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.
You’re doing it, posting random thoughts
FIGHT ON!
Potential! Should anything happen to Bobble-head Ed, Michael may be able to step right in.
Perfect!
When it comes to random thoughts, Pudly, I can go toe to toe with Chuck any day…..
#”ShouldAnythingHappenToBobbleHead?”
#IsThereSomethingYou’reNotTellingMe?
If this game doesn’t start soon, I’ll be suffering an early death by anticipation!
Funny you should say that, Pudly76 —I was just thinking, “I sure do hope the players are more in the zone than I am right now!’
#Actually,I’mSureTheyAre!
Was watching them enter stadium and during warmups, they look focused and locked in. Chuma Edoga is dressed and warmed up!
Yeah!
Whoever’s ahead at half time, it doesn’t matter…..we have to keep fighting either way! It’ll come out okay if we fight them all the way!
I hate when we lose any game. But by far I hate to lose to the irish. I hate it worse than I can say, especially at notre Dame. Here’s to winning when it counts!
I couldn’t more hate the way we started! To STILL be snapping high at this point is criminal. Hope we can put that start behind us and play football!
Yeah. Hell. Let’s start again. See if it works.
I didn’t expect so little poise under fire. Maybe we’ll wake up before it’s too late.
If Rector doesn’t hold the edge it’ll be over quick. Hopefully he can adjust.
They’re running at Rector’s side
No team should ever be this unprepared. It’s embarrassing
People aren’t gonna be viewing Clay to kindly if this keeps up. How does a team come out this flat for this game?
There’s a reason Gustin was the starter, he’s (Rector) is great rushing passer, but Gustin holds the edge.
They wouldn’t be running at Porter’s side.
Seriously doubt it
They are our true rival.
Bow down to Scott, Gabby.
I’m #256 in line, wolf will all out of bullets by then…..nice try
Hey Michael Guarino, is that you?
Why, yes, Gabie…yes it is me.
feeling a bit “low” and hurt after your team got humiliated? Go run to daddy trump now, ya heard?
I would love to put trump in the cross hairs….nice try
No they dont care about fans ask Larry Scott
SCOTT WAS RIGHT!!
Like always.
#BowDown
I don’t mind Scott being right. I just hate it when he’s THIS right!
I don’t bow.
You’re alright, Michael G. Scott was prescient this time around.
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.
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.
I blame Charlei. Bucket.
FYI…… Christian Rector named AP mid-season 2nd team all american …only Trojan named on either team
Scum Devils are brutalizing the Utes
Maybe OK gets out of our way today…
OK down 21-10 at the half
GO DUCKS!
Rose Bowl looks empty
Homecoming, everyone is at the dance.
The ducks.are a shell of what they once were…. brings back some bad memories
FGGING Miamiscum is going to win.
OK looks like it’s gaining control…
Lucky us dwarf Flutie is going to ‘comment’ from a studio before the game.
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!
ol’ bumble fingers does it AGAIN!!
#ElevenFumblesReally??
Why is there never safty help over the top? It’s not like we have lock down corners
It was a double safety blitz.
And we start off another flipping game with a TO and give ND six. WTH!!!
Really criminal snap. Hope we can put it behind us.
There was virtually zero evidence that SD lost the ball before going down.
Typical officiating at south bend….
Long string of weird calls going back decades…..
Like when Todd Marinovich made the first down to ice the game and the Irish ref put it two yards back…still hurts 30 years later!
Yep. It hurts —but this game is about more than bad calls —-USC is playing with fear and that’ll get you killed every time.
Todd played with courage and they stole it from us.
We’re so sorry Uncle goop.
I heard that today you honored Gary Beban, a man with great talent but not enough to lead fuuucla to a NC.
But he got a Heisman, I’m not greedy.
Besides goop, there wasn’t an NCAA sanctioned FB NC in the 20th century.
You admit you are happy with 63 years of futility?
Actually, as you know goop, UCLA was VOTED a half a FB NC in 1954.
UCLA does much better winning NC’s in competitive NCAA tournaments.
Dont think the officiating was the problem. How about you?
Notrr dame referee crime syndicate
Can anyone on defense make an open field tackle?
Unfortunately, no.
No D sc
What a disaster
The flood gates are WIDE open!!!
Our defensive backs keep doing 360’s
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.
They are killing USC with speed.
Bad thing, steveg —-they’re not faster. We haven’t got going yet. Can’t understand why team is giving up just cuz we fumbled —lots of football left!
Then we’re toast
DANG!!! Rudys are pummeling the trOXans with one Power Sweep after ANOTHER!!!
reminds me of the fist Clubber Lang v Ricky fight!!!
#Prediction:PAAAAAAAAAIN!!!!
What bad officiating!! How come the referee come over and help on that TD pass!!
This game is over
Thats what we said last week.
That bs fumble call turned the momentum. Gonna take more than our receivers running 3 yd routes all night
Do dah, do dah.
Wasn’t Cam Smith suppose to fix the Defense??!! Maybe is was Osa Masina!!
It still puzzles me that after seven games, this team does not look prepared Fred.
Completely unprepared. CBs doing pirouettes and making a mediocre QB look great. And for the biggest game of the year.
I hear you and it is very frustrating to watch, so far.
I’m not puzzled, because I always thought, Clay Helton was Steve Sarkisian Jr. minus the Jack Daniels, anyway.
Bingo
Heltons a nice guy . Not sure about preparation in a lot of games he coached. The great talent we recruit has been our salvation. Unfortunately, not sure who we are anymore offensively
SC can overwhelm the weak Pac 12 teams with less talent, when we meet someone equal then the coaching issues come up.
Right on the button goop. competition always confuses bozo u – too many cupcakes and not enough Beef.
BTW goop, today UCLA won a FB game.
Alert the media, fuucla won a football game!
2017 UCLA has yet to lose by 35 by 35 points.
I am going to hit the Jack Daniels after watching this half!
Cab for me.The whole bottle.
Ha!…..good one.
Maybe because Rector can’t hold his edge
I’m sure he’s been told to make sure the qb hands it off, by holding that edge. Who knows?
He’s just blowing it, he’s our outside guy. Him and Uchena on the other side.
I think they hit Burnett late after he was down too. Try and get a fair game out of these jerks
I thought defensive holding resulted in an automatic first down?
Depends on yardage.
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.
Why wasn’t that first and goal? There was a hold in the end zone?!!
This is irish luck. F’ da leprechaun.
Going to need another Darnold second half performance
Fred this isn’t looking too good. O & D line cannot get any penetration. ND can make yards at ease.
Why does the defense make a mediocre QB look like a heisman??
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.
Fire clay helton
Usc looks pitiful. My analysis and prediction is sounding truer than ever thus far.
Who is #25, the dude that fumbled the punt? Weak
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?
Remember 1974!
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??
Will Gomer become the 21st century Mckay? Not!!!
But I don’t see AD in our roster this year. The only ones I see are Gomer and a seriously regressed Darnold Duck!
tackling, staying home and not getting beat to the outside big minus’ for USC
55-24, or bust!
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.
I sure hope so, MG. These guys are just not capable to be our coaches. Period.
Tell me again why defense holding in end zone is not a first down.
You got me. I thought it was 1st and goal, then all of a sudden it is 4th and 2.
Irish rules football.
Not a 1st down in ncaa.
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
Our problem is this team and media has made this all about Sam Darnold. His turnovers are ridculous
This team has no direction, or identity
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
That was no turn over. We go hosed.
Where is our running game????
I think it’s time to bench darnald
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.
Actually, he’s more likely to tell them they’re playing pretty well…
LMAO!!!
Just before he hands out his 1st half “Good Try” awards.
It takes a lot to make me smile right now, but you just scored, USC jojo!
They call that gallows humor.
Exactly right!
I, like you Michael, bleed Cardinal and Gold.
As bad as it looks, the storm will pass and changes will need to be made.
Thanks, USC jojo!! Needed to hear that!
42-14, we need a 4th quarter miracle like fuu uuucla had against the Aggies.
Surely you jest, marv…..
I tried everything to stay positive, but it wasn’t our night for miracles.
The only miracle we could get today, marv, would not come on a field —-it would come on a tarmac.
goop don’t be so hard on yourself. At least you didn’t shoot your beeg mouth off like Stinky B.
According to Stinkster, bozo u FB genius, the Piglet would lead the bozos to:
12 – 0 season
Win the Pac-12 Championship
Win the NC
And, the Piglet wins the 2017 Heisman Trophy.
Yep! That’s all they’ll need to score at least 29 points in a half because ND will do nothing meanwhile. LOL!
This team can do it. We shut down Utah in the 3rd quarter last week.
Yeah, I know!
Ok goop, the Moron was elected.
And some are born, like you-know-who. 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.
That’s true.
Owns is SO sad…..
Never been a Gomer believer, never am, and never will be.
Well, he’s committing professional on national tv. You get one game like this —-and he already had it against Alabama.
That’s true, MG. This is turning out to be our National Shame Day!
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.
I’m worried now about next week in Tempe.Will the team quit on Helton?
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.
That’s where the team quit on kiffin.
I hadn’t thought of that.
Agreed i think we will close the gap to 14 after his speech by the end of the game
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.
What’s your solution….swats.
21-0 midway in the first half; the chickens are coming home to roost.
We came back last week.
Poor Marvy. Still in denial. Go back to heiling your man crush, trump.
Poor loser Hillary worshipping f uuclan who shows up when his team finally beats Oregon after a decade..
Gosh goop that hurts.
bozo u 7 – ND 28. I guess the bozo game plan now is to throw, throw and throw.
Hey it worked for you guys against Texas A&M.
Well no wonder, UCLA has a good QB.
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…
Yes, but the Trojans played better last week. Tonight? We got a debacle.
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.
We are getting manhandled , look unprepared and rattled
You have a q.b with 4.4 speed. Play him
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
Stfu, it’s the middle of the game
It’s been going on all year trust me swann will fire Helton probably at the end of the year
Will nick the Greek and the BOT let him do it?
STFU
0-28 Really you stfu
Stfu, again
Worthless troll
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? :-/
My point time for Helton to go
Football guru.
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.
Just pathetic
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.
Because then they can focus on coaching rather than execution and performance
Stfu
We’re missing so many linemen and they want to make it about the coach they don’t like, not the players who didn’t make the plays
Exactly!
This is like nothing I’ve seen. Why the agenda, I don’t know, but I bet most haven’t played a team sport where individual responsibility counts. Jack Jones was catching punts all week, hows that unprepared? I’ll never figure it out.
Your really saying it’s the lineman issue calm on man. Let me explain something to you. What’s the depth of a piston qb. 4.5 yards from center heels. Sam lined up at 3 yards. That’s why you have a bad snap. Why does he not line up correctly. Coaching. End of class
Yu stupud!
Say the guy who has never coached a college football game
I played you fool.
I played and coach college football so who is the fool.
Foolish imp
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!?
Do not feel so sorry for him. He’s still getting millions for the brilliant coaching like this!
Easy answer: bozo u didn’t spent enough $$$$$ on recruits.
For a change of pace, Michigan and Penn State are locked in a good one.
USC’s offensive line is a joke.
Defensive line not much better.
Total yards – ND – 257, Trojans – 102, including -5 rushing
16 scholarship olineman lack of having them prepared. Coaching issue
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.
I’ve been saying that for five years
Helton will make for a fine coach at University of Hawaii or UTEP.
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.
So true. Players are doing what they are told
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?
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.
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.
Do you see what I see, MG? A deer in the headlights?
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.
The red tunic?
Double knits….w.o. a doubt the sleaziest looking cheapest costumes ever used and equally the lousiest show ever
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.
Who do you guys want? I’m still a Petrino man myself but there are some good prospects out there.
timmay, slow down
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.
Recruits are gonna change their mind with this coaching staff. Get ready!!!!
Get ready for Southern Cal to turn, literally, into southern CAL.
Losing a hard fought, well played game is one matter; getting outplayed,out- coached and embarrassed is another matter.
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 .
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
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 !
You are fantastic with the “quotes!”
“Great job!”
No longer Darnold his name should be Damnold
Coaches should’ve showed him how to catch a ball since Thursday, again.
Is anyone seriously gonna watch the 2nd half? Or is it too much of a train wreck to turn away?
Not on this team with this offensive coordinator. Coach Wunderlic 11
I was there.
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.
Absolutely give Fink a try. Let him run.
YESSSSSSSS !
“Look to see Fink in their soon” ?
HOW ABOUT TO “START” THE [ 2nd HALF ] ?????
At least the “possibility” exists that the Trojans could “SCORE” !!!!!!!!!!!!
A / “1” – POINT ? !!!
Absolutely, start him Darnold is exposed.
It’s seems as if the Piglet has been knocked off his balsa wood pedestal
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?
Funny you don’t know where nd is?
It’s OK. There always are buses in which it can take place. LOL!
I’ve got no dog in this fight. But I’ve been around the block a couple times, and the grass isn’t always greener. But hey, he ain’t my brother.
Good for you, partner. After all, he must be pretty heavy. LOL!
If “swanee” has “balls”,Pencil WE ALL KNOW JUST WHERE/WHAT IT IS “YOU” LACK !!!
“LD” ?
!
Pencil …. !!!
Put down the bottle and get someone to translate that into English.
Thanks.
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.
Agreed he’s had time, still missed open receivers
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.
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.
Good coaches come with dog houses. Helton has no dog house.
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.
That’s true but it is his assistants that have turned the Irish around not Kelly
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…”
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….
Well that does it, time for another drink
USC -4 yards rushing 1st half.
Terrible. And the defense is hung out to dry.
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.
That’s exactly how I feel as well!
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.”?
Read Asshat Wolfs comments in chat, what a complete jerk off
GOMER FOR PRESIDENT!!!
This is not looking any better with that extra cocktail
Rushing yards: 257 versus 21
Rasheem’s injury must be really hobbling him.
that scramble by Darnold just doubled the Trojans rushing yardage
I feel sorry for Swann. He had to inherit this program, kind of like Trump inherits Obamas mess.
Whine on loser.
it is all Bush’s fault.
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
Wolf is such an @sshole. Right here, every turd gets lucky once.
You’re the one prognosticating a bozo u victory.
What a rah-Rah chump.
talking about chumps…
USC 24 – ND 21……you’re the chump expert.
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.
Sam ain’t going anywhere in January except to class.
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
We have the talent…
Oh no, the Piglet is limping. No wonder the bozos are losing.
Oh no, another ND TD.
So bozo u 14 – ND 49.
They should take him out so he will be healthy for the fuu ucla game.
Be careful what you wish for goop.
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.
Wolf’s USC Morning Buzz: 10 Things To Fix To Beat Notre Dame?
Zero
Funny, funny.
Maybe Helton better read USC Morning Buzz.
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?
Good thing that Pat Haden gave that nice extension to Clay.
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
Flea Flicker in a rout? In the 4th quarter? Notre Dame is treating Helton like the worst kind of chump.
That’s a sign of a “classy” coach, MB.
What’s Kelly’s deal?
Looking forward to Trojans crushing Domers next year in LA with a new coaching staff.
That’d be nice, but may not be happening as SC might sign Gomer for life tomorrow. LOL!
Not gonna happen. Times have changed.
GS, hoping you are wrong…but I hear what you are saying
“And the walls come tumbling down, down, DOWN!”
Appalling.
Rudys POURING it on!!!!! looks like coach Kelly is looking for some PAYBACK!!!
PS: Thank you Satan!!!
#NatasLiah
You’re welcome Jessica
Where the hell is Sammy doggy? Has he committed seppuku?
he just enjoying…..this Perfect Day???
#FeelSoAlive
“How sweet it is.”
Where are the people who criticized me yesterday for picking Notre Dame by 17? #USC
-Scott Wolf-
#DontEverInYourLifeQuestionTheWOLFMAN
Nice try bucket
Thank you very much for a memorable evening, Clay Helton!
Now the ASU game is in doubt.
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.
Penn State routing Michigan.
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.
Mr. Wolfman. Your boi Grimes is in the game. How about that… I feel a comeback with him in the game #52-49
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.
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.
its time for a new coach… Brutus, you and sammy, up for the job
Fire Helton!
Fire Helton
WE ARE IN TARMAC TERRITORY‼️
Fire Helton!
wait til nextweek… the tarmac after the ASU game will take its second victim #no one is safe
Embarrassing!
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.
Pathetic beeg mouth bozo u rah-rah chump jumps off the bozo FB bandwagon.
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.
You think? Helton’s gone
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?
I always thought Haden was a notre dame fan, still do
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.
You’d expect a better effort against your rival. Pathetic in every way.
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
The Pittsburgh Steeler OC..
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!
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.
WHOA!!! wolfman just dissed the Dummies on this blog, calling them “Fanboys”!!!!!
a crippling crotch kick, delivered with pure fury!!!!
#BullsEye
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?
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.
You’re doing it, posting random thoughts
FIGHT ON!
Potential! Should anything happen to Bobble-head Ed, Michael may be able to step right in.
Perfect!
When it comes to random thoughts, Pudly, I can go toe to toe with Chuck any day…..
#”ShouldAnythingHappenToBobbleHead?”
#IsThereSomethingYou’reNotTellingMe?
If this game doesn’t start soon, I’ll be suffering an early death by anticipation!
Funny you should say that, Pudly76 —I was just thinking, “I sure do hope the players are more in the zone than I am right now!’
#Actually,I’mSureTheyAre!
Was watching them enter stadium and during warmups, they look focused and locked in. Chuma Edoga is dressed and warmed up!
Yeah!
Whoever’s ahead at half time, it doesn’t matter…..we have to keep fighting either way! It’ll come out okay if we fight them all the way!
I hate when we lose any game. But by far I hate to lose to the irish. I hate it worse than I can say, especially at notre Dame. Here’s to winning when it counts!
I couldn’t more hate the way we started! To STILL be snapping high at this point is criminal. Hope we can put that start behind us and play football!
Yeah. Hell. Let’s start again. See if it works.
I didn’t expect so little poise under fire. Maybe we’ll wake up before it’s too late.
If Rector doesn’t hold the edge it’ll be over quick. Hopefully he can adjust.
They’re running at Rector’s side
No team should ever be this unprepared. It’s embarrassing
People aren’t gonna be viewing Clay to kindly if this keeps up. How does a team come out this flat for this game?
There’s a reason Gustin was the starter, he’s (Rector) is great rushing passer, but Gustin holds the edge.
They wouldn’t be running at Porter’s side.
Seriously doubt it
They are our true rival.
Bow down to Scott, Gabby.
I’m #256 in line, wolf will all out of bullets by then…..nice try
Hey Michael Guarino, is that you?
Why, yes, Gabie…yes it is me.
feeling a bit “low” and hurt after your team got humiliated? Go run to daddy trump now, ya heard?
I would love to put trump in the cross hairs….nice try
No they dont care about fans ask Larry Scott
SCOTT WAS RIGHT!!
Like always.
#BowDown
I don’t mind Scott being right. I just hate it when he’s THIS right!
I don’t bow.
You’re alright, Michael G. Scott was prescient this time around.
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.
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.
I blame Charlei. Bucket.
FYI…… Christian Rector named AP mid-season 2nd team all american …only Trojan named on either team
Scum Devils are brutalizing the Utes
Maybe OK gets out of our way today…
OK down 21-10 at the half
GO DUCKS!
Rose Bowl looks empty
Homecoming, everyone is at the dance.
The ducks.are a shell of what they once were…. brings back some bad memories
FGGING Miamiscum is going to win.
OK looks like it’s gaining control…
Lucky us dwarf Flutie is going to ‘comment’ from a studio before the game.
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!
ol’ bumble fingers does it AGAIN!!
#ElevenFumblesReally??
Why is there never safty help over the top? It’s not like we have lock down corners
It was a double safety blitz.
And we start off another flipping game with a TO and give ND six. WTH!!!
Really criminal snap. Hope we can put it behind us.
There was virtually zero evidence that SD lost the ball before going down.
Typical officiating at south bend….
Long string of weird calls going back decades…..
Like when Todd Marinovich made the first down to ice the game and the Irish ref put it two yards back…still hurts 30 years later!
Yep. It hurts —but this game is about more than bad calls —-USC is playing with fear and that’ll get you killed every time.
Todd played with courage and they stole it from us.
We’re so sorry Uncle goop.
I heard that today you honored Gary Beban, a man with great talent but not enough to lead fuuucla to a NC.
But he got a Heisman, I’m not greedy.
Besides goop, there wasn’t an NCAA sanctioned FB NC in the 20th century.
You admit you are happy with 63 years of futility?
Actually, as you know goop, UCLA was VOTED a half a FB NC in 1954.
UCLA does much better winning NC’s in competitive NCAA tournaments.
Dont think the officiating was the problem. How about you?
Notrr dame referee crime syndicate
Can anyone on defense make an open field tackle?
Unfortunately, no.
No D sc
What a disaster
The flood gates are WIDE open!!!
Our defensive backs keep doing 360’s
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.
They are killing USC with speed.
Bad thing, steveg —-they’re not faster. We haven’t got going yet. Can’t understand why team is giving up just cuz we fumbled —lots of football left!
Then we’re toast
DANG!!! Rudys are pummeling the trOXans with one Power Sweep after ANOTHER!!!
reminds me of the fist Clubber Lang v Ricky fight!!!
#Prediction:PAAAAAAAAAIN!!!!
What bad officiating!! How come the referee come over and help on that TD pass!!
This game is over
Thats what we said last week.
That bs fumble call turned the momentum. Gonna take more than our receivers running 3 yd routes all night
Do dah, do dah.
Wasn’t Cam Smith suppose to fix the Defense??!! Maybe is was Osa Masina!!
It still puzzles me that after seven games, this team does not look prepared Fred.
Completely unprepared. CBs doing pirouettes and making a mediocre QB look great. And for the biggest game of the year.
I hear you and it is very frustrating to watch, so far.
I’m not puzzled, because I always thought, Clay Helton was Steve Sarkisian Jr. minus the Jack Daniels, anyway.
Bingo
Heltons a nice guy . Not sure about preparation in a lot of games he coached. The great talent we recruit has been our salvation. Unfortunately, not sure who we are anymore offensively
SC can overwhelm the weak Pac 12 teams with less talent, when we meet someone equal then the coaching issues come up.
Right on the button goop. competition always confuses bozo u – too many cupcakes and not enough Beef.
BTW goop, today UCLA won a FB game.
Alert the media, fuucla won a football game!
2017 UCLA has yet to lose by 35 by 35 points.
I am going to hit the Jack Daniels after watching this half!
Cab for me.The whole bottle.
Ha!…..good one.
Maybe because Rector can’t hold his edge
I’m sure he’s been told to make sure the qb hands it off, by holding that edge. Who knows?
He’s just blowing it, he’s our outside guy. Him and Uchena on the other side.
I think they hit Burnett late after he was down too. Try and get a fair game out of these jerks
I thought defensive holding resulted in an automatic first down?
Depends on yardage.
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.
Why wasn’t that first and goal? There was a hold in the end zone?!!
This is irish luck. F’ da leprechaun.
Going to need another Darnold second half performance
Fred this isn’t looking too good. O & D line cannot get any penetration. ND can make yards at ease.
Why does the defense make a mediocre QB look like a heisman??
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.
Fire clay helton
Usc looks pitiful. My analysis and prediction is sounding truer than ever thus far.
Who is #25, the dude that fumbled the punt? Weak
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?
Remember 1974!
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??
Will Gomer become the 21st century Mckay? Not!!!
But I don’t see AD in our roster this year. The only ones I see are Gomer and a seriously regressed Darnold Duck!
tackling, staying home and not getting beat to the outside big minus’ for USC
55-24, or bust!
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.
I sure hope so, MG. These guys are just not capable to be our coaches. Period.
Tell me again why defense holding in end zone is not a first down.
You got me. I thought it was 1st and goal, then all of a sudden it is 4th and 2.
Irish rules football.
Not a 1st down in ncaa.
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
Our problem is this team and media has made this all about Sam Darnold. His turnovers are ridculous
This team has no direction, or identity
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
That was no turn over. We go hosed.
Where is our running game????
I think it’s time to bench darnald
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.
Actually, he’s more likely to tell them they’re playing pretty well…
LMAO!!!
Just before he hands out his 1st half “Good Try” awards.
It takes a lot to make me smile right now, but you just scored, USC jojo!
They call that gallows humor.
Exactly right!
I, like you Michael, bleed Cardinal and Gold.
As bad as it looks, the storm will pass and changes will need to be made.
Thanks, USC jojo!! Needed to hear that!
42-14, we need a 4th quarter miracle like fuu uuucla had against the Aggies.
Surely you jest, marv…..
I tried everything to stay positive, but it wasn’t our night for miracles.
The only miracle we could get today, marv, would not come on a field —-it would come on a tarmac.
goop don’t be so hard on yourself. At least you didn’t shoot your beeg mouth off like Stinky B.
According to Stinkster, bozo u FB genius, the Piglet would lead the bozos to:
12 – 0 season
Win the Pac-12 Championship
Win the NC
And, the Piglet wins the 2017 Heisman Trophy.
Choka, choka, choka, choka – somethings don’t change.
So Stinky goes 0 – 4.
Stinky’s rebuttal: wool Bruin FB SUCC’s
You got a miracle goop, the Piglet was benched.
Yep! That’s all they’ll need to score at least 29 points in a half because ND will do nothing meanwhile. LOL!
This team can do it. We shut down Utah in the 3rd quarter last week.
Yeah, I know!
Ok goop, the Moron was elected.
And some are born, like you-know-who. 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.
That’s true.
Owns is SO sad…..
Never been a Gomer believer, never am, and never will be.
Well, he’s committing professional on national tv. You get one game like this —-and he already had it against Alabama.
That’s true, MG. This is turning out to be our National Shame Day!
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.
I’m worried now about next week in Tempe.Will the team quit on Helton?
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.
That’s where the team quit on kiffin.
I hadn’t thought of that.
Agreed i think we will close the gap to 14 after his speech by the end of the game
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.
What’s your solution….swats.
21-0 midway in the first half; the chickens are coming home to roost.
We came back last week.
Poor Marvy. Still in denial. Go back to heiling your man crush, trump.
Poor loser Hillary worshipping f uuclan who shows up when his team finally beats Oregon after a decade..
Gosh goop that hurts.
bozo u 7 – ND 28. I guess the bozo game plan now is to throw, throw and throw.
Hey it worked for you guys against Texas A&M.
Well no wonder, UCLA has a good QB.
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…
Yes, but the Trojans played better last week. Tonight? We got a debacle.
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.
We are getting manhandled , look unprepared and rattled
You have a q.b with 4.4 speed. Play him
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
Stfu, it’s the middle of the game
It’s been going on all year trust me swann will fire Helton probably at the end of the year
Will nick the Greek and the BOT let him do it?
STFU
0-28 Really you stfu
Stfu, again
Worthless troll
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? :-/
My point time for Helton to go
Football guru.
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.
Just pathetic
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.
Because then they can focus on coaching rather than execution and performance
Stfu
We’re missing so many linemen and they want to make it about the coach they don’t like, not the players who didn’t make the plays
Exactly!
This is like nothing I’ve seen. Why the agenda, I don’t know, but I bet most haven’t played a team sport where individual responsibility counts. Jack Jones was catching punts all week, hows that unprepared? I’ll never figure it out.
Your really saying it’s the lineman issue calm on man. Let me explain something to you. What’s the depth of a piston qb. 4.5 yards from center heels. Sam lined up at 3 yards. That’s why you have a bad snap. Why does he not line up correctly. Coaching. End of class
Yu stupud!
Say the guy who has never coached a college football game
I played you fool.
I played and coach college football so who is the fool.
Foolish imp
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!?
Do not feel so sorry for him. He’s still getting millions for the brilliant coaching like this!
Easy answer: bozo u didn’t spent enough $$$$$ on recruits.
For a change of pace, Michigan and Penn State are locked in a good one.
USC’s offensive line is a joke.
Defensive line not much better.
Total yards – ND – 257, Trojans – 102, including -5 rushing
16 scholarship olineman lack of having them prepared. Coaching issue
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.
I’ve been saying that for five years
Helton will make for a fine coach at University of Hawaii or UTEP.
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.
So true. Players are doing what they are told
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?
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.
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.
Do you see what I see, MG? A deer in the headlights?
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.
The red tunic?
Double knits….w.o. a doubt the sleaziest looking cheapest costumes ever used and equally the lousiest show ever
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.
Who do you guys want? I’m still a Petrino man myself but there are some good prospects out there.
timmay, slow down
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.
Recruits are gonna change their mind with this coaching staff. Get ready!!!!
Get ready for Southern Cal to turn, literally, into southern CAL.
Losing a hard fought, well played game is one matter; getting outplayed,out- coached and embarrassed is another matter.
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 .
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
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 !
You are fantastic with the “quotes!”
“Great job!”
No longer Darnold his name should be Damnold
Coaches should’ve showed him how to catch a ball since Thursday, again.
Is anyone seriously gonna watch the 2nd half? Or is it too much of a train wreck to turn away?
Remember 1974. 55 unanswered points. It’s possible.
Not on this team with this offensive coordinator. Coach Wunderlic 11
I was there.
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.
Absolutely give Fink a try. Let him run.
YESSSSSSSS !
“Look to see Fink in their soon” ?
HOW ABOUT TO “START” THE [ 2nd HALF ] ?????
At least the “possibility” exists that the Trojans could “SCORE” !!!!!!!!!!!!
A / “1” – POINT ? !!!
Absolutely, start him Darnold is exposed.
It’s seems as if the Piglet has been knocked off his balsa wood pedestal
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?
Funny you don’t know where nd is?
It’s OK. There always are buses in which it can take place. LOL!
I’ve got no dog in this fight. But I’ve been around the block a couple times, and the grass isn’t always greener. But hey, he ain’t my brother.
Good for you, partner. After all, he must be pretty heavy. LOL!
If “swanee” has “balls”,Pencil WE ALL KNOW JUST WHERE/WHAT IT IS “YOU” LACK !!!
“LD” ?
!
Pencil …. !!!
Put down the bottle and get someone to translate that into English.
Thanks.
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.
Agreed he’s had time, still missed open receivers
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.
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.
Good coaches come with dog houses. Helton has no dog house.
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.
That’s true but it is his assistants that have turned the Irish around not Kelly
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…”
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….
Well that does it, time for another drink
USC -4 yards rushing 1st half.
Terrible. And the defense is hung out to dry.
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.
That’s exactly how I feel as well!
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.”?
Read Asshat Wolfs comments in chat, what a complete jerk off
GOMER FOR PRESIDENT!!!
This is not looking any better with that extra cocktail
Rushing yards: 257 versus 21
Rasheem’s injury must be really hobbling him.
that scramble by Darnold just doubled the Trojans rushing yardage
I feel sorry for Swann. He had to inherit this program, kind of like Trump inherits Obamas mess.
Whine on loser.
it is all Bush’s fault.
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
Wolf is such an @sshole. Right here, every turd gets lucky once.
You’re the one prognosticating a bozo u victory.
What a rah-Rah chump.
talking about chumps…
USC 24 – ND 21……you’re the chump expert.
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.
Sam ain’t going anywhere in January except to class.
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
We have the talent…
Oh no, the Piglet is limping. No wonder the bozos are losing.
Oh no, another ND TD.
So bozo u 14 – ND 49.
They should take him out so he will be healthy for the fuu ucla game.
Be careful what you wish for goop.
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.
Wolf’s USC Morning Buzz: 10 Things To Fix To Beat Notre Dame?
Zero
Funny, funny.
Maybe Helton better read USC Morning Buzz.
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?
Good thing that Pat Haden gave that nice extension to Clay.
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
Flea Flicker in a rout? In the 4th quarter? Notre Dame is treating Helton like the worst kind of chump.
That’s a sign of a “classy” coach, MB.
What’s Kelly’s deal?
Looking forward to Trojans crushing Domers next year in LA with a new coaching staff.
That’d be nice, but may not be happening as SC might sign Gomer for life tomorrow. LOL!
Not gonna happen. Times have changed.
GS, hoping you are wrong…but I hear what you are saying
“And the walls come tumbling down, down, DOWN!”
Appalling.
Rudys POURING it on!!!!! looks like coach Kelly is looking for some PAYBACK!!!
PS: Thank you Satan!!!
#NatasLiah
You’re welcome Jessica
Where the hell is Sammy doggy? Has he committed seppuku?
he just enjoying…..this Perfect Day???
#FeelSoAlive
“How sweet it is.”
Where are the people who criticized me yesterday for picking Notre Dame by 17? #USC
-Scott Wolf-
#DontEverInYourLifeQuestionTheWOLFMAN
Nice try bucket
Thank you very much for a memorable evening, Clay Helton!
Now the ASU game is in doubt.
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.
Penn State routing Michigan.
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.
Mr. Wolfman. Your boi Grimes is in the game. How about that… I feel a comeback with him in the game #52-49
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.
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.
its time for a new coach… Brutus, you and sammy, up for the job
Fire Helton!
Fire Helton
WE ARE IN TARMAC TERRITORY‼️
Fire Helton!
wait til nextweek… the tarmac after the ASU game will take its second victim #no one is safe
Embarrassing!
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.
Pathetic beeg mouth bozo u rah-rah chump jumps off the bozo FB bandwagon.
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.
You think? Helton’s gone
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?
I always thought Haden was a notre dame fan, still do
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.
You’d expect a better effort against your rival. Pathetic in every way.
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
The Pittsburgh Steeler OC..
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!
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.
WHOA!!! wolfman just dissed the Dummies on this blog, calling them “Fanboys”!!!!!
a crippling crotch kick, delivered with pure fury!!!!
#BullsEye
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?