Just two seasons into Lincoln Riley's time at USC, one respected college football analyst has seen enough and declared it over for the pairing.
Entering conference championship weekend 2022 it appeared everything was right with USC football. In their first year under head coach Lincoln Riley, the Trojans were a win over Utah from heading to the College Football Playoff for the first time in program history and were a week away from seeing Caleb Williams win the Heisman Trophy.Williams would play through pain in that Pac 12 championship game but USC was unable to match Utah's physicality and were routed.
“If you look at the reality, the number of players bailing on Lincoln Riley in Southern California is startling,” said Finebaum. “I always thought he was a really good coach. Especially on the offensive side. But I don’t think anyone today views him in that same realm. Quite frankly, I think he’ll be out of Southern California at the end of the season.
It's easy to look historically and say that Riley has poor defenses. At Oklahoma his teams were built to outscore you but they'd find trouble at times with Baylor and Kansas State who could matchup with them up front. Are the departures USC has dealt with and the recent de-commitments in recruiting a Riley problem or a USC problem though?
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