The 2018 USC football team was never going to beat Notre Dame. Given how they’ve played for long stretches this season under head coach Clay Helton, they probably didn’t deserve to be on the same field.
But the Trojans wouldn’t let you off the hook that easy.
Saturday night had to not only follow the same script as every other nightmare loss, but do so in a way that gave Troy hope, adding salt in the wounds of the disaster that was this season, all with the future of Clay Helton hanging in the balance.
USC looked undoubtedly the best they have all season in the first half.