Here we are ... it’s my favorite game of the season: the Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. the USC Trojans. After living in Southern California for 10 years, I love watching my Irish smack down the Trojans. There’s nothing better, in my book, than a ND-USC match-up on a fall (preferably sunny) day in South Bend. Last year I looked back to the Notre Dame vs. USC match-up in the fall of 1988. This year I’m going to look back to 1989, when the USC Trojans came to Notre Dame and tried to upset a Fighting Irish team that was ranked No.