Intact, not equal
ND-USC: A Rivalry Recalibrating
Two blue bloods, separated by realignment, a coastal divide, and a hundred and thirty years of memory. The series resumes — and the discourse about what it should be is louder than the game.
What the fanbase believes vs. what the model sees
Fan belief30.0
-60.0 pts
Market/model90.0
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11,005: The Week the Two Lines Stopped Rhyming
Notre Dame's October 18 Wikipedia spike — six and a half times USC's Saturday number and the biggest single-day Irish reading in the ledger — blows up the convergence story three chapters in the making.
Written by our model from the sources cited in the chapter. It can get facts wrong.
“It should never have come down to the final drive. We had lots of other chances. But it looks like BYU's clock operator was running the clock down extra on that final drive.”
— a fan in r/notredamefootball, Reddit, Oct 21
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