SC ending the ND series in 2026?
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Would be great on many levels.
too me it's similar to the middle finger we'd give michigan if we set up an annual series with Tosu instead of them.
I think having Tosu, Clemson, and UCLA as your core 3 on the schedule every season with teams like Texas, A&M, Miami, FSU rotating on n off would be a very nice format.
Pasadena, and the Eose Bowl, are awesome.
I'd sign them to a 20 year contract.
Night game. Around 25 degrees at kickoff. 15mph wind.
LA is no longer a desired destination anyway. Let's sign the Longhorns up for a long and prosperous rivalry.
They're giant pussies.
Run up the score and humiliate them.
I can't believe the alums there are ok with this.
I detest everything about USC. Their school colors. Their unies. That damn horse. The Coliseum. Tommy Trojan. Pete Carroll. All their Heisman winners. Rod Sherman. Their band. Their fight song. Everything. I just don't love this rivalry, I love love this rivalry. It was must see TV no matter the records.The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. I wouldn't want it any other way. Darn them anyway. As far as the Song Girls, they are always invited back to the stadium.
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I agree with everything you said about SC and have had to endure living it in SoCal. My first ND-SC game was 1953 (I was 7 years old) and Joe Heap ran a kickoff back 94 yards for a TD to lead Leahy's last team to a 42-14 victory. I was at the 1964 game when ND right tackle Bob Meeker was called for mysterious holding penalty inside their 5 yard line nullifying a ND score early in the 4th quarter TD which would have put ND up 24-0 and Ara would have an undefeated national championship in his first year. I was also present at the Coliseum for ND debacles in 1974 and 2014. But, their were many fond memories too: in 1965 the famous "revenge" game with Nick Eddy, Larry Conjar and Bill Wolski beating them into the ground in South Bend; Eric Peniick's 85 yard run; Joe Montana thumping them in 1977 for a Natty; Tony Rice's 65 yard scamper to a TD and a Natty in 1988; and, last year's two 100-yard TD interceptions leading Coach Freeman's to a national championship game. I think SC's is dropping the series because they are fearful thet ND is now entering an era of dominance under Caoch Freeman!
pearly gates.....
How could I forget....Eric Penick's run also led to a Natty for Ara and I missed the 1966 51-0 blowout for Ara's first Natty. Unfortunately I missed the 1966 game because I was in Vietnam...