... specifically, they must channel the echos from 1977, when both the Irish and the Trojans entered the game with one loss. The Irish were heavy underdogs at home, with a junior quarterback with rising stature. The Irish went on to win the game wearing green and ended the year with a National Title.

This year, a title may be out of reach, but a season of promise and rebirth for a once mighty program would become reality with a win over the Trojans.

Since 2001, when Bob Davie's Irish handed Pete Carroll his only double-digit defeat the Irish haven't had much to cheer about in this series. Beginning the following year with a 44-13 pounding at the Coliseum, the Trojans began dominating the Irish.

Only once during USC'...

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