After falling in embarrassing fashion a week ago at Louisville you wondered what kind of team would show up for Notre Dame as they hosted USC on Saturday night. As it turns out, it was one that dominated on defense, did enough on offense, and came up with a huge special teams play en-route to a blowout victory.
The win puts an end to USC’s hopes of reaching the College Football Playoff, a feather in the cap for Notre Dame after what has been an up-and-down year through eight games.
Notre Dame moves to 6-2 overall with the victory. Let’s discuss some instant thoughts from the 41-20 win.