Game Analysis

Let's see what the venerable Gold Sheet has to say about the game: ``Pete Carroll no longer around at SC to dominate the Irish, as he did most of the past decade. Now, the coaching edge in this old rivalry goes to ND and Brian Kelly, who beat Lane Kiffin last year with then-frosh QB Tommy Rees running a scaled-back version of spread offense.
``Meanwhile, Irish d.c. Bob Diaco has had an extra week to prepare for Kiffin's finesse offense.''