…and both outcomes are still in doubt (though Sparty is pretty close to wrapping it up, alas). USC leads 10-3 but is driving into Wildcats territory. Notre Dame trails 37-21 and, as if their own crappy play wasn’t bad enough, now Mother Nature is seriously hampering any attempt at a comeback. Michigan ball in Irish territory.
UPDATE, 10:55 PM: USC hits a field goal and leads 13-3.
UPDATE, 11:09 PM: Brady’s best pass of the second half is an accidental completion to Carlson (deflected off the hands of his intended receiver, who he overthrew). Irish near midfield with 9:27 to go. They must score a TD here.
UPDATE, 11:12 PM: Touchdown Samardzija! But Darius Walker fails to get into the end zone (they gave it to Darius Walker?!?) on the two-point conversion, so it remains a two-possesion game: 37-27 with 8:18 to go.
UPDATE, 11:14 PM: 3:30 to go in Tucson, and Arizona is getting the ball back… wait… no! Arizona fumbles the kickoff! USC recovers! USC BALL!! WOOHOO!!!!
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey, goodbye.
UPDATE, 11:18 PM: TOUCHDOWN, MOODY!!! The Trojans save their streak of consecutive 20-point games. It’s 20-3 with 3:11 left.
And NOTRE DAME RECOVERS A SPARTAN FUMBLE!!! Woohoo!!! Irish ball, 6:30 left!!! Ndukwe!!!
UPDATE, 11:22 PM: N.C. State beat Boston College on a Hail Mary pass! Woohoo! I told you BC and UCLA would lose today!
UPDATE, 11:24 PM: TOUCHDOWN IRISH!!! Brady to Rhema!!! Holy cow! It’s a 3-point game with 5 minutes left! He missed the f***ing extra point!!! AAAAAAHHH!!!! 4-point lead. ARGH! Well, at least it almost certainly won’t go to overtime…
UPDATE, 11:27 PM: It’s a final in Tucson: USC 20, Arizona 3.
September 23rd, 2006 at 10:58:53 pm
Because of that LSU bash in the earlier post, I’d like to point out something from a couple of weeks ago…
LSU 45
Arizona 3
September 23rd, 2006 at 10:59:34 pm
Another ND upsate at 9:15 of the 4th.
September 23rd, 2006 at 11:02:17 pm
These guys were looking forward to the Nov. 25th game before we even played Ga. Tech. They banked the whole season on that one game, and planned on being undefeated when they played the Trojans. Then, the loss to Michigan deflates their egos and they have given up on the season. We can play much better than this, but Charlie needs to wake them up … BENCH BRADY! No one is safe!
September 23rd, 2006 at 11:05:17 pm
Fair enough DUP, but let’s recall, this game is in Tucson, that game was at LSU. I’m fairly confident USC would have done a lot better if this game was at the Coliseum.
BUT… the Trojan offense clearly has not been sharp tonight. That much is obvious and I’m not going to argue with it.
September 23rd, 2006 at 11:07:42 pm
P.S. As noted in the earlier post, I’ve removed the “LSU bash” because I don’t want to misinterpreted as disrespecting LSU’s ‘03 team. I respect LSU’s ‘03 team; I always have. I’ve always recognized the legitimacy of their championship. The ones I disrespect, and the ones my “bash” was aimed at, are the LSU fans who don’t extend the same courtesy to my Trojans (recognizing the legitimacy of our championship… since manifestly, both are legitimate) and who constantly bitch about 2003 whenever I make reference to the Trojans’ consecutive titles, repeatedly making arguments that I’ve refuted over and over, and that I frankly just get sick of hearing. It’s the sore-winnerism that I don’t respect, not the LSU team itself, nor the classy segment of its fan base (which I presume is the majority).
September 23rd, 2006 at 11:09:52 pm
WOW! The Irish just got really lucky! Nice catch Carleson! (”Look what I found!” says the annoucer…)
September 23rd, 2006 at 11:12:38 pm
Mmmmmm… Samardzija!
September 23rd, 2006 at 11:14:37 pm
Huge stop on the 2pt.
Spartans need to run off about 5 minutes and put some points on the board…
September 23rd, 2006 at 11:15:25 pm
Your running game hasn’t worked all night, so you go to the run for a critical 2 pt conversion. Almost as brilliant as going for it mid-field on 4th and 8th in the 3rd.
Good Lord.
September 23rd, 2006 at 11:15:49 pm
Nice call … the Shark already rules himself out of the two-point when he doesn’t know what side he is on … and they go short-side hashmark toss when the run hasn’t worked all day! Whoever called Weis a “Robot Genius” needs to re-examine that monikor.
September 23rd, 2006 at 11:19:08 pm
HOLY DU LAC! IT’S A FUMBLE!!!!
A little luck of the Irish, maybe?
September 23rd, 2006 at 11:22:58 pm
Pass interference = more
of Brady Quinn’s passing skillLuck of the IrishSeptember 23rd, 2006 at 11:25:05 pm
My 9 year old brother can make that extra point. Giola sucks!!!!
September 23rd, 2006 at 11:26:19 pm
A fricking PAT! WTF?
September 23rd, 2006 at 11:26:33 pm
We were lucky to get that touchdown drive anyway. We will get the ball back with a chance to win … let’s see what Mr. Quinn is made of.
September 23rd, 2006 at 11:26:44 pm
Game over..they’re throwing us out East for bonus coverage of the ND game.
September 23rd, 2006 at 11:29:15 pm
The problem with ND kickers is that they’re a bunch of pretty boys that can’t kick worth a s***. Let’s get a ND women’s soccer player in there. At least we’ll have a shot
September 23rd, 2006 at 11:30:16 pm
OH MY GOD OH MY GOD!!!! HE INTERCEPTED THE BALL!!!! OH MY GOD OH MY GOD!!!! HE’S GOING IN FOR A TOUCHDOWN!!!! HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!