Comments on: USC Poses Challenge for Irish

By: John Vannie

John Vannie — Sat, 12 Oct 2019 00:19:11 +0000

In reply to Tjak. SC had to start third stringer Matt Fink at QB against Washington, and he was not good. In fact, he threw three interceptions including one at the Washington goal line. Slovis is back this week and he is a better QB with a 78% completion rate. Their losses have come from self-inflicted wounds, but they have a lot of young players who are very talented. At some point they're going to get their shit together. Better hope it doesn't happen on Saturday night.

By: Tjak

Tjak — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 21:46:59 +0000

In reply to Jake in Cali. Jake, I am impressed that you have the Irish scoring 29, lol. No one will score more than 30 on the Irish this year.

By: Tjak

Tjak — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 21:44:39 +0000

USC got beat handily by UW recently, so are you saying UW would handily beat the Irish? Or are you saying it will be close because So cal will more motivated for this game? If the latter, I still say the Irish rocks it, because of their own motivation.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 19:00:48 +0000

ND 38 – USC 14. USC goes home 3-3, having been outscored by their opponents this season, and with questions about who should QB.

By: Jake in Cali

Jake in Cali — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 16:38:02 +0000

Not getting Amon St. Brown to South Bend will come back to haunt the Irish on Saturday.. SC is more
than loaded at the wide receiver position and it will be too much for our secondary which is not at the
elite level.. Slovis gets the ball out quickly and we won’t have an answer until it’s too late..

SC playing for Coach Helton and SC wins the battle of emotion…

We also lose the Special Teams battle and BK gets outcoached in another big game.

SC 37
ND 29

By: Mattyboy86

Mattyboy86 — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 16:17:21 +0000

This is a classic October matchup of Notre Dame vs. USC! The trojans are wounded and potentially dangerous. Their undoing will be their frosh QB. Clark Lea will bate him into thinking he is looking at one coverage when in fact he is facing a different coverage! That will allow the defense to get a couple of turnovers leading to a short field for ND. ND must capitalize with TDs instead of FGs. On offense, whomever is in the slot (Finke or Keys) must make catches in traffic and get yards after the catch!! Jafar Armstrong is going to be huge in the running game in that he will able to get outside the SC defense and keep the chains moving. I look for a solid ND victory….. ND 35 USC 24. With USC adding a late TD to make it look closer than it really was!

By: irishhawk50

irishhawk50 — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 14:31:12 +0000

If this game were being played in LA I would be a little more nervous. I think a young USC team playing at night in South Bend will have its share of mental mistakes and the Irish will pounce. ND 35-14.

By: Terry MCMANUS

Terry MCMANUS — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 12:22:26 +0000

USC v. ND

Enough said.

By: Timothy Miller

Timothy Miller — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 11:22:44 +0000

Run. The. Ball. Irish 28-24.

An additional remark. Pittman says it’s going to be cold Saturday. Forecast I’m looking at says sunny with a high of 53 for South Bend. I realize SoCal guys have a different perspective, but really?

By: JB

JB — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 10:50:14 +0000

45-20 Irish. This is not a fundamentally sound USC team and ND is going to force them into multiple miscues. Close for a quarter or so with the Irish pulling away in the second half.