USC Gets Rude South Bend Welcoming

Last night during a storm the University of Southern California football team flew into South Bend for their upcoming game against Notre Dame. According to reports, the pilot of the plane abandoned his first attempt at landing the aircraft, was forced to circle the runway for about 20 minutes to wait out the turbulence, and then successfully landed the plane. Many of the passengers, which included USC coach Pete Carroll and possible starting quarterback John David Booty, reported that the incident was terrifying. Before the first attempted landing the plane made a large, rapid drop in altitude which sent some players and coaches flying out of their seats.

The way this will affect the game is not yet known, but it seems likely that the USC players all had a pretty big spook. Of course they will be in South Bend at their hotel all day, and any adrenaline from the flight will have long since passed through their system. It’s always an advantage to frighten, intimidate and harass your opponent when they are in your home, so you have to think that, if anything, this incident will work in the favor of Notre Dame. Hopefully the Irish will be the ones dropping USC for huge losses (in yardage) on Saturday.

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