ND vs. USC circa 1999 liveblog

I found a condensed version (one more reason to love Hulu) of the '99 ND vs. USC match up. I thought it could be fun to live blog it for kicks...

• Dick Enberg does the broadcast. I wish he still did the games


• Joey Getheral: great to hear that name and watch him play


• Julius Jones is a freshmen here... fast forward 10 years and he may be on the down side of his NFL career already


• commercial reference to Third Watch. I loved that show; 9-11 ruined it; i should see if I can find it in DVD


• I do not miss ND running an option based offense... they look lost and inept


• I am reminded why Bob Davie got fired


• 21-3 Trojans at the Half ... YUCK and POO


• Rocky Boiman ... He was one of the first ND players my boys met. I need to find that photo


• the ND place kicking game was truly bad for about 15 years.


• Paul Hackett trying to pull of the Bo Schembechler look, LOL


• late third quarter: the momentum is definitely changing!


• it's raining pretty hard now


• end of 3 : 24-10 USC ... ND is marching in Trojan territory


• Jarius Jackson was a pure athlete


• missed xtra point ... UGH! 24-16 USC


• 10 yard USC punt ... opportunity is knocking


• 24-19 after field goal ...


• the USC defense looks tired, lots of missed coverages, Jackson not accurate enough in the rain


• Jackson scrambles, runs for 20 yds, fumbles on the 1, ND recovers in the end zone! 2 pts conversion no good 25-24 ND


• 2:30 left


• ND strips the ball and looks to hold on/ run out the clock


• USC recovers fumble with just over a minute ... nail biting time


• turnover on downs ... victory formation !


• biggest comeback since the Montana Cotton Bowl

That was pretty fun. There are a few other ND games and some others available. I may do that again...