Is there a better illustration of the talent gap between Notre Dame and USC right now than safety?

Kennedy Urlacher starts for USC and is solid. Yesterday Notre Dame started a third string true freshman because of injuries and he looked awesome.

The gap off the field is even larger but it's insane to me to see just how much the talent level has risen at Notre Dame. There is no logical reason for there to be a talent gap between Notre Dame and USC - USC has almost every advantage under the sun (literally) and yet that program is but a shell of what it was in the early 2000s.

You love to see it.