Well with White in back and Munoz and Budde in front, who would need to (and my hero Marcus blocking, I think)? Didn't he already have something like 200 yards prior to that and Ohio State couldn't stop him? Not sure last week's run through vs. ASU is all that eerily similar, but it is a nice thing to remember. Bad thing for SC, Hackett was that deliberately obvious with his play calling when he DIDN'T have those guys to run a power game up the middle. Instead he ran Sunny Bird for 2 yard gains on 1st, 2nd, and 3rd downs. Good times.

Really? That's good inside info right there, Scott. Your worth has been proven, for at least another week....

I'll never forget that game. We go down to score but then disaster hits and we end up losing the game because Hackett, also in charge of special teams, sends both the punt and the field goal squad onto the field at the same time for the extra point attempt. We are penalized for having over 30 players on the field and miss the subsequent extra point kick. We've been hacked.

That is delicious. If only the AD had told Robinson during the Stanford game "if you take out your starters at halftime, you're fired." Seeing that Ken Margerum highlight last saturday brought back nightmares.

Damn! Sure would have been sweet had he ordered up just one little safe little teeny weeny little pass play during that drive! Imagine how history would have changed

The chances that any fans of this years team knowing anything about what happened in 1980 are pretty slim. Most of these fans don't know about anything that happened pre-Pete Carroll.

Too bad Pete didnt say the same to Lame. He called for two passes on that drive. He would be back home living with daddy by now.

RObinson talking to Hackett?

CONVERSATION OF THE LOSERS.

I was a kid when I went to that game where Charles White took over. Dad & I sat in an alumni section of 'SC grads from the 40's & 50's, classiest people you'd ever meet. That SC team was incredible.

It took 20 years to get that back. Let's not let it go!

Tom Kelly:

Before the drive: "6:06 time remaining and time running out on the Trojans."

After White's touchdown: "John Robinson embraces him like a prodigal son returned."

Any reference to Hackett makes me ill...we even had that guy here in Detroit as the Lions OC..boy he really helped us. HAHA That guy is a moron.

All I can say is, this isn't 1975 anymore. Running the ball 11 straight times or whatever is not what you want to do in 2006. Just shows how the coaching staff doesn't trust JDB much anymore.

Where are you Mark Sanchez? Hell I would put Paul McDonald in there now....

Nothing worse than talking about 'dem good ole glory days...Notre Dame fans are the loser kings of that.

John Robinson's teams were not that great, anyway. The secondary was weak (apologies to Ronnie Lott and Artimus Parker)and they had little to no passing game. A high school team now has a more complex passing game. They had the best OL and RB's in the country so they ran over everyone. Boy I hope we aren't going to slide into a 7-4 season and start reminiscing about 1981...

Hey Dixie,

Check the facts - JRob I was no loser.

Who the H hired Paul Hackett back then anyway? Did he have some kind of blackmail info on JR? That guy couldn't design a offensive scheme to defeat the coast guard women's auxilliary team (Although that sounds like a typical Notre Dame opponent)

Ahhh. Those were the days! USC football at it's best - 5 yards and a cloud of dust! Student body right and student body left. Five hogs up front leading the way and a durable stud at Tailback toting the pigskin.

What a finish that was to a great game, but because of a tie to Stanford, that 1979 team did not win the national championship (the 1978 team won a share of the title). And that, of course, was the last time SC was to taste a title-run except for the 1988 team and then finally a championship in 2003 (a 25-year wait!). And for long sustained excitement, there is nothing quite like running the football down the other team's throat with the game on the line. A big pass play is too short of a thrill. But I digress-- what I also recall about that 1980 game was coach Woodie Hayes continually yelling at his star defensive tackle to make a play on White.