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USC-Notre Dame: The Trojan Era and the Golden Age That Never Came (opens the original)
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This is the fifth and final installment of our series on the USC-Notre Dame football rivalry, one that began in 1926, but goes on hiatus starting this season. In our first installment, we looked at the origins of the series and the ensuing four decades. <a href="https://thesportsdiaries.substack.com/p/usc-notre-dame-and-the-gold
Notre Dame - USC 1989: Best Game of the Holtz Era (opens the original)
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This is the third installment of our series on the USC-Notre Dame football rivalry, one that began in 1926, but goes on hiatus starting this season. In our first installment, we looked at the origins of the series and the ensuing four decades. In
Notre Dame-USC: Spoilers, Surprises & The Rivalry That Refused To Fade (opens the original)
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This is the third installment of our series on the USC-Notre Dame football rivalry, one that began in 1926, but goes on hiatus starting this season. In our first installment, we looked at the origins of the series and the ensuing four decades. In
USC, Notre Dame & The Golden Age of A Rivalry (opens the original)
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This is the second installment of our series on the USC-Notre Dame football rivalry, one that began in 1926, but goes on hiatus starting this season. In our first installment, we looked at the origins of the series and the four decades that put
How Notre Dame–USC Became a Rivalry (opens the original)
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Last week, we introduced our five-part journey through the history of Notre Dame–USC, a rivalry now on hiatus after nearly a century of football. Our first installment looks at the game’s origins in 1926 and the four ensuing decades that made it an American sports tradition.It was a rivalry that started as a friendship rooted in professional respect. In 1925, USC was looking for a head coach. Knute Rockne, by now the pre-eminent name in college football, had a recommendation. Four years earlier,
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