Notre Dame Has A Make Or Break vs USC
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00:03 >> But it almost feels like, Ryan, we've heard different expressions.
00:08 We've used some, Notre Dame's a wounded animal,
00:10 their backs are against the wall, all that stuff.
00:12 This isn't just about the rivalry game.
00:14 This isn't just about, hey, this is a big game.
00:18 You've gotta beat Southern Cal, all that kind of stuff.
00:20 This is about, honestly, kind of survival of the season.
00:24 It's like, you lose this game, does this team,
00:29 what does it say about this?
00:31 Cuz it's not just what a loss would mean,
00:34 it's what a loss would say about this football team.
00:36 It's sort of a referendum on where Notre Dame is through,
00:42 what this would be, the 21st game of the Marcus Freeman tenure.
00:48 I don't count the bowl game, I've made that very clear.
00:51 The 21st game of the Marcus Freeman tenure, and you would fall to 14 and 7.
00:56 You'd fall to what would be 1 and 4 in the quote, unquote, big games.
01:03 You'd fall to 5 and 5 against top 25 opponents.
01:07 It would make you a very mediocre program for two years.
01:11 And the fact of the matter is, is that Marcus Freeman took over a program
01:16 that had gone 11 and 2, 10 and 2,
01:21 11 and 2, and 12 and 1 in the four years prior to his arrival.
01:29 >> Yeah. >> So a loss means the program's regressed.
01:32 I mean, there's no other way to say it.
01:33 You can make all the excuses you want for last year and
01:36 the quarterback injuries, you don't have those excuses this year.
01:39 >> Thank you, sir.
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