Marcus Freeman is focused on recovering from jet lag and getting his team ready for Eddie George and Tennessee State. Lincoln Riley is focused on moving to 2-0 this weekend when USC hosts Nevada.
Notre Dame isn’t thinking about USC right now and USC isn’t thinking about Notre Dame. The coaches and players aren’t, anyway.
The fans are another story.
Because the rivalry has struggled to feature two contending teams with regularity for decades, the nation overlooks how fierce and great this rivalry is.
Fighting Irish Wire and Trojans Wire do not, however.
The two don’t meet until mid-October but throughout the year we’ll be checking in with Trojans Wire editor Matt Zemek about the happenings at USC. Here is what he let us know about the Trojans following their 56-28 win over San Jose State in Week 0.