Podcast: Untitled Notre Dame USC Football Podcast – Episode 7.3 Stanford Toledo

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the USC Trojans both played football games, but only one team secured a victory. We start with the Trojans and their loss to the Stanford Cardinal. USC lost 42-28, and this could be the end of the Clay Helton era. It’s more of the same for the Trojans, with more questions than answers about the state of the program and what the future holds. The worst part of all…

I dont know how I forgot about him but I did. 

Must be all this Flynn talk. 

Graham Harrell to Michael Crabtree for the game-winning touchdown pass in Texas Tech's upset of Texas on Nov. 1, 2008.

It's hard to believe this was five years ago. I was a junior in high school at a post-homecoming party at my classmate's house. Her dad turned the game on, and all of the guys (plus my date) just gravitated over and watched the final five or six minutes of the fourth quarter. I was transfixed, and this finish was just amazing. No one really had a stake in the game, but we all just appreciated what was happening.

This game also launched somewhat of a love-affair with Mike Leach, who I've been fascinated with ever since. Swing Your Sword was a fantastic read, and he's just crazy. I hope Washington State can get it together soon enough.

But yeah, this finish. I bought this game on iTunes three years ago, and I watch it in its entirety every once in a while (usually when I can't sleep or am taking a plane ride). And I have a 90-minute train ride on tap this afternoon, so it looks like I might be giving it another go.