Pete Carroll and Charlie Weis are currently downtown at the traditional USC-Notre Dame luncheon.
“I was surprised I couldn’t justify getting out of it,” Carroll joked Thursday,when asked about attending the lunch the day before the game. “But I understand the tradition.”
The event conflicts with the 12:30 p.m. coaches’ meetings Carroll holds on Fridays before home games.
“We have meetings I can’t make,” he said.