This goes both ways.
Under Lou Holtz, we enjoyed near-complete dominance.
Under Bob Davie, we badly regressed, getting whacked in 1997, and pissing away a great opportunity in 1998.
Under Pete Carroll, they had their stretch of domination.
Under Brian Kelly, we got the better of them. Part of this was from Lane Kiffin's and Clay Helton's inability to get their guys to a level of consistently high performance.
Right now, the jury is still out on Lincoln Riley. He has shown that he's capable of beating us when they catch us with our pants down (bad QB situation) in 2022, but other than that, we've thumped his guys.
A fair point, that the tide can turn with leadership (for better or worse)
Replies to: "A fair point, that the tide can turn with leadership (for better or worse)"
- SC hasn’t won in South Bend since 2011? Maybe Boner Bowden can help [NT]
- DonMiller - 8:45am 3/5/25
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- Bowden isn't going to change their culture, that starts at the top. - Clem - 6:39pm 3/6/25
- This is why they want to back out of the series with us. - murph78 - 10:48am 3/5/25
- What D1 program has never played an FCS school? They at least deserve credit for not pandering. - ELP - 2:21pm 3/5/25
- A fair point, that the tide can turn with leadership (for better or worse) - ndunabomber - 11:32am 3/9/25
- No they don't. They're still Scumbag Central. [NT]
- faircatchcorby - 8:23am 3/6/25
- i thought that was UM [NT] - whatsamataU - 2:12pm 3/11/25
- What D1 program has never played an FCS school? They at least deserve credit for not pandering. - ELP - 2:21pm 3/5/25