The game has been played since 1926 -- with these two teams (Notre Dame and USC) playing every year since (other than the WWII years: 1943, 1944 and 1945). One of the games, USC's controversial victory in 2005 "The Bush Push" -- had to be vacated by USC as part of their penalties for cheating -- due to the many benefits given the Reggie Bush family during his playing days in LA. So, the Trojans come into this game having won the last four games -- not the "eight" you may hear ABC chirp about tonight! Now, when you hear ABC say "USC has dominated this series" -- please remind those sitting around you that the true definition of "DOMINATING THIS SERIES" belongs to Notre Dame. The Irish won
ELEVEN STRAIGHT from 1993 to 2003 and maintain an overall winning record of 42-33-5 in this series.
