In 2016, Notre Dame went 4-8. The next year, head coach Brian Kelly engineered a 10-3 bounce back season.
In 2018, when USC football floundered to a 5-7 record, athletic director Lynn Swann and head coach Clay Helton both referenced their rivals’ ability to recover from what was an unacceptable slip up. If the Irish could do it, so could the Trojans.
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But how did Notre Dame manage that feat? It wasn’t by sticking with what wasn’t working. And they left a road map.