The 96th rendition of the USC-Notre Dame rivalry had a messy, water-logged ending. The Irish celebrated their 34-24 win on the field to a remixed version of Tupac Shakur’s “California Love” that replaced each West Coast reference with a South Bend one.

The soggy game ended at 10:52 p.m. Atlantic Time, and the Trojans’ postgame press conference didn’t get underway until 11:45. What exactly was said in the locker room may never leave its walls, but what was presented to the public was honest.

“We got a good team in there,” head coach Lincoln Riley told reporters. “I know we have a good team in there.”

Riley’s most head-scratching play call of the season appeared early in the fourth quarter, with rain steadily falling on Notre Dame Stadium.

Irish kicker Noah Burnette had sent a 31-yar

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