October 15, 2005. Simply the most amazing football game I’ve ever seen (on television).
One of the greatest football rivalries ever - USC vs. Notre Dame.
“Irish quarterback Brady Quinn had given Notre Dame a 31-28 lead with 2:02 left, dashing around right end for a 5-yard touchdown, extending his right arm across the goal line with the ball.”
With just 2 minutes remaining, they showed a long list of winning streaks that were ended in South Bend.
For a moment the Irish, dressed for success in kelly green jerseys, thought they had added another stunning upset to their illustrious history. Leinart scrambled from inside the 5, launched himself toward the end zone but was stopped short and the ball was sent flying out of bounds.
The clock kept ticking down to 0:00. Notre Dame’s fans rushed the field
We saw Notre Dame winning, 31-28, and time was up: 0:00.
but after the officials huddled, 7 seconds was put back on the clock and the ball was spotted inside the 1. …
Leinart pushed and spun his way into the end zone with 3 seconds left to cap a chaotic finish and No. 1 USC escaped with its 28th straight victory, a back-and-forth 34-31 win Saturday over No. 9 Notre Dame in a game that lived up to the hype.
Three seconds. Final score: USC 34, Notre Dame 31.
I was never into football before. But football really makes things awesome when you come to USC.
Fight on!
Let me say that even though I dont follow either team, but follow college football religiously, the officials did drop the ball on this one, the game was over! And as usual USC gets by slightly, there is only so much of that you can do, it will catch up. Enjoy it and I cant wait until they get robbed and then hear everone complain from USC’s end saying that it was unfair. Trust me, I sat with some very key individuals that know their football and there are people in trouble for what happen, you just wont hear about it! Take Care and hold on for that unfair loss…..ND was robbed!!!
Hi Wes. It sounds like people there are “extremely pissed” rather often. Anyway, if you saw and/or read about the game, you should know it wasn’t “unfair.”
Take it easy =)
people here are extremely pissed about your unfair win.
however, that will just make the game between us, worth more. We’ll be sure to get revenge.
Due to my own inclinations, I couldn’t decide right up to the end who I wanted to win. But I got to see exactly what I wanted in terms of a high scoring and exciting game.
Awesome man!!! Some one was asking me how I could sit through such a long game!!! I guess his question was answered today.
Totally cool.