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Yahoo Sports: Matt Barkley agrees: Notre Dame ‘did give up’ against USC

Quarterback Matt Barkley thinks Notre Dame players quit in the final minutes of USC's 31-17 win over the Irish in South Bend, a sentiment several USC players have expressed since the game ended. "I was shocked that they didn't use the timeouts because we got on the field with … about seven minutes left, and I thought they were planning on stopping us and saving their timeouts for the end when they had the ball," Barkley said Monday in an interview with Max Kellerman and Marcellus Wiley on 710 ESPN in Los Angeles. "It seemed from our sideline and our ...

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