No. 21 Notre Dame hopes to rebound from 2nd loss while renewing rivalry with No. 10 USC
The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “We expect it to be an electric atmosphere, a great environment and a great opportunity for this program to use the adversity we faced this past week and to use it as energy and motivation.” Saturday’s game closes out a stretch in which Notre Dame has faced four ranked, undefeated opponents, all in prime time. If you don’t have the bubbles in your stomach, then you’re not the elite competitor we need you to be.” Notre Dame certainly appeared mentally and physically exhausted in last week’s 33-20 loss to Louisville, a margin that would have been even worse if not for Notre Dame’s late TD. Notre Dame ran for an abysmal 1.6 yards per carry even as the team started the weekend with the nation’s top rusher, Audric Estime. “I felt good.” The key now, though, is for the Irish to bring that same energy, focus and passion into Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday night and do something the critics don’t think is possible — giving themselves another chance to get back into the playoff conversation.
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