ND  7  3  0  0 10
USC 3 14 10 14 41

I got to watch USC beat the crap out of Notre Dame for their homecoming. It was my first USC home game, and it was a whole lot more fun watching a game there than it is at Stanford, even if it was pouring rain on us most of the game. There's just a whole lot more going on when you go to a USC home game than there at Stanford.

It was a typical Pete Carroll game: USC looked terrible in the first quarter and a half, completely unable to stop the Notre Dame running game, then they made some adjustments and completely unloaded on Notre Dame. Leinhart racked up 5 TDs/400 yards, Reggie Bush had a great cut that lead to a 70 yard touchdown, Jarrett got a couple, Smith got one in his return from a broken leg, and a fake punt with seven minutes remaining got the Notre Dame staff pissed off as USC was already up 34-10 (and soon went to 41-10 afterwards).

1st Quarter
06:24   TD NOTRE DAME
BILLY PALMER 1 YD PASS FROM BRADY QUINN
(DAVID FITZGERALD KICK)
01:25   FG USC
RYAN KILLEEN 39 YD
    2nd Quarter
11:51   FG NOTRE DAME
DAVID FITZGERALD 28 YD
05:53   TD USC
DWAYNE JARRETT 10 YD PASS FROM MATT LEINART
(RYAN KILLEEN KICK)
02:06   TD USC
DWAYNE JARRETT 57 YD PASS FROM JASON LEACH
(RYAN KILLEEN KICK)
    3rd Quarter
09:16   FG USC
RYAN KILLEEN 42 YD
03:06   TD USC
REGGIE BUSH 59 YD PASS FROM MATT LEINART
(RYAN KILLEEN KICK)
    4th Quarter
12:27   TD USC
STEVE SMITH 35 YD PASS FROM MATT LEINART
(RYAN KILLEEN KICK)
06:57   TD USC
JASON MITCHELL 23 YD PASS FROM MATT LEINART
(RYAN KILLEEN KICK)