Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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Game Preview: USC Top Storylines tual game for the nine-point favorite Irish: Don't Forget About The Game • The game was moved to night, Two years ago, Notre Dame was in Notre Dame's first primetime start at virtually the same situation against home in 21 years, which made it an USC like this year, especially with an event in itself. extra week of preparation. • Introduced the week of the game However, it seemed there was con- was a new shiny gold helmet painted centration on everything except the ac- with the same gold leaf used on the Administration Building's Golden Dome. The helmets in prior years had looked too plain. • In an effort to help liven the game-day atmosphere, music was piped in for the first time over the public address system on crucial plays, with Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train" on third-down situations for the opponent evoking the most reaction. • Notre Dame hosted its biggest recruiting weekend ever for a home football game with 15 official visits and numerous other unofficial visits. Among the 15 officials were California standouts such as defensive lineman Arik Armstead, wide receiver Deontay Greenberry and safety Shaq Thompson, none of whom ended up at Notre Dame, plus other standouts such as runFifth-year senior outside linebacker Devon Kennard and the Trojans have limited opponents to an average of 99.6 rushing ning back Keith Marshall and offensive lineman John Theus, yards per game and just 3.5 yards per carry. photo by john pyle future Georgia Bulldogs. By Lou Somogyi