Game Day Notes & Observations: Notre Dame 48 USC 20

usc-head-coach-lincoln-riley-excited-about-opportunity-second-half-season-trojans — Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK

General Maximus said, “Whatever comes out of these gates, we've got a better chance of survival if we work together. Do you understand? If we stay together we survive.” USC gladiators weren't working together and they did not survive.

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