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irish illustrated insider i'm tim priest are with tim o'malley both of us from irish illustrated

and it is the aftermath of nordames 48 to 20 victory over u sc north dame six straight home win over

u sc and tim i you know i don't certainly we didn't expect noradame to North Dame six straight home win over USC.

And Tim, I, you know, I don't, certainly we didn't expect Nordame to win by four touchdowns.

But we did expect a bounce back, strong performance.

I thought the offensive line, despite looking at the numbers did much better, they were able to spring Audrick Estime

and to get some traction in the ground game.

The passing game was modest,

but it was the defensive performance that won the day.

Everybody's a big L. Golden fan.

Now for what really was an absolutely sensational plan

for USC's offense and Caleb Williams.

They kept them contained.

Very rarely did he escape from the pocket and have something to run for.

The Norden's secondary, an outstanding job mainly in man-to-man coverage against a group of quality receivers.

And then even everything from the second level with the linebackers coming up and filling gaps when Caleb Williams did want to run a football.

Just a sensational plan and execution by the Nordham defense against USC.

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