Friday night was a historic one for the sport of college football. It marked the first ever game of the new 12-team College Football Playoff.
Under the new format, first round games will be played on college campuses. Throughout the sport, fans and analysts took to social media to celebrate how amazing it was having a playoff game in front of 80,000 screaming fans in a historic venue, as opposed to in a generic NFL dome.
Unfortunately for USC fans, the team that got to host the first ever on-campus playoff game was their hated for Notre Dame. After defeating USC 49-35 to finish off an 11-1 regular season, the Irish secured the No. 7 seed in the playoff and a first round home game.
In front of a raucous Notre Dame Stadium crowd, the Irish defeated No. 10 seed Indiana 27-17. Now, Notre Dame moves on to the quarterfinals, where they will face No. 2 seed Georgia in the Sugar Bowl.
Watching the game, USC fans could not help but dream of a College Football Playoff game at the Coliseum. But instead, the Trojans are related to a mid-tier bowl game, while their archrivals got to enjoy the spotlight.