A Game for the Ages

Seven Seconds left, down three points and all USC needed to do was spike the ball, and kick a field goal to take things to overtime. Pete Carroll motioned to his Heisman winner, Matt Leinart to spike it and as the Trojans walked to the line of scrimmage that appeared to be just what was happening. Not quite though. USC would have no part in "playing it safe" today. After the hike, Leinart with the ball in his hands pushed and juked two yards into the end zone, giving the Trojans of USC the lead at 34-31, and giving the Fightin' Irish three seconds to do the impossible.

Sound exciting? That was just the last seven seconds. Notre Dame exercised excitement and flare as well. With five minutes left, down 28-24, the home field heroes struck quick and easy, giving themselves what seemed an incredible amount of momentum and what I thought would be the games last scoring drive. I was wrong.

This game had been talked about all week, and after watching I can now see why someone would pay over $400 dollars to see USC play. It may seem odd, sacrilegious even for me to cheer for the Trojans, considering I've been a UCLA fan my whole life (my dad graduated from there). However, my allegiances remain with the PAC-10 when it comes to non-conference match ups, even USC. If you didn't by chance tune in to this game because you had something better to do, which is essentially nothing, look for highlights on SportsCenter; they will amaze you.