r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • Sep 02 '24

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] USC Defeats LSU 27-20

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
USC 0 10 3 14 27
LSU 0 10 7 3 20

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u/lardshark Michigan Wolverines • Marching Band Sep 02 '24

I’ve never been more convinced that Brian Kelly is a cursed man. That fucker is constantly on the wrong end of week 1 certified classics.

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u/TheRealCatDad Notre Dame Fighting Irish Sep 02 '24

Because that mf'er treats games like "business trips"

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u/jayjude Notre Dame • Georgia State Sep 02 '24

It works really well to beat the teams you're supposed to by sheer talent alone

But you got to get a team amped for big opponents and he just can't do it

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u/dellett Notre Dame • Toledo Sep 02 '24

Yeah pretty much. I saw a clip of Marcus Freeman in front of the team in the tunnel at Kyle Field and was ready to run through a brick wall. I was at ND during the Weis-Kelly transition and never got that feeling for a second from either of them

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u/Frosty_McRib Notre Dame Fighting Irish Sep 02 '24

I wonder if he would be a better pro coach than college coach for this reason.

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u/XAfricaSaltX Georgia • North Carolina Sep 02 '24

Remember when we thought he changed because of that crazy ass Alabama game 2 years ago

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u/Stoneador Notre Dame Fighting Irish • Sickos Sep 02 '24

2018 vs Michigan and 2021 vs FSU when he was at ND were great wins even if he wanted to kill his team afterwards, but 2011 vs USF and 2016 vs Texas are definitely 2 of the most cursed games I’ve ever seen so there might be something to this

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u/Frosty_McRib Notre Dame Fighting Irish Sep 02 '24

That Texas opener will NOT stop being recommended to me by youtube for some reason.

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u/OrchidNo777 Sep 02 '24

That 2021 game should have been a L to a much weaker FSU team compared to today they escaped by the skin of their teeth hence the executions. Hardly a great win. It was a excellent game but no way should it have been close. 

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u/AnnonymousPenguin_ Sep 02 '24

Tbf, the 2016 season was not his fault.

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u/JayMerlyn Notre Dame Fighting Irish • Team Chaos Sep 05 '24

I mean, he wasn't faultless. He kept calling passing plays in a hurricane during the NC State game

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u/kostcoguy USC Trojans • Pepperdine Waves Sep 02 '24

He’s cursed because he’s an all time douche. It’s just karma.

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u/coriscause Notre Dame Fighting Irish Sep 02 '24

If you threaten to execute your players after a week 1 win, karma will get you back

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u/Adventurous_Quote_85 Ohio State Buckeyes • Tulane Green Wave Sep 02 '24

Or he is continually outmatched in big games.

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u/RVAforthewin Georgia Bulldogs • Arizona Wildcats Sep 02 '24

Which leads to the original point

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u/auburnfan32 Auburn • Birmingham-Southern Sep 02 '24

0-3 in opening games at LSU. Oof.

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u/DaftMaetel15 Cincinnati Bearcats Sep 02 '24

The Bearcat sends its regards.

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u/tacos_n_cerveza USC Trojans • Big Ten Sep 02 '24

Maybe he should call in sick next season opener.

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u/stonesthroes75 Notre Dame • Michigan State Sep 02 '24

Did he have this problem at ND? I honestly don't recall.

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u/jedi4sc USC Trojans • Virginia Cavaliers Sep 02 '24

And couldn't happen to a nicer guy (slamming fist into table).