While watching the final minutes of the Notre Dame v. USC game, I know that my professor had to be on the edge of her seat, with her fingers crossed, praying that her alma mater USC came out victorious.
The football gods smiled on her, and USC won, barely.
The last couple minutes of the game were intense!! Notre Dame only trailed by 7, and thanks to some major flags called on USC, Notre Dame’s field position just got better and better, getting them to 1st and goal, with nine seconds left in the fourth quarter.
Mind you, Notre Dame’s junior quarterback Jimmy Clausen was on a hot streak, throwing two touchdowns in the fourth quarter (putting the Fighting Irish back into the game, 34-37.)
However, the third time just wasn’t the charm…Maybe the pressure that he was feeling got to him, because Clausen’s passing game went downhill in the final seconds of the game. Then in the “last” play of the game, Clausen’s pass was knocked down by USC’s Josh Pinkard and the Trojans thought that the game was over.
Umm, wrong, try again.
The officials ruled that there was one second left on the clock, meaning one more play for Notre Dame. Just when it seemed like Notre Dame was about to break its losing streak against USC, Clausen threw an incomplete pass to Duval Kamara, resulting in a heartbreaking loss for Notre Dame.
I know you are smiling Professor =)
I don’t really care for Notre Dame, but I was hoping for an upset, just to shake things up a little bit. Was today just another case of USC just being the better team? Or was Notre Dame just particularly unlucky today? Thoughts anyone?
Until next week!!
–The BCS Beauty
