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1989 USC at Notre Dame:

Todd Marinovich engaged in some trash talking, and even butted Scott Kowalkowski with his helmet, while pointing at him in a taunting manner, after he had made a nice throw.

Kowalkowski got his revenge by smashing Marinovich with a brutally hard hit, that it actually injured Marinovich's throwing arm's shoulder, which made him throw a wounded duck on the last play.

I rarely used curse words, even back in those days as a ND student, but when I saw that hit, I yelled "eat shit, Marinovich!"



On the last play, Marinovich was lucky that he threw that ball away. Kowalkowski was literally two steps away from smashing him again on the final throw, and Ricky Ervins (?) saved his butt by holding Kowalkowski on that pass protection.


Scott Kowalkowski was one of the most highly underrated players of all time in ND history. He wasn't the biggest linebacker, and he wasn't the most fleet footed (ran a 4.8 on a good day), but he was one of the smartest guys on the team, and could hit like a freight train.

Having him and Mike Stonebreaker on the field at the same time saved our butts in 1990 on more than one occasion, especially since Andre Jones and Demetrius Dubose would overpursue their targets regularly.


Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFrKbndvrB8&pp=ygUhc2NvdHQga293YWxrb3dza2kgdG9kZCBtYXJpbm92aWNo