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It’s Hate Week. ☘️Beyond the Echoes: The Greatest Intersectional Rivalry In College Football The Notre Dame-USC football rivalry began in 1926 and is considered one of the fiercest in college football. The rivalry game has been played every year from 1926 to the present with the exception of 1943 to 1945 when the game was cancelled during World War II and in 2020 when the Pac-12 Conference cancelled all non-conference games in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic therefore interrupted a streak of 73 consecutive years in which the game had been played. The 2021 matchup marked the first time in series history that two consecutive games between the rivals were played in Indiana, although the games were not played in consecutive years. The teams play for the Jeweled Shillelagh, a trophy that goes to the winning team each year. Notre Dame leads the all-time series 50–37–5 and also leads 35–30–3 since the introduction of the trophy. Despite many close games, the series has had dominant runs by both sides: USC went 12–2–2 from 1967 through 1982, Notre Dame went 11–0–1 from 1983 through 1995, and USC went 8–0 from 2002 through 2009. However, while Notre Dame and USC have played in landmark games enabling one of them to move on to a national title, the two teams have also played spoiler to each other several times. A No. 1 undefeated Notre Dame beat No. 2 undefeated USC in the Coliseum en route to the national title in 1988. The Irish also spoiled Trojan title campaigns by giving them their first loss in the last game of the season in 1947 and 1952, as well as handing them a first loss in 1927, 1973 and 1995. The Irish also tied No. 1 ranked USC in 1968 21–21, knocking them down to No. 2 behind Ohio State, who then beat USC in a No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup in the Rose Bowl. The Irish tied the Trojans again in 1969 14–14, the only blemish in USC's 10–0–1 season.

Bias, yes. Unfair bias, no. The best predictor of the future is what has happened in the past.

Week 2 of the sectional should be interesting. If form holds, Knox will play a 9-1 Griffith team. Of course, Griffith is where Russ Radtke made his bones, leading them to a state championship. On the other sideline, coaching a revitalized Griffith program, is Phil Mason, who coached Andrean to a championship in 2013. Coach Mason is about as old school as it gets, and I’m confident he and Coach Radtke have crossed swords before. Knowing those two — I officiated many games for both — I would guess the atmosphere at this game might be really nasty.

DPI is not a personal foul. But I take your point. There’s no doubt that DBs are coached to foul in those circumstances.

The question now is “Will James Franklin survive the season?”

Roncalli leads Harrison 16-0 halfway through the first period.

Did you know there is only one college football program that is in the top 10% of both all time winning percentage and NCAA Graduation Success Rate? Guess. (Hint: It’s not Michigan.) 🤣😂

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How hot is James Franklin’s seat, after gagging on another one last week, and then losing to lowly UCLA today?

A class act.

Penn answers immediately. 7-6 Penn 2:21 of the 1st.

Elkhart strikes first, leads Penn 6-0 at 4:34 of the 1st.

1st period in the pressbox. Remainder roaming the sidelines.

Nice question. My response is limited to high school rules. First, you address the live ball foul by R. Because K legally recovered the kick, this is not a post scrimmage kick foul. So, K’s options are to decline the penalty and keep the ball, or accept the penalty and replay the down after enforcement of the penalty. Your hypothetical did not specify the exact nature of the penalty “illegal block,” so I can’t tell whether enforcement would be 10 or 15 yds. Now you address the dead ball personal foul on K. We’re going back 15 yds. and it will be 1st & 10 for K there. Sounds like they got it right.

I’ll be making the trip to Elkhart for this one.

Absolutely correct on all counts. It’s all about changing demographics.

I wish I knew the answer to that question. It pains me to see the Mustangs struggle like they have been.

A few former Mustang players, too. 😉

It’s disappointing. But, in an attempt to make something positive out of it, I think it’s likely this play will be included in the weekly Training Video distributed by the Indiana Football Officials Association. It reaches about 700 or so officials, so we’ll try to make it a teaching moment.

For a guy near the end of his career, who depends on acceleration and straight line speed in his game, I think it’s very likely we’ve seen the last of him in the NFL.

I agree this is a catch. But my focus is on finding out why we didn’t get it right. The streamed clip I saw did not show the back judge, and this was his call 100%. I looked at the Hudl video, which does show a wide view. The back judge is in trouble right away because of his initial position. He is head up on the football ... which is all the way on the left hash. To compound the problem, the formation is strong -- with trips, no less -- to the linesman’s side. The back judge’s initial key in this formation is the widest receiver in the trips, so he needed to line up accordingly. B should at least be in the middle of the field in this situation. Instead, he is running along the end line trying to close on the play when he has to make the critical call. On a bang bang play like that, you want to be stationary when you’re processing what you see. See, those mechanics rules do serve a purpose. 😉

Not exactly the same injury. McGahee tore all 3 knee ligaments, ACL, MCL, and PCL. What we know about Hill now is that he tore “multiple ligaments,” including his ACL. But he also dislocated his kneecap (not the same as a dislocated knee). Still, Hill’s injury is arguably more severe because of the dislocation.

Ozzy Trapilo vs. Maxx Crosby -40 snaps (26 pass, 14 run) -0 sacks -0 QBH -2 hurries For not playing a single regular season snap + going against one of the leagues best in Crosby, the rookie did a great job.

It’s really not that difficult. If the receivers commit a foul downfield during the kick, it’s treated as if the foul had occurred after the receivers possessed the football … which occurs when a player on the receiving team catches or recovers the kick. If accepted the penalty is enforced from either the spot where the foul occurred, the spot where the play ends, or the spot where the receivers caught or recovered the kick, whichever is more favorable to the kicking team.

Let’s try again. Which team committed the foul?