After a year off due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Battle for the Jeweled Shillelagh is back on the schedule. The Trojans, for most of the Brian Kelly era at Notre Dame, have been a hot mess. On Saturday, it will be the third time Brian Kelly coaches against an interim USC Head Coach.
The Pete Carroll era in L.A. is a distant memory, and it reminds me of the post Holtz era in South Bend with its inconsistency, and bad coaching hires. The Irish on the other hand, have been one of the most stable programs in the country for the past four and a half years — so beat Southern Cal to a bloody pulp.