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USC heads to South Bend for a primetime rivalry with Notre Dame, and you don’t need cable to catch it.

Kickoff is 7:30 p.m. ET on NBC, and the simplest way to watch is a 5-day DIRECTV free trial , which includes local NBC in most markets for new users.

Oddsmakers have the Irish favored by roughly a touchdown-plus, so USC will need its big-play offense to travel. The Post’s Week 8 picks even have USC (+9.5) covering in South Bend thanks to the Trojans’ top-tier scoring punch.

Beyond bragging rights and the Jeweled Shillelagh, this is a tone-setter for Notre Dame’s stretch run under Marcus Freeman, whose program has stayed squarely in t

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