Lincoln Riley isn't sold on keeping the USC vs. Notre Dame football rivalry.
College football remains in the midst of a major realignment not only after conference expansion but with the new 12-team playoff, and now a prominent coach is suggesting that one of the sport's most historic rivalries could be expendable in this new environment.
Known as the greatest intersectional rivalry in college football, USC and Notre Dame have met almost every year since 1926, with World War II and the Covid pandemic being the only exceptions."I would love to," he said. "I know it means a lot to a lot of people. The purist in you, no doubt. Now, if you get in a position where you got to make a decision on what's best for 'SC to help us win a national championship versus keeping that, shoot, then you got to look at it.
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