If I’ve heard it once this week I’ve heard it at least 10,000 times. Every writer, podcaster, fan, Twitter user, or whatever they might be who has discussed Notre Dame and USC has mentioned how opposite the two teams are built. USC lights up the scoreboard while Notre Dame really doesn’t.
The teams are built about as opposite as the locations of the two schools. Notre Dame has very little help from the transfer portal beyond their kicker and punter while USC has just 18% of their roster remaining from a year ago. Lincoln Riley changed the culture and changed the way USC has acquired their talent, clearly.
So how do the teams match up strictly from a statistical analysis? Here is how in numbers the Irish and Trojans are different.