... feel that 2009 will be a success, not if the Irish go 11-1 and end up in a BCS game, but instead if they are able to beat USC for the first time since 2001.

Beating USC would go a very long way in showing that Notre Dame is back, something they have been trying to prove for far too long in Fighting Irish Country. Is the battle on Oct. 17 the most important game on the schedule for the Irish in 2009 though?

With the way the college football gods lined up the the 2009 season schedule to look like, Oct. 17 could turn into the most important regular season weekend of the season.

If Florida is to go unbeaten like so many expect, then USC and Notre Dame as well as Texas and Oklahoma could be playing elimination games for the other...

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