Just like with Chip Long and the offense, people aren’t sure what to make of the game plan employed by defensive coordinator Clark Lea. Obviously, fans loved what they saw in the first half. They held the high powered Trojans to just three points, forced several punts, and completely took away the outside receivers, Michael Pittman and Tyler Vaughns. In the games USC has won this season, those two players have gone crazy. When they’ve lost, they were mostly held in check. Whatever happened, USC wasn’t going to beat them on the outside in that game.
Grading Notre Dame’s Defensive Efforts Against USC
