USC Post Game

[rikkitikki08]

Eh, there’s rowdy and there’s trashy. Flashing “fight off” and booing them out is rowdy. Leaning over the railing and yelling in their face is trashy. Especially when these fans look older than the athletes. Same vibes as the kid who put his phone in Caleb William’s face two years ago.

Cancel me all you want, just an opinion and I’m not going to die on it

Stop being a bed wetter! Wait, am I doing your shtick right?

 

[NDMD]

Cancel me all you want, just an opinion and I’m not going to die on it

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, no matter how soft it is

 

[Some Irish Bloke]

Worth noting that USC is power rated around ~10 on most sites. This was a very impressive performance that we probably won’t get enough credit for unless the Trojans somehow beat Oregon in the road. Sucks for us they blew that Illinois game.

It is so much more palatable to root for those assholes after beating them, instead of pretending we *should* want them to win just to boost our resume.

Now that we smoked them, I don't really care if they win 9 games.

 

[SWirishfan]

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, no matter how soft it is

Opinions soft enough to play for Lincoln Riley
Can someone get AI to read that article in Valenti's voice? I'm to old and computer stupid to do it myself.

 

[Irish du Nord]

Who's canceling you?

He’s a cancellation bedwetter

 

[irishu]

Stop being a bed wetter! Wait, am I doing your shtick right?

Doing tricks on it, in fact

 

[FDNYIrish1]

Eh, there’s rowdy and there’s trashy. Flashing “fight off” and booing them out is rowdy. Leaning over the railing and yelling in their face is trashy. Especially when these fans look older than the athletes. Same vibes as the kid who put his phone in Caleb William’s face two years ago.

Cancel me all you want, just an opinion and I’m not going to die on it

 

[irishu]

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[BleedBlueGold]

Some of my worst in-game attendance behavior has been at USC games. It brings out the worst in some of us. I'm older now and hindsight is 20/20. I regret some of my actions and words. It wasn't just the fact that I wasn't in control of my emotions/actions directed towards (at that time) same-aged peers. It was the look on the faces of the older fans around me, who were there with their sons, trying to enjoy a football game together. Ugh. Still bugs me. I'm a dad now, and it's one reason I haven't taken my kids to a football game yet. You can create a home-field atmosphere and advantage by not being jackasses. It's possible.

 

[ACamp1900]

Some of my worst in-game attendance behavior has been at USC games. It brings out the worst in some of us. I'm older now and hindsight is 20/20. I regret some of my actions and words. It wasn't just the fact that I wasn't in control of my emotions/actions directed towards (at that time) same-aged peers. It was the look on the faces of the older fans around me, who were there with their sons, trying to enjoy a football game together. Ugh. Still bugs me. I'm a dad now, and it's one reason I haven't taken my kids to a football game yet. You can create a home-field atmosphere and advantage by not being jackasses. It's possible.

David Justice discussed his worst fan experience on ESPN a year or so after he retired, and I knew full well he was talking about me and my college buddies at the 1-year anniversary game of 9/11 at Angel Stadium... he mentioned certain details that yeah, it was us... at the time we thought it was funny and all that, but yeah. I'd love to go back and stop us all from saying what we did etc,...

 

[BeatSC]

Refs missed two egregious penalties on Loves first long run of the game. Lambert literally tackles his man from behind around the waist right in the hole, and the guy next time, presumably knapp has his hand on his mans facemask and twists his helmet around on his head. Its almost impossible to miss the Lambert hold but they did.

Just like they missed the facemask on Love the actual ball carrier twice? Ticky tuck shit. Go back and review some usc Oline okay for some missed holding calls, or BS PIs, and oh yeah the blatant intentional grounding.

 

[irishu]

Some of my worst in-game attendance behavior has been at USC games. It brings out the worst in some of us. I'm older now and hindsight is 20/20. I regret some of my actions and words. It wasn't just the fact that I wasn't in control of my emotions/actions directed towards (at that time) same-aged peers. It was the look on the faces of the older fans around me, who were there with their sons, trying to enjoy a football game together. Ugh. Still bugs me. I'm a dad now, and it's one reason I haven't taken my kids to a football game yet. You can create a home-field atmosphere and advantage by not being jackasses. It's possible.

This.

Jokes aside, there are plenty of young fans attending these games with eager eyes and unfortunately are sat next to fans who can’t control themselves from filtering their language and behavior. I firmly believe there’s a line to be drawn between standing, cheering, yelling, enjoying the game, etc and just being a jackass

Don’t let it bug you too much, BBG! I’m sure the degree of fan reading these board messages have all crossed that line at times as fans

 

[2013Irish]

David Justice discussed his worst fan experience on ESPN a year or so after he retired, and I knew full well he was talking about me and my college buddies at the 1-year anniversary game of 9/11 at Angel Stadium... he mentioned certain details that yeah, it was us... at the time we thought it was funny and all that, but yeah. I'd love to go back and stop us all from saying what we did etc,...

Was Halle Berry invoked?

 

[ACamp1900]

Was Halle Berry invoked?

Very, VERY much,... and Billy Bob, and,.... stuff

 

[BeatSC]

As a youngster I went to several games at the LA Coliseum and heard words I hadn’t heard before. Didn’t shock or bother me at all. Added to the spectacle and memory. ND stadium is one of the more hospitable venues for a visiting team. The stadium needs some rowdy AF fans getting others around them hyped up. I’m one of those fans who tries to get people in all directions hopped up and into the game. I lose my voice by the end of the game. Occasionally I will try to check myself with the F bombs but I can be misconstrued as the angry fan.
Had to ice my hand for two days after the literally hundreds of high fives with dozens of fans over the game. I’m. It a small dude at 6’1” 245 but I was high fiving guys who looked like they were lineman for ND. Can barely brush my teeth with that hand now.
Totally worth it!!!

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

 

[BeatSC]

When looking at the game for the third time if you take away the insane Carr Int and turning the wrong way into a sack in second and two then he did a slightly better than average job this game. Faison should have made the first down catch (not easy but should have) and Reirdon should have caught the high early pass over the middle. The easy miss roll out was no good but I think we scored in the next play so no biggie. He was smart enough not to throw anything close to another int in a night where not being greedy downfield mattered. He was a game manager with one horrible 3-7 point mishap.
Would like to see us not leaving double digit points on the field. Have done it in almost all games so far.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Some of my worst in-game attendance behavior has been at USC games. It brings out the worst in some of us. I'm older now and hindsight is 20/20. I regret some of my actions and words. It wasn't just the fact that I wasn't in control of my emotions/actions directed towards (at that time) same-aged peers. It was the look on the faces of the older fans around me, who were there with their sons, trying to enjoy a football game together. Ugh. Still bugs me. I'm a dad now, and it's one reason I haven't taken my kids to a football game yet. You can create a home-field atmosphere and advantage by not being jackasses. It's possible.

My dad and I were at the 2005 game. We were taking a shuttle bus from the north parking lot over to campus. On the bus, some ass hat in an SC shit was harassing on old man who was sitting near him. I don't know what started it all, but this guy got really loud really fast and was just laying into this old man who had to be in his 70s or 80s. I'm 27 years old at the time. Everyone is standing around just kind of watching this. At one point, a woman who was either his daughter or daughter in law, asked the SC fan to leave him alone.

I have this very pensive look on my face and I set my jaw. My dad grabs my wrist and just says "Don't." Then he says, "If you absolutely do, wait until we get off the bus." LOL

At one point, one of the guys with this SC fan finally tells him to cool it.

Those people were at the height of the Poodle Era and were just complete pricks. It was absolutely horrible.

 

[NDPhilly]

When looking at the game for the third time if you take away the insane Carr Int and turning the wrong way into a sack in second and two then he did a slightly better than average job this game. Faison should have made the first down catch (not easy but should have) and Reirdon should have caught the high early pass over the middle. The easy miss roll out was no good but I think we scored in the next play so no biggie. He was smart enough not to throw anything close to another int in a night where not being greedy downfield mattered. He was a game manager with one horrible 3-7 point mishap.
Would like to see us not leaving double digit points on the field. Have done it in almost all games so far.

Yeah outside of those 2 plays, he really was fine. We just didnt push the ball down the field due to the rain / unstoppable run game so his stats look shitty.

 

[PutuporShutup]

Yeah outside of those 2 plays, he really was fine. We just didnt push the ball down the field due to the rain / unstoppable run game so his stats look shitty.

I think it was more the 2 high safety look USC played all night. They didn't want to give ND easy passing TDs and thought carr and probably our short yardage game they could contain. It almost worked.

 

[Kingbish01]

My dad and I were at the 2005 game. We were taking a shuttle bus from the north parking lot over to campus. On the bus, some ass hat in an SC shit was harassing on old man who was sitting near him. I don't know what started it all, but this guy got really loud really fast and was just laying into this old man who had to be in his 70s or 80s. I'm 27 years old at the time. Everyone is standing around just kind of watching this. At one point, a woman who was either his daughter or daughter in law, asked the SC fan to leave him alone.

I have this very pensive look on my face and I set my jaw. My dad grabs my wrist and just says "Don't." Then he says, "If you absolutely do, wait until we get off the bus." LOL

At one point, one of the guys with this SC fan finally tells him to cool it.

Those people were at the height of the Poodle Era and were just complete pricks. It was absolutely horrible.

I remember when the final whistle blew at the end of OSU/ND 2023 I was so salty I thought....If one person busts my balls I'm throwing a haymaker. But I have to say.....It was a funeral walking out of there, and not one OSU fan said anything. It was almost like they were as shocked as we were with the outcome. On the flip side, walking out of the Gator Bowl in '22 South Carolina fans were melting down....something ND fans had every right to do after that game but just didn't get down like that.

 

[The Backer]

My favorite USC game attendance moment was in 2023. We sat next to a seminarian (or maybe he was a priest) who was having a great time. After we recovered a turnover at the goal line, we screamed "cram it down their fucking throats!" really loudly. He cheered wildly when Estime did so.

That's only the second most surprising profanity from a priest. My wife and I attended a wedding in 2016, the evening of the Navy game we lost. We were chatting with a priest who was the bride's uncle. He asked how the game went and when we told him he lost he blurted out "You've got to be fucking kidding me."

Love those men of the collar!

 

[NDVirginia19]

Lucky that I got to attend the 2015 and 2017 games, both great Irish victories.

 

[IrishLax]

My dad and I were at the 2005 game. We were taking a shuttle bus from the north parking lot over to campus. On the bus, some ass hat in an SC shit was harassing on old man who was sitting near him. I don't know what started it all, but this guy got really loud really fast and was just laying into this old man who had to be in his 70s or 80s. I'm 27 years old at the time. Everyone is standing around just kind of watching this. At one point, a woman who was either his daughter or daughter in law, asked the SC fan to leave him alone.

I have this very pensive look on my face and I set my jaw. My dad grabs my wrist and just says "Don't." Then he says, "If you absolutely do, wait until we get off the bus." LOL

At one point, one of the guys with this SC fan finally tells him to cool it.

Those people were at the height of the Poodle Era and were just complete pricks. It was absolutely horrible.

The worst I have ever been harassed as a fan was @ USC in 2008. They were Miami-esque in the Poodle era, it's wild how soft they are now.

 

[Some Irish Bloke]

Lucky that I got to attend the 2015 and 2017 games, both great Irish victories.

'15 for me, one of my favorite ND game experiences. Such a fun game. Fuller beating Adoree on the first offensive snap...core memory.

 

[NDVirginia19]

'15 for me, one of my favorite ND game experiences. Such a fun game. Fuller beating Adoree on the first offensive snap...core memory.

I think the Texas game that season was my favorite, first game as a student, back-to-back-to-back timeouts icing the Texas kicker before the half, etc. I think my favorite memory of the USC game that year was the EQSB blocked punt returned for a touchdown. All in all, fantastic season

 

[IRISHDODGER]

 

[ThePiombino]

Musings from Arledge: USC get bullied again in South Bend​

I hope you enjoy this one as much as I did.

Truer words...

"It’s extremely difficult to win a football game when the other team’s running backs go for 315 yards on 37 carries. If the other guys can pick up 8.5 yards per carry, you need a lot of breaks to keep the game close, and just about everything else has to go perfectly. Notre Dame did their part; they threw one of the worst interceptions you’ll ever see on 3rd and goal at the 2, and they pretty regularly decided to maintain balance—coaches love “balance”!—by throwing when they could have just run the ball down USC’s throat on every down. Every pass play called was a gift."

 

[stlnd01]

The worst I have ever been harassed as a fan was @ USC in 2008. They were Miami-esque in the Poodle era, it's wild how soft they are now.

Yep. Only real punch-throwing fight I’ve seen up close in the stands was at the USC game in ‘06. We were on the edge of the ND section at the Coliseum way up in the far corner, and a couple USC dudes across the aisle tried to start something with the guys in front of me.

At the time they were “LA’s NFL team” as well, so they maybe drew an, um, less collegiate crowd.

 

[greyhammer90]

Just want to put into perspective that we had both "the AP National Player of the Week" and "the Paul Hornung Award National Player of the Week" playing running back for us on Saturday.

And they are not the same running back.