USC 16 Notre Dame 20 the streak ends at 8...

We sucked and there is no way around it.

The bandwagon just got a little lighter

It’s further proof the program is being cleaned up! Because you don’t have game like that when you pay players!

RoJo catches that ball & we are a revelling in victory! Bottom line, I still love being a Trojan!

If I am Haden I walk into Lanes office on monday and say if you lose to ucla PACK YOUR BAGS MF.

This is on the whole offense. When a receiver was open the ball was overthrown. When the ball was spot on it was dropped or the receiver gave up on the play. This is not the best called game but Kiffen was playing with half a deck. I don’t know if he is the answer but he is not tonights problem and to say anything else is jumping the gun. This is a lack of heart and execution by the players on O, and a total FU job by the NCAA. Next year we need to stock the trenches with players that want to play and be here. Bring out the redshirts in full force and play like there is no tomorrow from day one. One theme next year “redemption!” God let’s at least beat the bruins.

what you just said

If anyone was at the game and saw the seniors take the field do they know why Stanley Havilli didn’t shake hands or hug Lane as he ran onto the field. All the other seniors did.

I really don’t care if the team doesn’t win but only if it was a all-out effort, that is on the head coach to get those 40,000 dollar a year players to perform. Lane looked lost all night, maybe he should just move on to FSU his alma mater.

My prediction for this game was that the team that wanted it most and played the best defense wins. Sure enough that team won. One more bit of bad news in a season and pre-season wherein everything that could go wrong… did. So, I guess it was both this season’s fate combined with asking the impossible dream when a USC win depended on its defense defending a three point fourth quarter lead with over six minutes left. Could the Trojans get a stop when they really really really needed it? Is the Titanic a spaceship? Notre Dame answered USC by marching right down the field… over and through another “toreador” defense in seven plays (six on the ground). ‘Been there and done that’ haven’t we? At least all the youngsters watching the game were once again shown how to block and not to tackle. One last chance for SC and then briefly… ever so briefly… it seemed SC might just still pull it out. But Mitch Mustain’s first start as a Trojan ended as did the game with the last turnover on the night… and it was easily the evening’s biggest defensive play… but for not for SC. Again, one team finding a way to win and the other a way to lose. One gets the stop they absolutely have to have… and the other does not. Not supposed to give up four turnovers and win… but the Irish got away with it and the Trojans did not take enough advantage by leaving too many points on the field. Just another reminder how much 2010 (and beyond) is not and will not be the Trojan’s year. So, it’s on the “Anyone want this thing” bowl against the Bruins. Prediction? Same thing… the team that wants it most and plays the best defense wins. This stuff matters in rivalry games… so pardon the heck out me right now if I’m not all that optimistic.

other programs succeed with less-than-excellent talent, hopefully we will do the same as the scholarship ban takes effect

Agree… that SC’s “D” was better… for a while… than in the past… but NOT when it counted. VERY VERY hard to play this game without a quarterback…. didn’t work last year up in Washington nor tonight. Also agree, that SC left way too many points on the field… but Mustain was the guy and offense was what it was. With six minutes left… SC’s defense had to get a stop or at least prevent a TD. They did neither. Instead they played their worst stretch on the game. Until SC can get back to being a solid defensive team this stuff will go on and on and on and on. Sanctions or not.

First quarter, Arizona game…………pathetic

I have never liked SC, and liked them much less after hiring Kiffin. That said, I can’t imagine the circumstances that would lead me to root for Notre Dame. Why couldn’t they feel my added support? And what rumors is Paragon talking about? I am assuming in that context it is hope for reduction of sanctions? And does ND get a BCS bid for managing to get to 7 wins?

Congrats to our seniors, some of you may have hurt your draft prospects but there were some good times. Next season you won’t be around and we’ll look back to these close games thinking at least we had a chance.
Let there be no doubt. This loss was engineered in Indianapolis by the likes of USC hating Paul Dee, Missy Conboy and Josephine Potuto, with a big assist from ESPN and NBC. This is what it took for the Domers to defeat mighty Troy. Prediction: We will return stronger than ever in a few years, but they will fade into ignominy.
I had to spend an hour in the hot tub just to warm up. I fear for the health of some of the loyal oldsters and young kids in the crowd. Many will be quite sick next week
Next season will be worse. Section 23 has some requests for Pat Haden:
1. Show the Trojan faithful some respect
2. No more night games. Period.
3. Remove that stupid delay from the radio transmission
4. Let Traveler run in the endzone
5. CLK is a very good QB’s coach. We need a real OC. Norm Chow will be available soon.
6. Most important: Sue the NCAA. DO IT NOW!
One cheating Reggie = 30 lost scholarships. Really? Time to grow some HUEVOS!

I hate ND and seeing the final shocked me, but 8 straight was a good streak—start a new one next year. Beating the Bruins will help: 8-5, 5-4 with an opportunity at a decent bowl win would be very respectable with all things considered.

Why light our hair on fire? Give me a goddam break, these guys are kids- they played with their backs against the wall THE ENTIRE FUCKING YEAR!

Now I hate losing to Notre Dame like the next Trojan does, but hacking on Mitch Mustain? Did you guys see the game. I was in the stands, the place was rocking, the rain was beautiful, and the crowd was WAY INTO IT! He started sketchy but. . . . .fuck it! If you guys can’t see how he fought back and put us in a position to win than none of it matters. The streak of 8 wins against the Fighting Irish is gone now and I can see how that might not sit well with a few of our die-hards here on Conquest Chronicles.

For what it’s worth, the game (although not “electric”) was awesome! With the rain and the lead changes . . . . . . .for those in attendance- it will be forever remembered somewhat of a classic. Rees and Mustain will go down in Trojan/Irish lore. It was like that!

I will go so far as to say “WHAT THE TOTAL FUCK, LANE?” Then again, what did I tell you guys in another thread? He was too cute, tried too many retarded “I’m going to out-coach” the coach plays. . . . .he didn’t and doesn’t trust his players. End of story.

That was the second worse part of the game for me. Losing has to be the first.

I feel badly for Allen Bradford- did he even see the field? There were some plays where my girl and I (and a few others nearby) just huddled and drank and chanted so I missed a play or two, but I don’t recall seeing AB.

Now CJ? How come we didn’t see more of his number being called. He seemed to always give us positive yardage, so . . . . .oh well.

The good news is that Lane Fucking Kiffin has a year under his belt to see exactly what the hell he’s up against in the Pac 10 (12) and Chip Kelly’s Fighting Irish. There is some silver lining.

Let’s beat the Bruins!
A hearty FIGHT ON! to all my fellow Trojans!
Fight On!

Well, I can see I was right about another thing…. start losing to your rivals… and things can get very sour very fast. Let’s hope the Trojans can finish on a positive note. I remain hopeful but not optimistic about next week. But it really doesn’t matter. All steaks end… ND was both fortunate and GOOD enough to win. SC was just that in 2005. Still, it doesn’t matter because NCAA sanctions clearly removed much of the team’s incentive to win while aiding in its depletion by allowing immediate transfers to juniors and seniors. Factor in the departure of helmsman Pete Carroll and few programs have seen such adversity both before and during a season. This year DOES matter in terms of what the coaching staff and players have learned and can apply to the next few sanctioned years that lie ahead. The biggest question however for USC’s flagship program remains. Can Lane Kiffin actually win at USC?. That means Rose Bowl (forget about the BCSec) not a game or two above five hundred. Some were talking signature win a few week ago… the Truth?… not even close. Kiffin has not won a “Big Game” yet and he’s been in at least three of ‘em so far and about to play in a fourth. Can he recruit like he did before. Kids are coming to play for him now not Pete Carroll. What’s done is done. It doesn’t matter as long as there is improvement in 2011 and beyond. Losing though is still perilous to a coaches health. This is USC… and, as can be seen above, winning versus losing DOES matter.

Though Loco touched on it above a little. Rip me a new asshole for what I’m about to say, I don’t care I’ve proven I’m a Trojan over and over and I know I’m a total Trojan and I am with them if they go 0 and 12. Here is my truth:

Many issues are at play here and all contribute. But the key problem will prove itself over the next 3 years or so until we who love Trojan Football will see with eyes wide open. The key problem with USC Football will be PAT FREAKING HADEN.

Please look beyond his SC hero pedigree, his trusteeship, his business acumen. When it comes to being USC AD and having the desire to make USC a football powerhouse once again, this is NOT the Pat Haden Hero QB of 1974.

Haden is here to transition SC from being a football powerhouse to becoming a Top Ten academic school a la Stanford. Sample’s “Project Stanford” also included the football program my fellow Trojans and Haden is here to to push that goal to completion.

Check out the top 25 academic schools – how many have fucking won a national championship? TWO. USC and ND.

I’m committed to academics and I’ve succeeded in my journey through 8 years of higher education and I’m doing my best to pass that commitment to my young sons. If my sons go to Harvard some day, awesome I’m behind them. Academics is awesome and is the reason we go to college and grad school.

But I want MY alma mater to be a football powerhouse. Pat Haden isn’t here to do that. Haden is here to ratchet down expectations and change the entire paradigm at SC athletics.

Get used to being an academic powerhouse with an okay football team. Learn to love being the Stanford of the Southland. Practice saying “Alabama (insert any CFB powerhouse here) has an awesome FB team but we blow them away academically.” Haden will make this is the future of USC Football.

Rip away. You’re still all my brother Trojans no matter what.

I don’t put it “all” on Mustain … horrible weather, hadn’t played a lot, obviously. But he has to take his share of the blame, that’s for sure. And please stop with the “stop blaming the kids” crap. This isn’t personal – it’s football. And the Trojans lost last night because the players played like crap. There’s nothing inappropriate about stating the truth. The players played like crap. I don’t care if they’re 18 or 28. All this nonsense “oh, the poor kids – stop blaming the poor kids.” F that.
My primary beef is with Lane Kiffin. He’s a lousy game coach. He calls running plays when he ought to call passing plays, and vice versa. The series that exemplifies Kiffin’s incompetence perfectly? 4th Q – Gable runs the ball twice for 9 yards, and on 3rd and 1, we run a QB sneak for nothing. Just incredibly stupid play calls — over and over and over again. (Hell, don’t make me go back to the Rose Bowl 4th and 1 with LenDale White) When he allowed Mustain to throw the ball DOWN the field – not side to side – good things usually happened. Unfortunately, he let him do it about 5 times (?)
The Trojans lost — at home – to a really bad football team last night that started a freshman who was absolutely scared to death. Why? Because the coach called a horrible game, and the “kids” played like s***. Call a spade a spade. You might not be upset about it, but I am. That was embarrassing.