363 thoughts on “USC-Notre Dame Live Chat

  1. It’s quiet. Too quiet. Does anyone think about the fans when games are played late in the day? What are WE supposed to be doing until game time? Eating? Jogging? Praying?
    Here’s a few things to hope for, Trojans: A fight in the tunnel —no injuries —-but several Notre Dame players announce afterwards that they have “nervous stomachs” and would prefer to watch the game form the bench, a couple of Notre Dame players (one being the quarterback) run into each other in warm ups (again, no injuries) —but the players ask permission to leave the stadium and watch the game at home (permission is granted), Scott grabs an NBC microphone right before kick off and tearfully “rescinds” his prediction.

  2. Kelly managed to wrest more control by he and his coaching staff over the previous scholastic requirements specific to the players. It also is telling that his record has steadily declined since 2015 wherein Swarbrick gave him (Kelly) that large extension through 2021 – another 4 years.

    His squad’s singular win was over MI St. @ E. Lansing and perhaps that is now not so startling based on MI St. tied w. IN 3 – 3 mid-way through 3rd quarter also @ MI St.

    At least Haden, after naming Helton as the full-time coach, gave him 3 firm years with two 1 year extensions.

  3. So game starts in about 69 minutes, but the Live chat stream will start in 8 hours and 54 minutes?

    Niiiice. Must be UClowns controlling the clock.

  4. FYI…… Christian Rector named AP mid-season 2nd team all american …only Trojan named on either team

  5. I predict 3 TD’s for Sam Darnold…. 2 pick 6s and a lucky td to JoJo Smith! As for my prediiction on the final score? Great Scott Wolf speaks for me!

  6. Notre Dame is out to humiliate USC —-and our defense is sleep walking. No energy. ONLY chance is offense —and —I hate to say this —Tee’s play calling.

  7. DANG!!! Rudys are pummeling the trOXans with one Power Sweep after ANOTHER!!!

    reminds me of the fist Clubber Lang v Ricky fight!!!

    #Prediction:PAAAAAAAAAIN!!!!

  8. So much for live chat I wonder what moron runs the live chat clock?
    Anyway pass interference Marshal is out. And the refs are in rare form giving ND the ball on the first play on offense.

  9. Fred this isn’t looking too good. O & D line cannot get any penetration. ND can make yards at ease.

  10. SC is giving the game away. Mistake after mistake after mistake. Can someone make a play????

    • Truly not prepared for this game. Completely being exposed in all three phases of the game.

  11. Usc looks pitiful. My analysis and prediction is sounding truer than ever thus far.

    Who is #25, the dude that fumbled the punt? Weak

  12. After the fumbled punt, and a great stop on N. D. quarterback on first down —-USC defense, inexplicably, gave up.

    • MG – good description. Beyond the first defensive series, and another 2 – 3 plays, it looks like the defensive effort is half-hearted.

      • I would never have predicted us to give up this early. We have the players to come back —but we’d need to start playing with passion. Who will lead this team?

          • Yes —-McKay gave a half time speech that went, in part: “We’re gonna go back out there and score and score and score.” Who’s in charge of giving that speech today??

          • But I don’t see AD in our roster this year. The only ones I see are Gomer and a seriously regressed Darnold Duck!

    • Know what, MG? I’d rather want to see a blowout than just a defeat in this game to put some real pressure against Helton. I’m afraid his true inability to coach at this level is being revealed for the whole world to see.

      • Hate to say it —–but that’s a great point, RT. We might be watching the beginning of the end for this staff.

  13. Embrace the medicine. Drink my Trojans, drink. It will flush out the last people who want Clay Helton and eventually bring us relief. Hmmm, good medicine. #SarkKiffinLegacyIsStillPoisoning

  14. Our problem is this team and media has made this all about Sam Darnold. His turnovers are ridculous

      • Who are we? Might should have seen this coming after seeing Utah getting smashed at home. Darnolds turnovers have resulted in points for Irish . We simply have made this team about Darnold rather than the entire team

  15. Coach Helton will give his boys a stern admonition to not make dumb mistakes at halftime. Then he will give them a fatherly hug. That ought to get it turned around.

    • Yep! That’s all they’ll need to score at least 29 points in a half because ND will do nothing meanwhile. LOL!

          • Look what just drifted in with the red tide. A f uuclan, giddy about beating Oregon for the first time in a decade.

          • If you say so goop.

            Actually, I’m more giddy that bozo u has been kicked hard in the jewels.

            Haven’t heard from 22 tonight. He predicted UCLA would be humiliated and bozo u would mug ND. LOL

            ND TD!!!!!!!

            bozo u 7 – ND 35.

          • That what is so sad about you fuuclans. You have no team to root for so you just root against us.

          • Not true goop. I root heavily for UCLA. Unfortunately they’re saddled with the half -as*’d HFBC JimboBall.

            But I do love it when the bozos loses, especially this game, because bozo u measures its FB program success by defeating ND.

          • Well, he’s committing professional on national tv. You get one game like this —-and he already had it against Alabama.

          • It’s gonna be SO hard to recruit offa this game. It’s obvious the coaching staff has a definite ceiling. And they’ve reached it.

          • There’s a chance of that. Not one game left is anything close to a gimme. Helton has his work cut out for him —is he up to it with this team? They need REAL coaching. I’m not sure what they’re gonna get.

    • Let’s look at the Big Picture —–Nobody in their right mind is gonna want to come to USC and be “coached up” by our o-line, defensive back or quarterback coaches. We’re watching more than an epic loss of a rivalry game —we’re watching our recruiting go down the toilet.

        • Poor loser Hillary worshipping f uuclan who shows up when his team finally beats Oregon after a decade..

        • Poor festive prancer flitting and sniffing and touching as that fr%it0pian major you enrolled there at bel-air tech.

          Leap Brooks….Chet is waiting

          • Take a little break from gurgling vodka and apologize to me and to Scott for being correct in that ND would cream usc.

            Hello…are you awake…are you awake? How many fingers am I holding up? Hello…

  16. At some point, the players lack of execution comes back to bite them. Coaching is aerially to blame but this team is not very good.

  17. It’s all on coaching. Not having player ready to play. Not calling plays that fit your q.b. defense is doing good just worn out cause offense can’t get first downs

  18. High snaps all year. Constant break downs in kicking game, in return game. The QB is regressing and doing too much. The WRs get worse and worse the longer they’re here. Even the QB knows the playcalling is predictable. The secondary is confused on virtually every play. The OL and TEs can’t block, and neither can the backs or receivers. This is the worst coached team I’ve seen in a long time, but hey, since it’s a first time HC, first time OC, a leftover DC from a firing, who could have predicted any of this? :-/

  19. USC is the team playing on their heels, not having any idea what to expect next from ND. Coaching inadequacies showing badly and on a lot of plays USC looks like a high school team chasing the bigger faster college team.

  20. With all due respect, why are so many people here focusing on USC’s lack of preparation? The irish are going off for 13, 15 yards per run. USC, as usual, has turned the ball over 3 times and missed a field goal. And we don’t have our nose tackle. This kind of dog and pony show works just fine against teams like oregon state, but not against teams like this.

  21. Darnold officially has happy feet with the pocket collapsing in front of him. He’s like a prized racehorse that’s had his spirit broken. Helton, you sadistic SOB, how could you!?

    • Defensive line not much better.

      Total yards – ND – 257, Trojans – 102, including -5 rushing

      • Let the medicine settle in Aloha. It’s difficult for some of us who have strong Trojan Spirit Tolerance. He’ll need an extra dose before he flushes out the toxic attachment to the staff. Drink and rest Aloha, drink and rest.

  22. Poor coaching exposed again Yes Darnold a turnover factory, but coaching ineptitude clearly missing everywhere else. Special teams especially a total mess. Lack of player execution and discipline a major major shortcoming. Wolfie has been spot on. Deplorable exhibition. Blame the adults, not the student athletes.

      • Dropping punts, running bad routes, playing ole at right tackle, catching a pass and dancing instead of running, not keeping up with a receiver and turning your back to the ball is all coaching? Give me a break. USC looks like boys trying to play with men.

        • Whta happened to the great special teams coach? He couldn’t find one of our 4-5 star recruited WR or DB on the roster and teach him basic punt catching and running techiques?

  23. I don’t care Marshall’s out of the game because he’s an overrated player and hurts us more than helps. But at this point they should consider getting some of the other starters out before anyone else gets hurt otherwise we’re going to have a very tough time beating ASU. And if we lose next week, season over.

  24. This looks like Alabama again. Team not ready to play smash mouth. Helton looking like the extra in a Star Trek movie who gets killed in the first scene.

      • I don’t care about winning right now, RT. I just wanna see us fight back —-not go down without a fight!
        Make the Irish feel like they’ve been in a game!

        • It’d be nice to see it, but even that may be too much to ask in this lopsided game. It’s plain ugly so far!

    • This team is not built to play smash mouth. And I’m afraid this staff does not have that type of mentality.

    • Double knits….w.o. a doubt the sleaziest looking cheapest costumes ever used and equally the lousiest show ever

  25. so GRATIFYING to see the WOLFMAN prediction of a blow-out come to pass!!!

    #WolfmanInPlayoffForm

    • There’s nothing like an overrated bozo u FB getting humiliated in a Piglet rated playoff game. It just warms the cockles of my heart.

      • maybe SC can bring in OJ to give a pep talk to team at halftime….

        “lets tear ’em apart!!”
        (gasps)

        • That might work at a bozo u endowment fund raiser. Since OJ is a celebrity, Slapsy Maxie could charge a steep price admission.

  26. Who do you guys want? I’m still a Petrino man myself but there are some good prospects out there.

      • Many more games to lose til you hit bottom. More wins eeked out vs unranked teams, a squeaker vs Western Michigan, and you’ll hold on. Those losses to the P12 cellar dwellers will be “tricky” and “trap games”. It’s not your fault Repeat it with me, it’s not your fault.

    • I’m afraid Gomer will survive until the next season with a few new assistants. He ain’t going anywhere soon. Unfortunately.

  27. Losing a hard fought, well played game is one matter; getting outplayed,out- coached and embarrassed is another matter.

  28. If i hear the injury excuse i think i will throw up. Every team has that problem by this time of year! And thats not the problem .

  29. I just hope Helton doesnt say after this game that our goal of winning a Pac12 championship is still alive. We had much greater expectations after last years Rose Bowl

  30. Man I am Clay Helton’s biggest fan, but if You keep on Riding Darnold then You are “not” equipped to Head Coach the USC Trojans !!!!!!!!!!!

    Ronald Jones would be better Quarterback at this point !

    SAM DARNOLD DOES NOT HAVE IT !!! !!! !!!

    Clancy, GREAT JOB TRYING !

    IT IS “AMAZING” THAT IT’S “ONLY” 28 to NOTHING ?

    Jack Jones, a “Heisman” ??????

    WHAT-A-JOKE !

  31. Is anyone seriously gonna watch the 2nd half? Or is it too much of a train wreck to turn away?

  32. ND has opened an extra large can of whoop a#s! Good old fashioned beat down. Will need a phenomenal come back. Look to see Fink in their soon. Maybe our new QB. Would like to be a fly on the wall in Lynn Swann’s office when he meets with Helton.

  33. Looks like Gomer & Co. done run clean outta’ Lucky Charms. Will he be fired at the airport tonight…assuming “swannee” has balls….and there’s an airport in South Bent?

  34. Sam Darnold has regressed so much that he is a Cody Kessler clone, fearful of a breakdown in pass blocking, deer in headlights, wanting a wide open receiver. Confidence in himself and his team. gone. Sam, your offensive line is giving you excellent protection against Notre Dame. No reason to be worried.

    • The protection has been atrocious and when ND backed up in coverage there is zero people open. And what’s with the errant snaps? Darnold is simply one more piece of a team being ran into the ground by Gomer.

  35. Well as bad as notre dame was last year Kelly went out and replaced his assistants because the Irish are not beating the tar out of USC because of Brian Kelly.

    Helton assembled this staff – does anyone seriously believe he can find the right assistants? If this continues it’s dead man walking

    • Yeah, but I wouldn’t put Kelly in the same coaching league as Helton. He was a much more proven one coming in and he always had a reputation for being a quality coach. I really don’t think getting a few new assistants will fundamentally change this team. The issues are much deeper than that, and they all stem from Helton’s inabilities.

        • I mean, lets’ be honest. What kind of really capable dogs would join his team when the dog master is so f’g soft like him?

        • He’s gonna be placed in a different kind of house —-the kind made of bricks.

        • Again, Helton’s no Kelly, and I don’t think he’s capable of hiring quality assistants like him.

          • Helton is a complete no body. No consequences for mistakes. Too nice guy. Players coaches still have to kick butt when then go off kilter. Helton can’t manage that.

          • What mucho bozo Rah-Rah pendejo said:

            “USC 24 – ND 21… defense plays well, offense just well enough; Jones has a 100+ game and Darnold shines. The blogger is wrong again, USC moves ut to #7…”

  36. Welcome back to “Hackett Ball”… alas, when I see Gomer’s facial expressions and watch the catastrophe on the field that HE OWNS, my mind sinks into a pit of despair unknown since the Paul Hackett days….

  37. My TV is on, but I’m not even watching the game attentively right now. Guess it says something about how it’s been going. Hey, there’s a bright side to this, This isn’t as stressful as watching all the lousy games they played in their ugly wins so far in the season. Funny!

    • Yea, in a very strange way it’s a relief. Relief that you can finally accept SC football this year as a pathetic version of what it could and should be.

        • I knew this was going to happen. for the first time this year I had a cocktail in my hand and said let it play out and it did.

          • BS, you lying sack of bozo sh*t.

            Didn’t you predict bozo u 24 – ND 21? And Ronnie Jones would gain “100+” (Jones gained 32 yds on 12 attempts.)

            Oh wait, didn’t you also predict “Darnold shines.”?

  38. This is not looking any better with that extra cocktail

    Rushing yards: 257 versus 21

  39. I feel sorry for Swann. He had to inherit this program, kind of like Trump inherits Obamas mess.

  40. Time to start playing backups. Just saying. Otherwise kelly won’t stop he trying to save his own job too

    • Sam is inconsequential, so why not play Matt Fink. An honest viewer knows the game is out of hand…..no hope.

      • I agree playing fink is ideal figuring he will be the starter next year. Get him experience would be nice

  41. Sam may get picked in the first round of the NFL draft, but he is not ready. He doesn’t show consistency at the college level, so how can he win at the pro level? To say that he is a fumble machine and rough around the edges is to be very diplomatic.

    • I don’t think it matters who will come in as QB in this team. It’s just not a fundamentally well-coached team. This staff must be replaced for SC to be where it wants to be.

  42. Funny thing is, with different coaching and a little work this team could be a NC contender. The blown pass coverages, the bad snap, the bungled kick off return, the misses at linebacker to stuff gaps or string out the runs, the confusion in blocking on roll outs, even with the double tight end set the TEs didn’t know who they were supposed to block… It sounds daunting but these things are extremely fixable by a good coaching staff.

    • Those two palookas on the Irish left side are the reason we’re getting canned on defense – constantly blowing out any defensive rush

      • Definitely. Yet those aren’t five yard rushes, they are big gashes right? The run support of the linebackers is off. Rector was doing a good job but he’s by himself, the other LBs are confused- ND went side to side then up the middle. That can be fixed at some point. This is a very badly coached team.

        • That’s exactly right – Helton is one thing but the assistants he’s chosen are a farce. This is all on him and I’d say he’s going to be someplace else come January 2018

      • Oh no, the Piglet is limping. No wonder the bozos are losing.

        Oh no, another ND TD.

        So bozo u 14 – ND 49.

      • Look what Tim Drevno did, that one year he coached the offensive line. He had three freshman playing on that line.

        Look what Harbaugh did at Stanford and at Michigan, who was 6-7 a year before he took them to a 10-2 record.

        These guys, and many others coaches know what they want and change the culture to fit their goals.

        But, what the hell do I know.

        • Harbaugh was a miracle worker, Stanford had sucked since Bunce and Plunkett. He won that game when we were 41 point favorites with nothing.

    • Absolutely this group is undercoached and doesn’t fear the the staff. Would Coach Saban let these kind of mistakes happen without the players knowing they were in the doghouse?

  43. Did anybody notice how far nd played off the minute fink went in. He is a true q.b for the style of plays being called. Also notice how fast sam got healthy. Maybe cause he knows fink is on his heels. Just a thought

  44. Flea Flicker in a rout? In the 4th quarter? Notre Dame is treating Helton like the worst kind of chump.

  45. Looking forward to Trojans crushing Domers next year in LA with a new coaching staff.

  46. Rudys POURING it on!!!!! looks like coach Kelly is looking for some PAYBACK!!!

    PS: Thank you Satan!!!

    #NatasLiah

  47. Where are the people who criticized me yesterday for picking Notre Dame by 17? #USC

    -Scott Wolf-

    #DontEverInYourLifeQuestionTheWOLFMAN

  48. Have to admit – this is not what I expected but my gosh this is a total collapse and it’s all Helton’s 100% his.

    • He improved the offensive line but he has no QB, hasn’t developed WRs, just the same as at Stanford except he doesn’t have Mason who was a danged good defensive coordinator. Harbaugh did well when he wasn’t facing a bunch of teams that played power football too. His DC Don Brown is probably gonna get fired before the year ends.

  49. Mr. Wolfman. Your boi Grimes is in the game. How about that… I feel a comeback with him in the game #52-49

  50. I think it’s the end of the Helton era. If sam is smart I would take the asu week off. Milk the rest if year go to draft. Otherwise fink will take his job next year

    • Fink can’t hit the broad side of the barn and has no pocket awareness. And if he had to run week to week we might as well join the MAC because that’s the only way he’s not going to get knocked out or beat anyone consistently with his feet By the way, he got one of those bobbles in our adventures in snapping the football too.

      • And sam can hit that same barn calm on. Fink is the future maybe you should visit his hs hudl the guy cab throw just fine better than darnald and all the player know that. They play harder for him.

  51. USC has been playing Big 12 football. Playing power football with a passing attack is still the formula. The P12 lets us forget that. Really Darnold’s scrambling and our talent made us forget that we weren’t even that good fundamentally a finesse team. That and poor coaching in general is a legacy of Sarkiffin. It will be interesting to see what’s next when next comes. Swann and company get to look at this and have real clarity about what’s went wrong.

    • Yep. I just hope that the next man up won’t have to learn how to be a head coach on the job.

  52. wait til nextweek… the tarmac after the ASU game will take its second victim #no one is safe

  53. I quit watching at halftime. Poorly prepared, poorly executed, poor all the way around. I tried to buy into Helton, never quite got there. Way too much for him to handle. Time to make a move at the end of the year. He is simply over his head. Oh well, go Dodgers.

  54. I wonder who swann has in his back pocket to take over at hc. Cause he looks like he has a plan and it’s not Helton.

  55. Another mess Haden left USC with – the sports program that defines the school and he ‘had a hunch’ and chose Sarkisian.

    This is Helton’s – he was given a job he had no business ever dreaming of being chosen for – this is even more all Haden’s

    How long does Helton stay?

      • He sure seemed fixated on it when Nikias gave him ‘carte blanche’ on his assuming the AD from Garrett.

        Never ever any blowback about Haden’s plundering the Mayr Foundation. Note the (imes going after the medical school provost and the other bum who replaced him but never a word about Haden.

        No instead we got that short note in the (imes that he was no longer ‘officially’ employed by the unversity. Nothing sticks to Pat – he just gets to keep re-designing the Coliseum in his vision.

  56. I have heard rumors that Helton is no longer respected by most of his players. Also heard swann has an eye on a NFL coach. I been told it’s an OC. Anybody habe any ideas who it may be

  57. We are all homers .. We hope for the best, think USC is better than advertised.. We (USC) were simply exposed as frauds.. Still love my school, but am hopeful changes in the staff will come from this.. Not disappointed.. More embarrassed for these kids who don’t play up to their potential.. Need coaching!

  58. I am shocked 22, incredibly, your quote is right for a change.

    “Think how much fun it will be to post here around 8pm tomorrow night.”

    bozo u 14 – ND 49.

  59. WHOA!!! wolfman just dissed the Dummies on this blog, calling them “Fanboys”!!!!!

    a crippling crotch kick, delivered with pure fury!!!!

    #BullsEye

  60. Honestly, this loss is unacceptable. Not all losses are equal. This was a colossal failure. When the fire-Helton chant was gaining steam after the WSU, I said they couldn’t fire him after just one loss. Now with this loss, I’m not so sure. He would have to run the table to keep his job. Will we or should we accept a 3 loss team? with Darnold the QB?

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