USC Morning Buzz: Lincoln Riley Is 365 Days from Big Ten Move

USC and UCLA officially join the Big Ten one year from today.

It’s going to be quite a first year for the Trojans, with non-conference games against LSU and Notre Dame plus road trips to Maryland, Northwestern, Penn State, Purdue, UCLA.

The home games are Illinois, Iowa Michigan, Wisconsin.

A Pac-12 coach recently told me he doesn’t think Lincoln Riley will enjoy it.

“I suspect he won’t be around too long for that,” the coach said. “I think he’ll be in the NFL. The Big Ten’s going to be a tough situation with the travel, the level of competition.

“The teams are physical. How has Lincoln Riley done against physical teams over the years?”

94 thoughts on “USC Morning Buzz: Lincoln Riley Is 365 Days from Big Ten Move

    1. What has the Big 10 done to get all this respect? USC has been kicking their ass for years. Other than Ohio State nobody in that conference can match up. How is is any different than playing Oregon state on Thursday night on road in November. Scott is drinking the Koolaid.

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      1. Do uou think Ohio St. still has a copy of Alex Grinch’s “playbook” or did they throw that single piece of paper in the trash when they ran him out of town?

        LOL!

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      2. Check out this know nothing idiot Donte Williams, he doesn’t know what the fuck he’s talking about.

        What an absolute embarrassment!

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  1. The guy has a point-
    This Big-10 business will be tough in
    November with a weather-tested foe

    On many levels the Pac-12 dismantling,
    Midwest move will prove to be disastrous-
    But the ‘Devil must be paid

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      1. Why do you get soooo butt-hurt when someone challenges you. It’s rubbing off in your posting with the fake gabby socket puppet

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      2. Cowardly Gabby only brings tired cliches, Democrat Talking Points, calls for violence against posters until her challenge is taken up and psychotic rants to this board.

        Plow Horse
        JUNE 22, 2023 AT 10:23 PM
        Gabby is the biggest pussy on this blog.

        Still waiting for dates, Mr. keyboard tough guy.

        Gabby (original)
        JUNE 23, 2023 AT 1:50 AM
        You’re the one calling me out so why in the fuck would i drive to LA

        Plow Horse
        JUNE 23, 2023 AT 2:50 AM
        Hey chickensh*t Gabby: You called me out when you brought my wife and mother into it. You would never do that face to face and you know it. You are the one who knows nothing about street etiquette. So stop acting like I need to canvass the homeless encampments trying to find you. Be a man. Pasadena boxing gym – give me a date pussy boy. Have the balls to tell me about my wife and mother to my face.

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      3. hey – the B10 money juices our enowment return by 1%. USC has ALWAYS been about the money. I speak to someone in USC Planned Giving on a semiannual basis when I contemplate staying in the support group for my school and we had a good laugh one time about the “great deal” Andrew Viterbi got for getting a school named after him for “only” $50M.

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  2. Scooter,

    If SC goes undefeated, that will be awesome. That is a very tough and brutal schedule. If Riley leaves, then SC needs a coach with a more physical attitude and teaching the players to be more physical.

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    1. Right, PT, the man says Big-10 team are “physical”
      and SC hasn’t been that way since Carroll and still isn’t really
      When the Trojans play Midwest teams in the November cold
      they had better come prepared to play physically or get knocked off
      It just might take a very different recruiting approach–
      tough guys only

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      1. I don’t like disagreeing with all my friends [in fact, I hate it cuz I love you guys]—but we’ll do fine…..
        #…AndIfWeHadCalebWe’dDoWayBetterThan”Fine”….
        #RileyJustNeedsToFindTheRightReplacemeent

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      2. When you play in the cold, always remember that both teams are playing in the cold. Does cold relate to running slower or being unable to pass the ball? Can’t quite figure out why the cold, especially these days, is so scary to some people.

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      3. Any shrinkagae on Slo Cal would classify him as an introvert, especially considering that his balls haven’t yet dropped

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      4. Gabby aka The Guy who posts as So Cal's Wife & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young & Michael Guarino's avatar Gabby aka The Guy who posts as So Cal's Wife & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young & Michael Guarino says:

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  3. Why the does a “Pac12 coach” think that Riley will back off from the challenge of the B1G. Why is everyone so deathly afraid of the cold weather? Young men on an airplane for 5 hours gets done all the time, why is travel a big deal? It sounds like the “pac12 coach” thinks Riley is a pussy. Or is it Scott Wolf thinks Riley is a pussy?

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      1. ..no ….you just spend your life reading him….and getting upset….
        #”I’mHere&UnhappyAgain,Everybody”…
        #There’sASimpleSolution…
        #[SeeIfYouCanFigureItOut]

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      2. MG: No one is going to speak the truth about my Scotty. My life is this blog. You better stop it, Gabby!

        Scott: ”I’m Here & Unhappy Again, Everybody”…

        Gabby: There’s A Simple Solution…See If You Can Figure It Out

        (your sock puppet gotroy22 is all played out, get a new schtick)

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      3. ..no ….you just spend your life reading Gabby’s comments ….and getting upset….
        #”I’mHere&UnhappyAgain,Everybody”…
        #There’sASimpleSolution…
        #[SeeIfYouCanFigureItOut]

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      4. Can someone please reply to slo pa-troll? I know, I know, he has no football IQ, work with him!

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      5. Cowardly Gabby still doesn’t know why everyone despises her. just as Senile Joe doesn’t know why he is one of the most despised president in American history.

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      6. MG……the voice might have changed but the breath still smells the same

        (get a new playbook)

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      7. Cowardly Gabby is the skunk at the picnic, like her Dictator Senile Joe at the beach… but Tucker is haunting Senile joe.

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      8. I have never seen anyone on any blog —sports or political —go so far out of his way to alienate everyone else 24/7.
        I think gotry22 is monetarily motivated. At least that would make some kind of sense — otherwise, the course of conduct we’re seeing is completely irrational.

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      9. It’s so fun bringing your old posts back to haunt you like Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, Cowardly Gabby.

        You are as evil as your hero Senile Joe the pedo:

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    1. Travel takes up most of a day and adding 2 more hours to a flight really doesnt change much. For basketball and any sport that plays alot more games, this might be a nightmare.

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      1. Two mid-week basketball games back east plus keeping up with school will be challenging

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      2. No duh, Cowardly Gabby! Running a dictatorship is also challenging for Senile Joe.. but he manages to check all the boxes.

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      3. MG….the voice might have changed but the breath still smells the same!

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      4. fake gabby…..the voice might have changed but the breath still smells the same!

        (there is life beyond his blog)

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  4. There is evidence of Los Angeles football teams playing poorly in the cold– Rams in the 60s and 70s, SC’s record with ND at South Bend

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    1. John — For starters, we might be blessed with a new DC in 2024….
      #Also: RileyIsABetterCoachThanHarbaughWho’sBestOfBig10…
      #…ButIAgree:2024IsGonnaBeThe”Big[10]Challenge”..
      #[IBelieveRileyWillRiseToTheChallenge]

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      1. To say one is better than the other you must evaluate their entire body of work. Riley has zero NFL experience….enough said!

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  5. ugh, the bloggur haz bin talkin to his imaginury coachin friends agin. No mattur whut the issu iz, the imaginury coahcs alwayz say usc stinks. maybe they iz jellus becuz the west coast confurence is fallin into the abyss without the trojans.

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    1. Or maybe Missus, when Scott hears the ‘coaches’ opinions
      he filters out the positive and in goes the negative

      And yes, SC was the beginning of the falling-failing Pac-12
      as dominoes are laid out everywhere.
      One wonders if SC could have negotiated a better Pac-12 deal for itself
      after Troy became “prominent” again in 2022

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      1. Maybe the Pac 12 Commissioner would have been better off if he had just asked USC to do the negotiating for the entire Pac12 the day he got the job….
        #Pac12Commissioner:”IWillStayOnAfterALLTeamsLeave!”
        #”ThePacZero”

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  6. All this BS about the Big 10…

    Utah is an extremely physical team and Rice Eccles is one of the most difficult places to play because of the altitude and weather and crowd. We have played plenty of games in bad weather against Oregon State and Wazzu, etc. Oregon State has one of the most physical offensive lines in the country this year.

    Yes, the Big 10 is a bit more physical on average, but they dont have the incredible QBs that we will be facing this year in the Pac-12. Recent coaching changes in the Pac-12 have significantly upgraded the level of the conference.

    What makes that schedule so tough next year is the LSU game and Notre Dame game on top of the Big 10 schedule. Brutal.

    The big difference between college football and the NFL is the roster. At USC, Riley can dip into the transfer portal and high schools and pull out a roster that is better than 90% of the opponents. If you are OK with putting in the work to recruit, you give yourself a huge advantage. That doesnt exist in the NFL.

    Why would he leave when he can create a dynasty at USC? the recruiting will get easier every year if he wins at the CFP level.

    I’m tired of the talk about how tough the Big 10 is. The Pac-12 will have more teams that are in the top 10 this season than the Big 10, imo.

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  7. Lincoln Riley’s teams would never be confused with a Pete Carroll team. I’m still waiting to see a game where they dominate on defense.

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    1. Yeah?! Check out the Cotton Bowl…
      #WeCompletelyDominatedOnTheFirstSeries…
      #…ButTheDamnGameKeptGoing

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      1. According to you, we lost the game due to “special Teams” coaching or lack of coaching.

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      2. MG…..the voice might have changed but the breath still smells the same!

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      3. Somebody is so delusional —- thank God there’s only one of him…..
        #”YouThoughtYouCouldTrickMe….
        #…ButISeeEverything!…”

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      4. …Speaking of delusional —why would Joe put his cap on backwards & take his shirt off for the cameras? Did Dr. Jill tell him he looked “so cool” that way?
        #APhotoThatWillLiveInInfamy….
        #…NextToTheOneOfFatBroadYelling”Noooo!”WhenTrumpGotIn…

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      5. fake gabby…..your voice might have changed but the breath still smells the same….

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      6. Cowardly Gabby knows as much about football as she knows about Senile Joe’s illegal regime: zero.

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  8. I have been saying for several years, Lincoln Riley will end up with either the Rams or the Chargers. McVay was close to quitting and the charger coach should’ve been fired. Riley already could have been gone, but just give it a few more years. One of those two coaches will be out and Riley will be in.
    Also don’t forget to factor in the changes to the weather there’s chances Usc may not be able to travel in the winter due to extreme weather conditions; what happens how do you make up those games?

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    1. College HC to NFL HC has proven to be a bust over and over….We have a prime example helping out at USC, Kingsbury.

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      1. You and your 4 Pinocchio Dictator Senile Joe are busts, Cowardly Gabby.

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      2. I respect your commitment to consistently show everyone you’re a complete moron.

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      3. Yeah…and maybe a certain somebody needs to check out the careers of Barry Switzer and Bill Walsh ….

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      4. You’re examples were 30 and 40 years ago…..I can’t stop laughing

        #ZERO-CORRELATION!

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      5. Is the 65 cents per reply really worth your reputation & self respect….?
        #MaybeThere’sABetterPathForYou

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      6. Why do you get soooo butt-hurt when someone challenges you. It’s rubbing off in your posting with the fake gabby socket puppet

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      7. Is the 65 cents per reply really worth your reputation & self respect….?
        #MaybeThere’sABetterPathForYou

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      8. I have never seen anyone on any blog —sports or political —go so far out of his way to alienate everyone else 24/7.
        I think gotry22/MG is monetarily motivated. At least that would make some kind of sense — otherwise, the course of conduct we’re seeing is completely irrational

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      9. Cowardly Gabby hears many voices inside that empty noggin or hers. Just to be clear, Cowardly Gabby needs treatment for her paranoid schizophrenia condition…
        2020 Census. I don’t believe they diagnose it (for sure) until one’s late teenage years, so let’s apply it to those Americans and Traitors like Cowardly Gabby 18 and over.
        It is a fairly common (and can be severe) mental illness: about 0.32% of the population suffers from it. [Let’s see. There were 331 million Americans in the Google says that 258 million Americans are 18 years old & older: 258 million x 0.0032 = 825,600 people adults who suffer from paranoid schizophrenia, just like Cowardly Gabby.

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  9. There is a large segment of the Biden voters and Trump voters
    who say “I don’t care if my guy is guilty,
    I am voting the other guy out’

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    1. Ha! Too true….
      #ButThere’sAChanceBidenSoldOutHisCountryFor$$$$..
      #…That’sAWholeDiffrentKindOfGuilty

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      1. but who is running from the law?…….YAWN!!!!….wake me you when Joe gets indicted!

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      2. So fun watching Cowardly Gabby melt down again and again.

        Plow Horse has asked asked you numerous times to meet up in Pasadena, only a few mils east of Skid Row where you live in a dumpster, and you continue to avoid the issue…seems you’re the true chicken….aka pussy boy….

        You pathetic chicken!

        Plow Horse
        JUNE 22, 2023 AT 9:57 PM
        Gabby:

        You have offended my wife, my mother and my father. All sexual inferences. I let the first two go because they are both deceased but not my wife. You are the one who offended my family, not visa versa. I have never brought your wife or parents into anything. It is therefore my call – boxing gym in Pasadena CA, Mr. tough guy. Give me a date and I will make the arrangements. Stop being a chickensh*t.

        And nobody believes you are friends with Dana White. If you ever read the news, he is a staunch conservative who left the country during Covid so that the Dems. couldn’t shut down UFC. He wouldn’t allow a pussy leftist like yourself anywhere near his octagon. Rummaging the dumpster outside of the premises for plastic bottles redeemable for 20 cents doesn’t mean you know Dana White you leftist, racist, pussy.

        Give me available dates.

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      3. “Disgusting” describes Cowardly Gabby perfectly

        Gabby (original)
        JUNE 23, 2023 AT 4:17 AM
        With drool rolling off his chin, plow told his wife, after I clean shitter #2 and #4 at the boxing gym, “I am going to give Gabby a good ass whipping”….Mrs plow replied “STFU!”

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      4. THAT’S TOOO FUNNNNY!……THANKS FOR REPOSTING THAT…..I SEE YOU’RE A FAN OF MY WORK….THANKS!

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      5. PS…..I appreciate you taking the time to find all these zingers I have shot off…you are totally obsessed with me….I love it….find the ones where I talk about giving slo pa-troll a good ass whipping…I am sure he would enjoy them also….you are a rock star….

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      6. You live in a Bizarro World where your every humiliation like tonight’s rout is spun into a victory. Plow Horse called your bluff and you chickened out. Now everyone here knows you are The Coward of the County.

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      7. You have zero regard for plow’s health and safety. Only a lowlife would take pleasure in me giving an old man an ass whipping! You should step in for plow and show the blog what you got, pineapple head

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      1. I have never seen anyone on any blog —sports or political —go so far out of his way to alienate everyone else 24/7.
        I think gotry22 is monetarily motivated. At least that would make some kind of sense — otherwise, the course of conduct we’re seeing is completely irrational.

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      2. Cowardly Gabby already established she has no character.

        You reek of cowardice, Fake Gabby!

        Plow Horse
        JUNE 22, 2023 AT 8:33 PM
        Gabby: I didn’t use the term “white guy.” The CEO of Ocean Gate used the term white guy. I suppose that reading comprehension isn’t one of your strengths. But since you brought my wife into it, something that you would never do if we met face to face, let’s meet up Mr. keyboard tough guy or are you going to chickensh*t out like you normally do. I work out at a boxing gym in Pasadena, CA. Name a date and time and I will make a reservation.

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  10. Finally at the bottom of this thread. I hear Trump is being investigated for flushing TP in the train station and Biden can’t name a train station. But enough about politics.
    I found it amusing that Scott thinks Riley is afraid of “The B1G smash mouth football” but is headed to the NFL. Why does he feel this way? Because he hates the thought of success for USC and he still considers himself media. The media is lockstep behind the notion that the B1G is the epitome of football in America.

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