Any college football fan who read the Los Angeles Times report on Monday that Notre Dame and USC were in active discussions to resume their annual rivalry should have let out a sigh of relief. That's a better development than the one we got last December, which was that the two schools couldn't come to an agreement to play in 2026, and that the Irish's automatic Playoff bid with a top -12 seed played a significant role in that stalemate. But regardless of what the motivators for both parties are, let's focus on the issue at hand. USC needs to play Notre Dame ... badly Wait, why? Won't the beefed-up Big Ten do USC's bidding? And won't a likely expanded Playoff make it so that all motivation to schedule premier non-conference matchups is completely off the table?…