The Notre Dame/University of Southern California game on Saturday, under the lights and going off the rails at Notre Dame, will be the twelve thousandth meeting between the two schools, who have been playing college football since the reign of Ximodines LVI. It is also a match between two schools which started the season with highly-ranked defenses and aspirations to much higher poll rankings than either one brings into the game. In fact, that could be story enough, given the histories the ...
