While the game was much closer than Vegas oddsmakers and college football experts predicted, the Notre Dame played a fundamentally sound game across all facets of the game and made it extremely difficult to pick out any major criticisms. One would think that the fact that USC was able to keep the game this close would indicate that the Irish would have had sloppy play somewhere.
Instead, it is a testament to how well the young, talented Trojans played against the Irish. As a result, for the second consecutive week, there will be no criticisms and a doubling of compliments for the Irish.