Oct 21 | Southern Cal

[condoms SUCk]

Just win, baby.

Bringing some subway alumni buds up from Dallas, looks like pretty good weather in the forecast.

Yup, mid 70's and sunny.

 

[calvegas04]

USC
Date Pos Player Injury Status
10/13/17 T Chuma Edoga Ankle is upgraded to probable Saturday vs. Utah
10/13/17 TE Daniel Imatorbhebhe Hip is upgraded to probable Saturday vs. Utah
10/13/17 DT Rasheem Green Ankle is upgraded to probable Saturday vs. Utah
10/13/17 LB Jordan Iosefa Concussion is upgraded to probable Saturday vs. Utah
10/13/17 DT Malik Dorton Knee is upgraded to probable Saturday vs. Utah
10/13/17 WR Jalen Greene Concussion is upgraded to probable Saturday vs. Utah
10/11/17 WR Deontay Burnett Toe is upgraded to probable Saturday vs. Utah
10/11/17 LB Hunter Echols Hip OUT Saturday vs. Utah
10/11/17 RB Stephen Carr Foot OUT Saturday vs. Utah
10/11/17 T Nathan Smith Knee OUT Saturday vs. Utah
10/11/17 DB Jamel Cook Illness probable Saturday vs. Utah
10/10/17 DT Marlon Tuipulotu Back out for season
10/09/17 LS Damon Johnson Concussion "?" Saturday vs. Utah
10/08/17 DL Jacob Lichtenstein Back "?" Saturday vs. Utah
10/08/17 DL Jay Tufele Back "?" Saturday vs. Utah
10/06/17 CB Greg Johnson Shoulder out for season
10/06/17 S Isaiah Pola-Mao Shoulder out for season
10/04/17 G Viane Talamaivao Pectoral out for season
10/04/17 CB Keyshawn Young Hamstring out for season
09/18/17 DE Porter Gustin Bicep out indefinitely
09/16/17 LB Tayler Katoa Knee out for season
09/12/17 PK Michael Brown Knee out for season
08/19/17 CB Jonathan Lockett Hip out for season

They will probably all be cleared and healthy for ND, I'm not liking how good their offense looks

 

[wizards8507]

Yup, mid 70's and sunny.

That's not good weather for a football game in mid October. That's hot.

 

[HawaiianIrish]

FUSC

GO IRISH GO

CHEEEEEEEEEHUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

 

[Free Manera]

That's not good weather for a football game in mid October. That's hot.

Maybe for us. Southern Cal will be unloading heaters and buying hand warmers on Friday.

 

[condoms SUCk]

That's not good weather for a football game in mid October. That's hot.

I'll take it over rain and mid 40's.

 

[ACamp1900]

That's not good weather for a football game in mid October. That's hot.

I giggled over your avatar for like five minutes, just staring at it in awe... reps.

 

[Shamrock Theories]

I'll take it over rain and mid 40's.

Uh do you want ND to win?

 

[ACamp1900]

Uh do you want ND to win?

This.

 

[GowerND11]

ACamp welcome back. Hope Italian was enjoyable!

 

[ACamp1900]

ACamp welcome back. Hope Italian was enjoyable!

Been a blast, still in Florence tho... about to go to sleep...

 

[EvilleIrish]

ND -4

 

[notredomer23]

That's not good weather for a football game in mid October. That's hot.

Prime tailgating weather.

 

[texbender]

I'll take it over rain and mid 40's.

I'll second that, it's gonna be a long day prepping for the kick off, having decent weather is good.
Line 'em up and play.

 

[NDdomer2]

It's not going to be 70 or sunny during the game

 

[IrishFanJMercy]

Watch all these injured guys from SC all of a sudden become healthy

 

[BobbyMac]

It's not going to be 70 or sunny during the game

66 and dark... Big difference.

 

[tko]

Watch all these injured guys from SC all of a sudden become healthy

Pretty much a given.

 

[calvegas04]

ND -4

yikes Vegas doesn't have to much faith in ND winning

 

[irishtrain]

I'll weigh in with an opinion on this game-if their receivers are allowed to run the field this QB is good enough to wreck this game. Irish must strip and junk up the game on defense to keep the ball away from this guy-if they do they can win-so there is a lot put on the d line and pressure to come up with a way to bother him. I think Notre Dame can run the ball and let their QB throw it around just enough to win if they can stop southern cal's receivers and get the ball back. Pass interference calls may be big in this game (they have athletic receivers) I'm a little worried about the secondary- southern cal by 10 points. If Notre Dame wins this game watch the media lock on to the Irish!

 

[BGIF]

-3.5

Sagarin's PREDICTOR model has ND -5.87

Sagarin's RECENT model has ND -3.50

HFA = 2.07 (included above)

 

[NDGOLDEN]

ESPN FPI gives us a 78% chance to win

 

[Irish YJ]

If we can limit Burnett/Darnold, keep Rector from wrecking BW, and keep the ball away from Jack Jones, we'll be fine.

In short, we need to run the damn ball effectively, and BW has to avoid keeping it too long or tossing JJ's way. Hoping we see heavy TE usage.

 

[NDbrbkny]

Are they gonna mark the 1977 team since it is the 40th year of that game?

 

[Veritate Duce Progredi]

ESPN FPI gives us a 78% chance to win

Why? USC is always a difficult game. They must expect us to run the ball very effectively/efficiently.

 

[greyhammer90]

Why? USC is always a difficult game. They must expect us to run the ball very effectively/efficiently.

I would guess it's because statistically our defense has been good at creating turnovers, while USC's offense has had a real problem keeping the ball.

 

[Irish#1]

I'm thinking we score one more point than them and we'll be fine, but I'll take a repeat of the last time they visited.

 

[connor_in]

If we can limit Burnett/Darnold, keep Rector from wrecking BW, and keep the ball away from Jack Jones, we'll be fine.

In short, we need to run the damn ball effectively, and BW has to avoid keeping it too long or tossing JJ's way. Hoping we see heavy TE usage.

You're afraid of the guy that sings the Love Boat theme?

 

[NDdomer2]

66 and dark... Big difference.

So you're telling me I was right? Thanks man!

I know what the prediction model says now, it'll keep dropping, but doubtful it's enough to have some impact on the outcome.

If we need anything other than a good performance on field to win, say cold weather or an extra ND fan in a bleacher seat to "gain an advantage" we're probably screwed anyways.

 

[irishfan]

Why? USC is always a difficult game. They must expect us to run the ball very effectively/efficiently.

I've always thought the FPI puts way too much of an emphasis on homefield.