Notre Dame football vs. USC Trojans postgame reaction show | Irish get HUGE win!

[@LPow58]

if you watch Xavier Watts' pick six, he's running down the USC sideline, and he's looking at them in the eyes while running lol

[@marlenaelias398]

That's exactly what I was seeing Xavier do!! He earned the right!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@williamcroy8261]

Yeah, I noticed that as it happened

[@patm7534]

He wasn’t just looking, he was jawing them 😅

[@LPow58]

@ haha nice

[@Christopher-r2e]

I think some shit talking was in play too. Go Irish!!

[@kevinsimpson5809]

Great job as always guys. I just looked at the schedule for next year and it is not as tough as it looks. Every game demands our attention for a diffrent reason and we will go 12-0. Book it, go Irish!!!! Great and special team and season. Bring Coach back and ND is back.

[@zackkadish8122]

Best thing ever was Christian getting that 6 after being picked on all day

[@TimHydecoach]

1 of the all-time great INT's in ND history!

[@andrewgilmore1443]

Great show guys! Huge win for the program!!! Sets up probably the biggest home game in history.

[@dashx1103]

Ton of credit to coach Rudolph. Going into the season the OL was the most concerning aspect of the team after Alt & Fisher went to the NFL and then ND lost Jagusah. ND has played a true FR (a 3* recruit, by the way) at LT all year. ND lost its starting C during the season, and Schrauth (ND’s best OL) missed considerable time. That OL against USC was sensational - they’ve come so far.

[@irishron4861]

Anthonie Knapp has been better than reliable all season

[@TimHydecoach]

Joe Rudolph has done an amazing job this season. Those who have constantly questioned him since he was hired are eating a large plate of crow! 😃

[@TimHydecoach]

@@irishron4861 Freshman All American.

[@nathancowne4178]

Watts staring down the whole USC sideline on that pick 6 😤😤😤

[@AS-ok8hi]

I saw it

[@TimHydecoach]

Perfect!

[@user-gh3pz7do4o]

How about that fake punt. Loved it.

[@TimHydecoach]

Great call and ND have always been prepared for those this season.

[@Christopher-r2e]

My Heart Rate hit 128 in the 4th QTR betore the pick six. Lmao. Extreme anxiety dueing irish games. I need to get this under control lol

[@nolangray367]

I feel ya brother. Blood pressure thru the roof

[@TimHydecoach]

Then I was 129 hahaha! Thanks for joining us.

[@markoconnell4518]

Mike is right, in addition to the pick 6, Gray also had a few amazing pass breakups. He did have 1.5 quarters of getting torched but he “reloaded” and redeemed himself.

[@irishron4861]

Truth, can’t win every play every time.

[@TimHydecoach]

Perfectly said!

[@cubfan747]

God Bless, Christian Gray, he never gave up and when it looked like it was slipping away he FLIPPED the SCRIPT on Lincoln Riley, and daggered USC!! That USC QB was on a heater, that USC team would have put up 60 on anyone else!!💚🍀🍀

[@TimHydecoach]

Perfectly said.

[@mfnflyw16]

Good Show and agree with Singer on Gray. Corners left on Islands and today pressure was minimal on QB. Gray also moved from Boundary Corner to Field after BMO hurt. Kid battles and made several big plays besides final INT

[@irishron4861]

Exactly bro, dude lost a few battles but won the war. People whine and cry about his play this game and act like this kid is on the field while Ben Morrison is sitting on the bench available to play. He is who they have and that’s just a fact and he’s far from being a “toast” CB

[@drumusic5665]

He was always the second boundary. They started with him and BMO on the outside with Jordan Clark in the slot. Tim is right. When a 3 star true freshman is keeping up and you are getting pushed 5 yards off the LOS you aren't having a good game. Great players can have bad games especially in a season where you haven't seen Wideouts like this at all

[@TimHydecoach]

Appreciate the comments and joining in the chat with us.

[@TimHydecoach]

@@drumusic5665 1 of the all-time great ND plays when looking at all of the pressure of that moment.

[@brianduerr6483]

Gray played well the first drive and the last two or three drives. He played well the two picksix drives.

[@obieknobbe]

Usc has one of the best receiver groups in the country and their qb absolutely balled out. He was throwing dimes while getting knocked on his ass the whole game and his receivers were catching them. Riley had this game circled and his guys were balling

[@sonny49842]

Until he wasn't throwing Dimes 😂

[@TimHydecoach]

Thanks for joining in the conversation with all of us.

[@josepena4029]

"X"FACTOR MAKES A HUGE DIFERENCE,HUGS FROM MÉXICO CITY TO ALL IRISH NATION!!GOYA IRISH!!

[@chrism.1054]

Christian Gray was (uncharacteristically) pretty awful all game in spite of his pick 6. Slow, out of position, moving like he's dinged up good. Hopefully it's nothing significant.

[@TimHydecoach]

Thanks for watching the show.

[@MichaelBarbush-bk7ek]

USC averaged 7.3 yards per pass attempts ND 7.7

[@TimHydecoach]

Thanks for watching.

[@dcphill24728]

I love this podcast!

[@TimHydecoach]

We love all of your support!

[@barrydraper5893]

What a game

[@TimHydecoach]

Exactly.

[@keyodi]

I love how as soon as Marcus loses a game he sucks and is "not the guy" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@patrickgrieco1121]

@keyodi He has some really bad losses over his 3 years. He has also accumulated a number of good wins. The bipolar swings in preparation and performance are a problem...winning a Natty or 2, and this new playoff format would get him a bit of grace for reasonable losses...but dropping games every year to BAD teams will not fly. Multiple BAD losses make people conclude he isn't the guy...like it or not, that is ND. BK won more games than anyone, and many did not think he was the guy either...turns out they were right.

[@irishron4861]

Take away the vacated games because Kelly had no concept of institutional control, and he isn’t the wins leader anymore.

[@patrickgrieco1121]

Great, correction...he won a bunch of games...and started with a dumpster fire BTW. Point is...losing is bad, losing bad is worse, losing to bad teams starts a clock unless you do something to reset. Add in recruiting...where expectations are mighty even if you are winning... Maybe in year 3, there is grace for producing a playoff team in spite of suffering a loss to the worst dog in modern program history If Freeman wins the Natty, then he is the guy...until then he will have people claiming he isn't...freak losses every year says they have a point...

[@TimHydecoach]

He took 1 of the worst losses in school history and turned it into a rallying cry for this 2024 team.

[@patrickgrieco1121]

@TimHydecoach I get it coach...I agree. They turned a bad loss into fuel, and they deserve recognition for it. I just disagree with the OP that suddenly there are no grounds to question if MF is the guy....plenty to be optimistic about, but also plenty of things in his 3 years to question.

[@tomdemay6147]

LETS GO IRISH!

[@TimHydecoach]

Bingo.

[@peterpocsik1706]

Flowers to Coach Freeman. And Goolsby's interception is Top 5. :)

[@TimHydecoach]

Thanks for the comments.

[@tonysnider1501]

Gonna be there, can’t wait to see the first ND playoff game in Notre Dame Stadium! Go Irish!

[@TimHydecoach]

Love it and enjoy!

[@tradespx9055]

@@TimHydecoach definitely Tim, it’s going to be awesome. Are all of you guys going to be there?

[@patrickgrieco1121]

Great show fellas. Painful game to watch. While it may look like ND defense won the game, I gave the nod to the O today...sustained drives, physical at point of attack...D didn't seem to show up but for a few key plays

[@TimHydecoach]

Lots and lots of stress = 1 heck of a celebration. Winning in the Coliseum is never easy for ND.

[@greggardner1548]

Riley Leonard reminds me of Josh Allen with the exception of the passing game.

[@irishron4861]

On a Saturday full of teams that couldn’t seal the deal on rivalry weekend, ND did just that. A touchdown favorite won and covered, what more should you expect out of them?

[@TimHydecoach]

Go Irish! Survive and advance has been the motto with how crazy of a season this has been.

[@mfnflyw16]

ORE loses they go to 5. PSU loses they go to 6

[@TimHydecoach]

We need to root for Texas and Oregon this weekend.

[@MICHAEL-i9l1d]

Agree 100% Should then get a 5 Seed v ASU/ISU, or UNLV. Then second game either Boise, BIG 12, or ACC Champ Tell Singer to wait for "Wish" game till Semi's! Happy Holidays toy you and yours @@TimHydecoach

[@GMS8201]

ND didn't have a bad defensive game, they just played a top 5 passing team who they haven't played yet this season. It happens!! But, Texas has that offense along with an elite defense. That's the only team standing between ND and the Natty I feel.

[@TimHydecoach]

Good point on Texas.

[@RobnRudy]

Singer said before he hadnt watched the second half of ND vs GT or ND vs FSU, hey Tim you might want to avoid correcting him on the fact that Georgia beat GT last week and just take over the show!

[@nickmorgan219]

Like I said, just win Baby! Hopefully J-Love is ok. Dude is freak! Gray was burned at times, but came up big backed up inside the 10 yrd line. Wish we had Morrison out there, but gotta play with what we got.

[@TimHydecoach]

Thanks for the comments.

[@DavidMcNamara-qv7qd]

Singer, what are you talking about? Christian Gray got torched today. Leonard Moore did not. Simple as that case closed.

[@brendenstyre4784]

Christian grey did not have a great game at all, but he battled and came up big in the end. He’s also a true freshman I believe

[@dashx1103]

@@brendenstyre4784Gray is not a true freshman. Moore is.

[@TimHydecoach]

@@brendenstyre4784 All about the ending.

[@nickmorgan219]

Side note for Coach Hyde....Moeller in the High School finals in OH. Go Big Moe! Representing the GCL from Cincy. One of the best HS leagues in the country.

[@irishron4861]

RIP Gerry Faust yeah??

[@TimHydecoach]

Love that!!! I really like the QB for Moeller.

[@GMS8201]

If ND doesn't jump PSU then there must be Sandusky tapes that PSU has on committee members. That is my only conclusion

[@irishron4861]

This week doesn’t matter because of the conference championships next weekend. If penn st can beat Oregon next weekend then they are getting jobbed out of that coveted 5th spot. Trust me, a hidden objective for that committee is to convince ND to join a conference.

[@sonny49842]

​@@irishron4861this week mattered more because of conference championships.

[@TimHydecoach]

I'm not expecting them to do any movement until after the weekend's games.

[@GMS8201]

@@TimHydecoach I think they might jump ND over PSU this week for the 5 seed, that way they don't have to explain away Penn State getting jumped for losing in a Championship game. If PSU does win, they'll just put Oregon at 5. It would be the least messy scenario for them. I think PSU is 1 (if they win) and a 6 or 7 if they lose.

[@adamNDkipker]

Didn't age 1 second during this game.. I knew the whole time we were going to win..

[@TimHydecoach]

A lot more fun to age in these big games.

[@KB-tz1ow]

Thanks for the show, guys. I think ND has done as well as they could against a talented SC team considering they didn't have Traore, Cross , Botelho, and Morrison. Backups are good but not up to the level of starters. The offense showed resiliency coming back to score after every SC score. Win and advance. Style points are over rated. Semper Fi, Tim.

[@TimHydecoach]

Thank you for the support.

[@MaymeBlue-tz8qw]

Anyone know how many points a game Notre Dame has scored during 10 game win streak

[@TimHydecoach]

A lot!

[@chrisowen3264]

This was going to be a dog fight SC no matter their record was going to fight they still have great athletes capable of making plays. What this game showed more than anything is that ND is capable of making big plays when they’re up against it and not just in blowout games. Is it ideal to give up 28 points I’m not counting the garbage at the end and big plays but they made plays when they needed to and that’s more important.

[@user-gh3pz7do4o]

I felt like the defense did not have it today but made the plays when needed at the end. Offense seemed like it could score whenever they wanted but a bit conservative at the end. Just nit picking. Great year after the NIU game.. I say ND gets the 5 seed.

[@irishron4861]

Penn State needs to lose for that to happen

[@TimHydecoach]

I hope you are right about the 5 seed!

[@mfnflyw16]

I agree with Tim that today was big pressure with history of ND at Coliseum. Believe we had lost 10 of last 13 out there

[@Law_Dogg]

That was only the 3rd time since 1988 that we won there by double digits! Amazing.

[@brendenstyre4784]

@@Law_Doggholy shit I didn’t know that. That makes the win a little more impressive. The spread makes more sense now lol

[@irishron4861]

@Law_Dogg…most points scored since 1966

[@TimHydecoach]

@@Law_Dogg It has never been easy to win in the Coliseum. It is a huge win!

[@TimHydecoach]

Lots of pressure just as in 2012 and 2018 and this team did it!

[@jco1568]

All we need to do is jump Penn State for the 5 seed correct?

[@irishron4861]

That will be determined next weekend

[@TimHydecoach]

Root for Oregon.

[@markoconnell4518]

I love ya Mike, but bad time to bring up Man City my friend lol

[@TimHydecoach]

Singer loves his soccer.

[@douglasladd9478]

You sometimes have to give credit where credit is due. USC threw some really nice passes into tight coverage and their players made some great catches. Punch the ticket and move on.

[@TimHydecoach]

SC QB played good ball.

[@dionwells2859]

Today is another prime example of why I said Tim needs to stop saying where ND will be you never know what teams were going to win

[@TimHydecoach]

Of course, we have zero clue where anyone will be. It is still fun to talk about, as the entire country is doing.

[@williamhopkins7065]

Yea, winning the conf Championship and getting a bye with a home game is crazy. I think you should get a guaranteed bye. So it may mean your 8. But I'm good with 3 win team getting 8 if they won their conf. But we already going to have to see Boise st. At 4. Which is already crazy to me. So if Texas loses sec game. They could be 2 loss team, wnd in sec, and have to go to Boise Idaho in late December. What the hell is that.

[@TimHydecoach]

Remember this is only for the 24 and 25 seasons. Lots of changes down the road.

[@williamhopkins7065]

@TimHydecoach I think they just believed it would work out like in most years where it is big ten, sec, big 12, ACC and a west team. Surely you get deseserving 4 teams from that. But with the dismantling of the pac 12 and big 12. And combining the good teams into sec and big ten, your more likely to get the 3rd and 4th best teams to not get the bye.

[@timecone57]

Parity in cfb these days…transfer portal has changed everything

[@TimHydecoach]

Exactly!

[@MiniTheEngi]

The 2 PI calls against Christian were absolute BS... first one the wide receiver is pulling him to the ground so he is trying to hit old bois arm off his jersey, and the second was just good coverage/hand contact that happens on every pass play in college ball... those 2 are good coverage and layer that with a number of other pass break ups... gray had a solid day going up against their #1 guy every down. Did he lose a couple reps, yes. That is going to happen against athletes that good... would have been nice if the d line could have gotten more pressure to help that out... but gray didnt have that bad a day imho

[@irishron4861]

Lost a few battles but won the war, which is the ultimate goal from each player

[@TimHydecoach]

Thanks for joining in the chat with us.

[@LordMcGuire]

Anyone asking for MF to get an extension BEFORE seeing how he does in the playoffs should remember the BK days, or perhaps consult LSU fans for their opinion. 4 of the worst losses in program history under his belt without any signature wins against top 10 teams. Earn it with what you've DONE, not with what the checkbook THINKS you can.

[@Law_Dogg]

Dude just won his first playoff game today. ☘️

[@LordMcGuire]

@ yeah, beating a 6 loss USC team with 3 mins left was very similar to beating Georgia in a bowl game. 💀 I love our boy Marcus, but the jury isn’t out on him being a mouth breather. He said “gived” in the postgame interview. Leader of men? Sure. Would you ask him for help on a test? Hell no… Win 2+ playoff games this year, with the defense, portal transfers, and coordinators he wanted, or else see ya 👋🏼

[@Law_Dogg]

​@@LordMcGuireI mean, with this team, ND beats GA that first year when we had the ball at the 50 w a few mins left and the chance to win the game, so 🤷‍♂️ And yeah I heard him say gived- he misspoke (but yes I cringed a little). He also didn't say "fah-mullly". I think you're being a bit naive on what it takes to build what he has over the last 3 years, as if it's easily repeatable by the next jamoke who comes along? Fortunately, I trust in Bevacqua to lock CMF up when the time is right.

[@irishron4861]

Jesus Christ dude, if Deion Sanders can coach a team I think you and I probably could given the opportunity

[@Law_Dogg]

​@irishron4861 Coaching ND strikes me as an extremely difficult and time/all- consuming job. I would not want it. The recruiting, the boosterism, the evolving NIL, AND the actual coaching? No thank you!

[@joeyglennon6468]

Yeah I'm sorry but there was only like 10 times in the game where they did zone LOL most of it was these crazy stupid blitzes with men on the islands I'm sorry they played more man today than or yesterday then I've seen in a very long time I don't know what defense you're paying attention to but maybe in a couple instances when you were paying attention they played zone but no they didn't play a lot of zone Christian grey got burned every single time there was a man coverage and they got 500 yards that doesn't say zone to me

[@joeyglennon6468]

I'm sorry but I did not do well everybody's shiting on him because he deserves it he gave up 28 points him himself gave up 28 points I'm sorry go back and look at the tape you're wrong gray needs to be benched

[@DavidMcNamara-qv7qd]

Singer, what are you talking about? Christian Gray got torched today. Leonard Moore did not. Simple as that case closed.

[@NotreDameFightingIrish]

pick 6

[@obieknobbe]

Guy literally put the dagger into the heart of the USC Trojans today. What are you talking about?

[@dashx1103]

@@obieknobbe”Literally?”

[@DavidMcNamara-qv7qd]

Guys, he had one great play, and made amends. It was a huge play and God bless him for that, but don’t put your head in the sand. He got torched most of the day

[@NotreDameFightingIrish]

@@DavidMcNamara-qv7qd Just such a simple-minded take.