10:00 Justin Davis runs it to about the line of scrimmage to make it 3rd down and maybe 8
Q1 10:32 Kessler drops back and lays it off to Rodgers who gets a 15 yard gain, after Rodgers breaks the tackle attempt by Joe Schmidt
Q1 11:26 Schuster pitches it to Jackson on the kickoff
Will Fuller torched the Trojan secondary on that TD
This is not going to be a pitching duel by any stretch of the imagination.
Q1 11:46 Kizer to Fuller for the 75 yard TD!!!!! What a way to start the game!!! That was a big throw by Kizer there!
Q1 11:49 Sanders gets rocked after taking that kick back to the ND 25
Q1 11:55 Kessler fakes the pass and runs it himself to put the Trojans up 6-0, PAT pending! The PAT is good, 7-0
Q1 12:46 Kessler to Schuster! what a catch by Schuster!
Q1 12:53 Kessler evades the tackle on the flea flicker attempt and throws it away
Q1 13:30 Ronald Jones runs it on first down for about 3 yards
Q1 14:20 the runningback tries it again and Rochelle stuffs him behind the line
Q1 14:45: Kessler hands it off to the running back for the first down
USC won the toss and will recieve the opening kickoff
Oh my g-d Pat Haden the USC AD collapsed about a half hour ago on the sidelines at Notre Dame Stadium
Here come the 5-1 Irish!
Kickoff's coming very soon!
The end to that Michigan-Michigan State game was absolutely crazy yours truly's jaw dropped watching that
Almost 15 minutes until gametime
UM-MSU is a close game 6:41 left, Michigan is up 23-21
It was a really cold day in NYC today
It's 43 degrees in South Bend, Indiana right now according to Weather.com
1 hour until gametime
Yours truly recommends the Superheroes in Gotham display at the New York Historical Society, it's very interesting, that's what yours truly did today
The Fighting Irish are 7-1 when facing an unranked Trojan team at Notre Dame Stadium
On Sportscenter this morning, Shelley Smith was all bundled up in front of ND Stadium. According to Weather.com, it's 43 degrees right now and will be 35 degrees tonight, so it's gonna be a cold one!
The players to watch for USC are Cody Kessler and Su’a Cravens. Trick plays have been Notre Dame’s kryptonite this year, if Kessler can put together a few trick plays and tear up the Notre Dame secondary as well as putting lots of points on the board, they have a good chance to make this a very competitive game. Su’a Cravens is the Trojans' best outside linebacker this year. He has a chance to stick with C.J. Prosise and distrupt Kizer into a few turnovers.
The players to watch for Notre Dame are C.J. Prosise and DeShone Kizer. Notre Dame running back C.J. Prosise has played well this season after taking over the starting job from Tarean Folston who tore his ACL against Texas in Week 1. Last week against Navy, Prosise had 129 yards and three touchdowns in route to an Irish win. This season he has had 779 yards rushing with nine touchdowns. Kizer’s only bad game was against Clemson where they really stuffed him every time he tried to run the ball. This is one of the biggest games of DeShone Kizer’s career thus far, he was thrust into the starting role after Malik Zaire broke his leg against Virginia. This season, Kizer has thrown for 1,142 yards, eight touchdowns and four interceptions. This could be a career game for Kizer against a struggling USC team.
USC’s key to victory in this game is to protect star quarterback Cody Kessler. USC announced on Sunday their star center Max Turek would be out for the season. That is a giant loss for the Trojans, as the offensive line play has been suspect all season long. In the loss to Washington last week, Kessler had two interceptions, 156 yards and no touchdowns. If they can get great offensive line play in this game and give Kessler time to beat the Notre Dame defense, USC has a good chance to win this game.
Notre Dame’s keys to victory in this game are to adjust to the speed of USC, not underestimate the Trojans and play better defense than they have the past couple weeks. Notre Dame played UMass earlier in the season and blew them out and the very next week they went to play a team much better than UMass in Clemson and were beat up at the beginning of the game falling to a 14-0 deficit early in the first quarter. This week Notre Dame can’t fall to a 14-0 deficit against USC if they want to win. They also can’t underestimate the Trojans. Yes, the Trojan’s are not very good this year but they still have a flurry of talent. This could easily be a trap game for Notre Dame and the Irish can’t spring the trap. The secondary has been pretty suspect all season long, allowing trick plays and big yards in almost every game this season. They need to prevent a ton of big plays in this game against USC.
The USC Trojans are a team in flux currently. Last Sunday USC Athletic Director Pat Haden announced that head coach Steve Sarkisian was put on indefinite leave. The very next day Haden announced that Sarkisian has been fired. Prior to the season, Sarkisian got in trouble for going to a booster event drunk. Since he was fired it came out that Sarkisian has a drinking problem. Offensive coordinator Clay Helton is the interim coach for the Trojans. Helton is USC’s fifth head coach in their last six games against Notre Dame, dating back to 2009.
The Fighting Irish and the Trojans are first and second in major categories. Notre Dame is first in Consensus All Americans and Heisman winners with 97 and seven, while USC is second in Consensus All Americans and third in Heisman winners. USC is first all time in NFL draft picks with 493 and Notre Dame is second with 486. The rivalry has a trophy called the Jeweled Shillelagh. The trophy has been given out every year since 1952.
Notre Dame and USC are big rivals as they have played a total of 80 times. Notre Dame has a 45-35-5 record against USC. The Trojans are currently on a one-game winning streak as they beat the Irish 49-14 in Los Angeles at the Memorial Coliseum. Notre Dame’s last win was in 2013 when they won 14-10 at Notre Dame Stadium. Notre Dame’s longest winning streak in the series history is 11 straight between 1983 and 1993. USC’s longest winning streak is seven games between 2002 and 2009. Notre Dame’s biggest margin of victory in the series history was a 51-0 win in 1966. USC’s biggest margin of victory in the series history was a 38-0 win in 2007.
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish (5-1) welcome the University of Southern California Trojans (3-2) to Notre Dame Stadium. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish come into this game as the 14th ranked team in the country. The USC Trojans are in disarray and come into this game unranked. Last week Notre Dame beat their rival the Navy Midshipmen 41-24. Last week USC faced off against the Washington Huskies and lost 17-12. That was their second loss in three games.
