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          National title implications hover over South Bend

          • Beano Cook, College FootballOct 11, 2005, 03:00 AM ET
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              Carroll H. "Beano" Cook joined ESPN in March 1986 and served as a college football studio commentator and occasional sideline reporter, in addition to offering college football commentary on ESPN Radio. He died in October 2012.

          The USC-Notre Dame football series began in the 1920s and was a great rivalry.

          When Knute Rockne died in March of 1931, the series lost a little of its luster, although the game that fall -- in which USC trailed 14-0 but came back to win 16-14 -- remains one of the greatest victories in the history of Trojan football.

          Lore says the victory parade after the game drew more than 100,000 people to downtown Los Angeles.