USC vs Notre Dame 2015 Live Stream, Live Radio Broadcast, Preview

Notre Dame Fighting Irish, on the other hand, ranks No. 17 in rushing offense at home with 295.3 yards. As mentioned before the Trojans had a tough time stopping Stanford’s running game earlier this season, so they might have trouble against the Irish ground attack. As soon as they struck trick-play lightning on a 75-yard scoring pass, the previous several minutes in which Notre Dame failed to land a knockout punch became a source of great inspiration for the Trojans. Oh, and USC had a game to play, on the road, against one of its two biggest rivals.

The bigger picture as Notre Dame looks to get back in the hunt for one of the four College Football Playoff spots is murky and a lot is out of their control. While Kizer and his receivers forced USC to put more emphasis on the pass, the running game once again had its way against USC.

In another game involving Pacific-12 teams, Luke Falk tied the school record with six touchdown passes, all in the first half, as Washington State beat Oregon State 52-31. The 21 points in the first quarter where the most by Notre Dame in any quarter against USC.

“As president of USC, I am very, very fortunate to have Pat Haden as our athletic director – as is the entire Trojan family”, Nikias said. After a USC punt, Notre Dame got the mojo back when DeShone Kizer threw a pass to Corey Robinson for the absolutely lovely 10-yard touchdown to put Notre Dame ahead 38-31.

Spurrier told the media he’s not leaving the sport of football, but he believes he wasn’t the proper leader for the Gamecocks after losing eight of nine Southeastern Conference games. “It was just when it got down to the end of the game, during crucial points, we did not finish and execute”.

It was Notre Dame’s first blocked punt for a touchdown since Robert Blanton did so against Utah in 2010.

Sometimes the most important play in the game is one of the smallest and simplest. Greene also supplied the highlight of the game on a successful double pass touchdown to Smith-Schuster. Amir Carlisle came swooping in and scooped the ball up at the 5-yard line and returned it for the touchdown to give Notre Dame and 11-point lead.

“I hate it for Steve and hate it for college football”, University of Alabama head coach Nick Saban said.

Kizer also stressed USC through the air with his consistent throws and going through his pass progressions.

“I really liked our temperament as a football team”, Kelly said. But the Trojans will have to play significantly better than they did Saturday to make that happen, and they haven’t given any indication that that’s likely to occur. Despite throwing two interceptions, he finished 30-of-46 for 365 yards and a pair of touchdowns.

While it’s easy to say that the Irish will come through at the end of the day, you shouldn’t ignore the fight and desire to win that will surely be coming from USC’s point of view. Notre Dame will face 22nd ranked Temple in Philadelphia on October 31st then travel to #25 Pittsburgh the week after.