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Will USC Even Want To Play Notre Dame In 2030?

What are the odds USC and Notre Dame resume their rivalry in 2030?

Lincoln Riley probably won’t be around. Who knows if Jen Cohen will be? They are the architects of this disaster.

“This is totally against what being a Trojan is about,” a former USC coach texted me today.

USC went to Alabama in 1978 when one loss could ruin your national title hopes. But the Riley Era Trojans are afraid to play Notre Dame when 12-16 teams are in the playoffs.

Lincoln Riley is not a Trojan. Jen Cohen is not a Trojan.

Like Andy Enfield, Riley is a paycheck collector.

It’s a shame what USC come to exemplify after building its identity on playing “any time, anywhere.”

26 thoughts on “Will USC Even Want To Play Notre Dame In 2030?”

  1. I’m old enough and experienced enough to recall when USC owned the Rose Bowl.

    Now, it’s part of a beauty contest called the CFP, and interlopers who don’t care one whit about the RB (ucla included, lol) will descend upon the hallowed ground for a game few care about.

    I’m old enough and experienced enough to recall when USC owned Notre Dame—1969 to the 1980’s.

    Once the super conferences are formed and an equitable financial and scheduling system is agreed upon, then we shall get back to playing a good rivalry game with ND. If the super conferences don’t form, look to ND and the SEC (and espn) as the culprits.

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      1. He didn’t say anything virtually all other former players weren’t already saying for the past 2-3 months. Jen just didn’t give a rat’s ass. As Keyshawn said, she’s not a Trojan.

        The Village Idiot’s response to my post on the previous thread is another great example of someone who isn’t a Trojan. Scott may have already swiped it with his magical Pest Control powers.

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      1. It’s times like this when we need Bourbon. Lots of it.

        I really thought some key football donors would have made it clear to Cowardly Riley and Big Jen that “no ND, no NIL.” “No ND, No 200 million football facility.”

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  2. per Scott: “USC went to ALABAMA in 1978 when one loss could ruin your national title hopes.” well, bama lost that game —decisively— to USC but were still gifted a national title when they beat an ( always) over hyped Penn State team in their bowl game. Bama was good, but USC and the PAC 10 were better. The voters wanted to give an award to old man Bear Bryant on his way out the door.

    USC lost inexplicably to a very good ASU team in 1978 and shared the Natty. Still, you go to bama and beat em on the home field. You are the national champion

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      2. Well, his story was a good reminder to all of us. An itch, that he would have normally had his dearly departed wife take a look at, was too far along by the time he had his doc check it out.

        See your doc annually and point out such things to him! We could have probably enjoyed his posts for another few years, if he had done this.

        But we generally take our regular checkups less seriously than our fairer counterparts.

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  4. Everyone who said Riley came to SC to run away from competing in the SEC was right. Raising money for a drone display during the first game showing a tombstone for SC football (with Riley as the Grim Reaper). Players may be wearing the colors and logo, but SC football no longer exists. RIP 2025.

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  5. It’s college football. Coaches leaving playoff teams. NIL money being renegotiated every year. Notre Dame getting their own sweetheart deal. It’s not just CLR. The NCAA abused their authority for 50 years. Something like this was bound to happen.

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    1. KAM:Notre Dame and USC rivalry is dead as BYU steps into the breach.

      DON: So who were the cowards? It’s been clear for a while that it wasn’t Notre Dame. They both want to have Power 4 teams on the schedule, and they wanted to honor history.  RossDellenger reports the culprit was USC, which didn’t want the game later in the season.

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  6. Here’s Carson Palmer who won a state championship in his first year: “This team is never afraid to fail, they love to compete, and they love working together.”

    NEVER AFRAID TO FAIL AND LOVE TO COMPETE!

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  7. We recruited a sensational recruiting class. And then dominated Michigan to go 5-0. We had great momentum in the program. Since then we were dominated by Illinois, ND, and Oregon. And now our head coach and AD are waving the white flag to a rivalry that has gone on for 100 years because they don’t think we can win the game. They are afraid to play our long time rivals. All the good vibes, momentum, ect. have left the program with this singular act. I truly hope that donations dry up, ticket sales tank, and recruits balk at going to USC because they have lost respect for Riley and his soft schedule mentality. Kind of reminds me of Rocky II when Mickey tells Rocky that if he schedules the Clubber Lang fight he quits.

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  8. This is feels surreal. Its as if we live in a perpetual nightmare state to not have the greatest intersectional rivalry of all time on the schedule. This situation should not have been allowed to happen, and there will be dire repercussions. This is what failure looks like. USC does not countenance failure.

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  9. Unfortunately this is the legacy of Carol Folt. She leaves the University in financial ruin, destroys history and tradition, decimates the athletic department, downgrades its academic standing, and turned it as liberal and woke as Cal or UCLA.

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  10. Carol Folt and USC’s football’s epitaph:

    THE MISSPELLING OF DEI 

                  (By Rushmore)

    “I” before “E”,

    Except after “C.”

    It’s a simple rule—

    Grasped easily. 

    In DEI,

    It’s plain to see,

    The “I” is placed

    Where it shouldn’t be.

    To apply the rule consistently,

    From now on, persistently,

    DEI should be spelled DIE—

    Because DEI,

    Most glaringly,

    Lacks the “C” of “Competency.”

    Throw in a “C”

    And then you’d see

    DCEI, DICE, 

    Or ICED—maybe.

    Still, none of these,

    Quite honestly,

    Surpass DIE orthographically…

    Or poetically. 

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      2. Good one Rush.

        DEI spelled backwards is IED. One kills the body while the other, much like communism, kills the spirit. Not surprising that the Democratic party now embraces it.

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