Why Notre Dame vs. USC is good for college football
College Football Enquirer co-hosts Andy Staples, Ross Dellenger and Steven Godfrey discuss why the Notre Dame vs. USC rivalry is good for the sport. Check out the full conversation on the "College Football Enquirer" podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube or wherever you listen.
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Does, this doesn't even feel like a non-conference series.
This is so ingrained in the DNA of college football, right?
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah, for sure.
I mean, this, th- the removal of this felt like you were, y- you were taking away Ohio State/Michigan, or Red River, or, you know, Georgia/Florida or something like that.
It just felt so natural and so It re- I mean, I know obviously Notre Dame's not in the conference.
But, yes, I'm gonna try not to be as snarky as I wanna be about the state of things.
It is good, Andy, th- that this, this is back.
It sucks that it's gonna take four years, and it looks like it's gonna be kinda shoehorned into a week one situation.
Do we know sites?
Is it home, is it home, away, home, away?
Yeah.
Or Okay, yeah.
Y- It's not neutral.
USC/Notre Dame.
It's not neutral.
USC/Notre Dame.
Yeah.
Yeah.
That's what I thought.
No, it's not neutral.
I, I Did they not- It's early in the season too, like you said, Susan.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It felt like they didn't specify a location for 2031, which would be a South Bend game.
That's So I was asking- Notre Dame will move things.
Yes, that's what I was asking about.
Notre Dame- Yeah and/or sometimes Notre Dame's opponents like Navy will agree to move to NFL stadiums, neutral sites, you know, whatever's, whatever's good for Notre Dame.
Which is, which is fine, I guess.
But, I, I mean, obviously I think we would all a- if, if we're I think all Actually, I don't know, maybe even fans of Notre Dame would agree with me.
I think, I think you want it to be in South Bend, and you want it to be in the Coliseum in Los Angeles.
Yes.
I, well, I And in week one I am perfectly fine with, because again- Really?
Familiar refrain on this show.
Yes.
Okay.
Week one games this year suck.
True.
Imagine if you had a Notre Dame/USC game right, th- like this- Yeah.
If you had a- Yeah Notre Dame/USC this week one, it would be the best- Yeah game of the week easily.
Easily.
