Bill Plaschke writes<\/a>, \u201cIf the Trojans truly want to return to greatness, being selected for the CFP is the goal. Not beating Notre Dame. Not even beating UCLA.\u201d That\u2019s 100% wrong.<\/p>\nAs a USC alum (1965) and longtime fan, those are the only things that do matter. I have often said that if USC beats UCLA or Notre Dame, the coach deserves another season. To give up this grand tradition in pursuit of the arguably artificial and profit-driven CFP would be an unforgivable sin.<\/p>\n
Noel Park
Rancho Palos Verdes<\/p>\n
A USC national football championship without playing Notre Dame rings hollow \u2014 an asterisked title, a meal that never satisfies, a taste you can\u2019t quite wash away. It may shine in the record books, but it will always feel unfinished to those who know what real college football tradition demands. Earth to Lincoln Riley: an undefeated season is still a loss without playing the Fighting Irish. What\u2019s next? If UCLA becomes competitive, then there will be no crosstown game?<\/p>\n
Jeff Black
Los Angeles<\/p>\n
So the Fighting Irish own a series edge of 53-37, have won 3 in a row, 7 of the last 8, and 11 of the last 15 games. Yet Bill Plaschke now claims that Notre Dame is running away from the series and is afraid of \u201cOle SC.\u201d To paraphrase the late, great Jim Healy, Plaschke is on the Leonard Tose highway!<\/p>\n
Jerome M. Jackson
El Segundo<\/p>\n
Notre Dame is the Burger King of college football \u2014 always having it their way. From backdoor deals with the corrupt [CFP] guaranteeing a playoff spot if they finish ranked in the top 12 to refusing to join a conference so that they can pocket all bowl game money, the Irish are treated like college football royalty. Glad USC told the Irish toddlers they can\u2019t have ice cream for breakfast!<\/p>\n
Mark S. Roth
Playa Vista<\/p>\n
\u201cUSC and Notre Dame recognize how special our rivalry is to our fans \u2026\u201d A joint statement by the athletic directors of the two schools. Really? Fake news!<\/p>\n
Wayne Muramatsu
Cerritos<\/p>\n
No USC-Notre Dame football game! Who\u2019s next to be cut from the Notre Dame football schedule, Navy? Oh wait, the Irish can\u2019t afford to drop Navy. That might hurt their chance$ at a playoff berth.<\/p>\n
Ted Bartscherer
Pasadena<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> Bill Plaschke writes, \u201cIf the Trojans truly want to return to greatness, being selected for the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111095,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[40291,10951,11155,55762,55761,423,48,52,51,1415,1838,47,50,49,63,8062,11706,10947,11599,427,315],"class_list":["post-111094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-bill-plaschke","tag-coach-sean-mcvay","tag-defense","tag-defensive-coordinator-chris-shula","tag-emmanuel-forbes","tag-game","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-lakers","tag-letter","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-los-angeles-times","tag-prediction","tag-ram","tag-rams","tag-seahawks","tag-team","tag-time"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}