Letters to Sports: Playing the blame game in | College News
Bill Plaschke writes, “If the Trojans truly want to return to greatness, being selected for the CFP is the goal. Not beating Notre Dame. Not even beating UCLA.” That’s 100% fallacious.
As a USC alum (1965) and longtime fan, those are the only issues that do matter. I’ve often said that if USC beats UCLA or Notre Dame, the coach deserves another season. To give up this grand custom in pursuit of the arguably synthetic and profit-driven CFP can be an unforgivable sin.
Noel Park
Rancho Palos Verdes
A USC national soccer championship without taking part in Notre Dame rings hole — an asterisked title, a meal that never satisfies, a style you possibly can’t fairly wash away. It might shine in the file books, but it can always really feel unfinished to those who know what real faculty soccer custom calls for. Earth to Lincoln Riley: an undefeated season is still a loss without taking part in the Fighting Irish. What’s next? If UCLA turns into aggressive, then there might be no crosstown game?
Jeff Black
Los Angeles
So the Fighting Irish own a sequence edge of 53-37, have received 3 in a row, 7 of the last 8, and 11 of the last 15 video games. Yet Bill Plaschke now claims that Notre Dame is operating away from the sequence and is afraid of “Ole SC.” To paraphrase the late, great Jim Healy, Plaschke is on the Leonard Tose freeway!
Jerome M. Jackson
El Segundo
Notre Dame is the Burger King of faculty soccer — always having it their approach. From backdoor offers with the corrupt [CFP] guaranteeing a playoff spot if they end ranked in the top 12 to refusing to be a part of a convention so that they will pocket all bowl game money, the Irish are handled like faculty soccer royalty. Glad USC told the Irish toddlers they will’t have ice cream for breakfast!
Mark S. Roth
Playa Vista
“USC and Notre Dame recognize how special our rivalry is to our fans …” A joint assertion by the athletic administrators of the two faculties. Really? Fake news!
Wayne Muramatsu
Cerritos
No USC-Notre Dame soccer game! Who’s next to be cut from the Notre Dame soccer schedule, Navy? Oh wait, the Irish can’t afford to drop Navy. That may harm their likelihood$ at a playoff berth.
Ted Bartscherer
Pasadena
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