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Lincoln Riley Needs To Adapt — Or Leave

When Lincoln Riley arrived at his $17 million house in Palos Verdes on Saturday night, he needed to make a decision.

Does he want to be a king or a football coach?

If he wants to be king, he should look for another job. In the NFL or at a school like Michigan, where fans might put him on a pedestal.

Because trying to be king at USC is not working. The arrogant act, where he is not answerable to anyone else, needs to end immediately. No one is buying it at USC.

Even after allowing 52 points and 527 yards to Washington, Riley was asked if he regretted how he handled the defense this season? “I’m not into the big picture questions right now,” he said.

He wasn’t into them last January when many of us demanded he make a change at defensive coordinator.

Riley doesn’t like answering tough questions. He doesn’t like dealing with anyone outside his small bubble of associates. This is what happens when you’re being paid $10 million a year and lionized as a coach at age 40. You think you know everything. He thought his act in Oklahoma would translate to L.A.

No chance. Especially after trashing the 2023 season.

No matter what else Riley does, he just blew his opportunity with a generational quarterback who did everything he could to beat Washington.

How many times did I say USC needed to have a sense of urgency this season because it was an opportunity that might never return. Look at next year’s schedule. Now imagine it without Caleb Williams at quarterback. It’s going to be a tough year.

I remembered today that when Riley got hired at USC, an Oklahoma beat writer said the Sooners got a little worse every year under Riley. It’s happened at a much faster rate at USC.

We all knew USC had problems with its defense and Riley refused to overhaul it. He couldn’t leave his bubble to hire new coaches. He knew better. He can’t be bothered to leave the McKay Center to interact with anyone because he is beyond reproach.

Well, now he is 7-3 and owner of some of the most horrendous stats in school history. And he still has to play Oregon.

USC needs new coaches and a humble head coach. If Riley can’t show a little humility, he should go too.

130 thoughts on “Lincoln Riley Needs To Adapt — Or Leave”

    1. With Alex Grinch, the more you suck at your position the more playing time you will get.

      Mason Cobb, Bryson Shaw and Tackett Curtis suck big time and yet they’re always out there. They have another thing in common with each other besides sucking, they’re white.

      Maybe Grinch gives them playing time because they’re white, doesn’t matter that they suck, as long as they’re white.

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      1. This goes back to the comment I posted after the Cal debacle. Some coaches refuse to admit they have made mistakes in the evaluation of players and keep playing them even though the evidence of their lack of production is staring them in the face.

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      3. Cobb looked like a fucking joke all night long….the guy was never stepping….looked like he was on roller skates, bitting on the window dressing….Shaw is toooooooo sloooooow……Tackett gets in for a few plays and is lost, typical.

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      5. Go away

        Gabby (original)
        JULY 10, 2023 AT 4:18 PM
        LIKED!..#OldGabbyIsBack

        Dark Gabby has sunken into the abyss!

        (thanks for the tough love)

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        So Cal
        JULY 10, 2023 AT 4:24 PM
        It never lasts, MG. We’ll see.

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      6. PUSSY BOY UP TO HIS PATHETIC DOG AND PONY SHOW…….WHY WHY WHY….

        Where was your football score….fucking coward

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      7. Board Coward, Zero Football IQ Charlie Bucket the UCLA Fan aka Cowardly Gabby/TebowObama, why are you showing your face here after being humiliated daily over and over again after you chickened out of not one buy TWO fights you asked for? Are you mad?

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      9. Plow Horse
        JULY 9, 2023 AT 3:54 AM
        Gutless Gabby, friend of Dorothy: You said in response to another post where you reference my response to your attack on my family:

        “Didn’t your old man teach you any mental toughness, doubt it”

        My father grew up in the depression. His family could not afford to feed him so he had to live in an orphanage for a time. He was essentially on his own at age 14 and served in Korea at age 17 and earned a bronze star for valor in combat along with two purple hearts. He had 5 children in 7 years, the first 4 all boys. I was the youngest boy. My father taught mental and physical toughness indeed along with the responsibility of men to protect and provide for their family. He would never allow an insult like you have leveled against my wife and mother to go unrequited. You remain in my cross hairs my special friend. This is not over.

        By the way, did your father teach mental toughness? Did you ever have a wife or daughter? Did you ever feel an obligation to protect them or can any internet yoyo say whatever they want about them without consequence. I still want a piece of your ass.

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      11. You limp-dick knucklehead….you ran many off the blog with your pathetic political rants….go fuck yourself….better yet, let Gabby slap your ass around, pussy boy

        FUCKING FREAK!

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      12. There’s a description for Board Coward, Zero Football IQ Charlie Bucket the UCLA Fan aka Cowardly Gabby/TebowObama’s condition, here it is…

        Imposter syndrome is the condition of feeling anxious and not experiencing success internally. This condition often results in people feeling like “a fraud” or “a phony” and doubting their abilities.

        In other words, the imposter is a no life low life loser with nothing better to do than to subconsciously hate on himself.

        It’s condition manifests itself when he or she has to pretend to be someone else because it’s own being is too pathetic.

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      13. go fuck yourself…you hypocrite…..You’re posting under an imposter right now, yet calling someone for the same shit you’re guilty of…..FREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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      14. It’s time for your Dictator to Resign With Honor- even Obama’s Brain says he must go!

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      15. I think it is more about their attitudes. They are really gung-ho guys. Yes, coach, you are so great coach.

        The problems with Alex Grinch are so myriad you just cant name all of them. Playing the wrong players, terrible schemes, lack of player techniques such as tackling and taking effective lines of attack, poor recruiting…

        How could Riley be a good head coach and NOT see these things?

        What ever happened to Raesjon Davis?

        With this defense on one play you can say “the problem is the front seven” and on the next play, the problem is the secondary and on the next play, the problem is the linebackers…..etc

        It really is the WHOLE defense.

        Will there be ANY fans left? Heads need to roll in Heritage Hall as well.

        The real problem starts at the top – Carol Folt. What has she done that has been successful? Name one thing. Oh, she has renamed practice fields in accordance with woke standards. Good one Carol.

        I have little to no faith that the new AD was the right choice because she was picked by Carol.

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      17. There’s a description for Board Coward, Zero Football IQ gotroy22 the UCLA Fan aka stmarseille14/ grabbbyy /Cowardly Gabby/TebowObama’s condition, here it is…

        Imposter syndrome is the condition of feeling anxious and not experiencing success internally. This condition often results in people feeling like “a fraud” or “a phony” and doubting their abilities.

        In other words, the imposter is a no life low life loser with nothing better to do than to subconsciously hate on himself.

        It’s condition manifests itself when he or she has to pretend to be someone else because it’s own being is too pathetic

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      18. Plow Horse
        JULY 9, 2023 AT 4:28 AM
        You are the one that asked the question about my father and I responded. I am a trained fighter. I don’t go into cardiac arrest. I hope to meet you soon, my special friend.

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      19. teebuma,

        Sometimes you make pretty good sense. With this post, not so. correct me if I am wrong, but isn’t Cobb part black? Race card does not fit here. We don’t know why Grinch starts certain people and others sit on the bench unless you asked him.

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  3. Read the Sooner fan boards. His act didn’t play well in Norman either. Next year (if Williams doesn’t return) will be worse than any of Helton’s.

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  4. In my humble opinion this new head coach (lr) is too
    young and too full of himself to make a good head coach.
    He shows little respect for the people he works for, and worse
    little respect for the traditions of USC. It’s all about money
    with this guy

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    1. Worse yet, he destroyed Caleb’s chance for a historical second Heisman. If Riley is too immature to understand it’s about the school, the players and tradition not him or his questionable relationship with his failing DC., he needs to be replaced. Jonathan Smith could run circles around him with the talent USC has. How many quality recruits are going to sign after watching this pathetic season with lack of support for the players…especially a generational one like Caleb.

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      1. Agree Carra. It is so frustrating to watch USC underperform and they have been doing that with few exceptions since Pete Carrol left almost 15 years ago. If Jonathon Smith or Kyle Whittingham had USC’s roster or recruiting base the team would finish in the top 5 virtually every year. How long do we have to endure mediocrity. I hate mediocrity and it has now become part of the football culture at USC with fans saying things like “well we lost but it was an entertaining game.”

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  5. Right, tell me how happy Oklahoma fans are today with their team and new coach

    So Celeb departs with never having won a championship and he is not likely to win one in the NFL when starting out with one of the worst teams

    Wash just seemed better with its quarterback being protected whereas Celeb was often like a chicken with its head chopped off

    But those gaping holes in the defensive line that allowed the Wash back to look like Jim Brown were unbelievable, I don’t believe I have ever seen the likes of it before

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      4. you idiot….you’re asking for a subjective opinion and when anyone gives you one, you can’t handle it and reply with lame-ass Biden rants……it’s fucking bizarre….time for your fresh diaper change

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      5. Seems like you are ODed on some antipsychotic meds, Board Coward, Zero Football IQ Charlie Bucket the UCLA Fan aka Cowardly Gabby/TebowObama. You need some news on your Dictator Senile Joe to inspire you to more spamming.

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    2. Caleb does far more for USC than Penix does for Washington. When Caleb is good, like he was last night, he puts his team on his shoulders. Penix would be horrible at SC, with the lack of receiver separation and the less than stellar o-line.

      Caleb could be even better if they had focused on getting him to get the ball out fast in practices, but you have an idiot like Kliff Kingsbury who is probably encouraging the air raid principles in Caleb’s development.

      I said all the way back to last year that Riley needed to have a program called “Without Superman”. Basically, the program should have evaluated the program, players and coaches without Caleb to bail them all out. I think if you did this, you would see that the only other area that is being recruited and developed properly is the running backs room. Kiel McDonald is a great coach and should be kept (Austin Jones was a very good replacement last night). I will also say that it is possible that as the o-line is replaced with players developed by Henson, it is possible that they turn out pretty good. Next year, Paige, Pregnon, Noa and Murphy might make a decent core line – maybe. I like the high school recruit they are brining in for center. There are some other young players they recruited that might also be developed into a good line. At least with the o-line, I can see problems being improved and changes made. It is the one area that is progressing over the year, if only a little. Receivers room needs just one coach, but I imagine Simmons is fine here.

      Good to see Duce being played a bunch, even if he is making a few mistakes, you can see the raw potential in him. That one play called back, you can see his unnatural speed for such a big guy. His blocking will be elite (once he cleans up the holding). With the right schemes and coaching next year, Duce, Hudson, Lemon, Branch, Jakobi might be a step up in raw talent. Mario Williams has dropped so many balls, Rice is not nearly as elite in 50/50 balls as he could be, Dorian Singer is mysteriously not being used, MJ3 is real solid, but I expect he will leave due to competition in the receiver room.

      I dont know if I agree that the S&C program needs to be changed. Maybe they need to tweak the program for the o and d-lines, but overall seems like players are developing. The problem with the o and d-lines is coaching (more on the d-line side).

      The defense is a complete tear-down project. Level the thing and start over. There are some really great athletes that will be around next year. But they need to fire Grinch NOW and get a new DC in place so they can try to go back and get a few more players before the early commit deadline.

      If Riley is not focused on the long term now, he is an idiot. 50% of his time should be dedicated to setting up the program to rebound next year.

      7-5 is the likely record this season, just accept it and move forward.

      Riley needs to change his tune on NIL and demand to be competitive in paying high school athletes. Transfers are a hit or miss gamble that is not the path to long term success.

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      1. Agree that “Caleb needs to focus on getting the ball out quickly in practice.” He did that on a few throws in the first series and it worked. That then seems to help the running game which looked good in the first half. Again, why do they go away from things that are working. And agree on Henson and the offensive line. He just may need a bit more time to develop a core group on his technique.

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      2. I think that they will get a really good DC. LR made a mistake in not dumping Grench after 2022. He knows it. As a result, he has had the worst year of his life. He’s had fans and bloggers calling him an idiot and moron. He’s had some well known college football pundants say that he is a fraud as a coach. Don’t think that those comments don’t get to him emotionally. He doesn’t handle those comments well. This is the guy that said that his first loss of his head coaching career(the 5th game of 2017) was a situation that felt like the end of the world. Just one loss. He never wants to have another season like this. He will do anything to insure that he never has another season like this. I think that he will go out of his way to make sure that he gets the right man for the job. He doesn’t want another Grench.

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    3. Sparrow,

      I saw it with the Cal game wiht Ott running wild, i saw it with the UofA game with the running back running wild, I saw it with the nd game with the running back running wild. It has happend too many times this year.

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  7. I saw where someone said that Traveler should have shit on the field…but actually it wasn’t needed because Alex Grinch is the biggest pile of shit on the field at the coliseum.

    #AlexGrinchisapileofshit
    #Rileyhasnoclue
    #Whywouldn’tyouruntheballuntilWasingtonprovedtheycouldstoptherun?
    #USCcoachingstaffaremorons
    #Iamnotwatchingthisshitshowanymore

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  8. It’s not that complicated. It’s simply the X’s and O’s. The defensive secondary doesn’t have the athleticism to play man to man coverage. It doesn’t matter what scheme they use, at some point you’re going to have to cover somebody one on one. They can play a Cover 1 or a Cover 2 or a Tampa 2 or whatever, but regardless of the zone scheme someone is going to be on an island. I think the coaches have done a decent job considering the size / foot speed / tackling instinct / ball awareness of the players they have to work with. I know that sounds like a knock on the kids playing their hearts out and I don’t mean it like that. It’s just what I see. I’m also concerned that USC as a school choice doesn’t appeal at all to the kids who have the mindset to play aggressive collision defense. USC is in an unappealing crime and homeless saturated environment. I know. I live here a few blocks away. Most of the kids are trying to get out of an environment like this and when they see Oregon in the countryside or Washington on the Puget Sound or just about anywhere else it’s a no brainer to ditch the decaying gang infested urban dumpster that Los Angeles has become. Just this week we had a USC student allegedly raped by a Rideshare driver. You don’t think that kind of thing factors in to what the parents want for their football playing kids?? The neighborhood conditions are probably one of the most important factors for the parents. Do Notre Dame, Ohio State, Alabama, Wisconsin etc. have to hide the urban realities from their recruits??

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    1. When SC was winning in the 60’s they had the Watts Riots. The area was no better in the 70’s nor the early 2000’s when PC was there. Oregon lures kids with NIL, UDUB is near Seattle with RAMPANT homelessness and drugs, it’s the head coach and his staff, not the area.

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      5. Board Coward, Zero Football IQ Charlie Bucket the UCLA Fan aka Cowardly Gabby/TebowObama
        fahions himself to be an expert on Seattle even though he lives in a dumpster on 6th and Grand Avenue in LA’s Skid Row. Let’s see, how are things really going in Seattle?

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      6. Like slo pa-troll calling Las Vegas a shit-hole when it’s ranked as one of the top destinations in the world…..you don’t get that distinction if the city is truly a shit-hole….the cheap-ass has never been to Las Vegas…..

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      11. Exactly right – Miami…and most parts of the South…are not exactly vacation destinations…never stopped the Canes, Noles, Tide, Tige-uhs x 2, etc, from winning big … and as you point out, never proved an impediment to the Johns or Pete … all about an incompetent coach who should never have been hired … at least we both have the ability to say “I told you so…” This was obvious. The hiring simply created OU-SC…cleaned up but did not correct Heltonism + SarKiffianism … soft … as Eddie Murphy put it in “Life”: “Soft…s-o-f-capital T…soft!” Wanna watch the kind of coach USC should hire or have hired? Watch this year’s Kansas team (CR Smith my fellow KC/Overland Park Trojan fan chime in) – the Kansas coach is a Man and his team plays their tails off for him – he gets every ounce out of the talent and puts them in positions to succeed. He’s hard, humble, determined, and smart. What he would do with USC talent…

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      12. Because people like to get a little R&R there doesn’t mean it’s a great place to live. Same can be said of New Orleans.

        She is truly the Village Idiot.

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    2. Bryan – I call BS on your theory that the environment at SC is what keeps kids from going there.

      This is ALL about coaching. The coaches are responsible for recruiting the right players, developing them and putting them in a scheme that utilizes their abilities. These defensive coaches made a myriad of bad choices and really cant coach at all, bottom line.

      An example of a guy with limited physical skills is Bryson Shaw. It is the coaches who keep playing the guy, despite his lack of abilities. Or they have a scheme that makes him do things he cant. They have other players that could play better. Raesjon Davis has plenty of physical speed and strength, but they wont play him!

      If you really watch the defense, you see coverage busts all over the place and it looks like players just have no idea where they are supposed to be. This is inept coaching over and over.

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  9. Riley is incompetent. This program is going to smell until he leaves. Another stupid hire. Hiring a guy that obviously cannot handle running a blue blood program.
    Phil Knight is a genius who like him or hate him hired Lanning and got a good long term solution.
    We got a prima donna that has no idea about defense, special teams or recruiting.

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    1. Riley has many issues, but he really only needs to do one thing – fire Grinch and hire the best possible DC and then let that DC hire the best defensive coaching staff.

      Riley can find a way to make the offense elite again, he just needs the o-line to be effective and needs to figure out the QB position next year. Maybe a transfer who will be there 1-2 years.

      And have just one receiver coach and hire a special teams coach.

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  10. Last week, Riley claimed USC could compete with anybody if they fixed “5-10
    defensive plays per game.”

    Yesterday, those 5-10 plays were more like 30-40 plays.

    Hate to say it, but Pendergast was better than this.

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  11. Hate to break it to you but SC and Wiley are married to the tune of some $80-million or more, and a divorce is not likely to occur

    Not surprising Wiles did not fire Grinch after only one year at SC, that would have been cold, and even after 2-years it is cold. But does he now have any choice especially after the Huskies’ train wreck

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  12. Sad that Caleb played great except for two plays that made the difference.
    His fumble at the end of the 1st half cost seven pts, while taking a sack cost
    possible 3 pts. that would have tied the score. No words to describe the
    defense.

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      1. I agree with the guy….Had the outcome of the two plays in question been different, the game would perhaps had a favorable outcome. We’re not pinning it on Caleb as “his fault”, simply stating the two plays impacted the outcome. And the two plays came under Caleb’s control.

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  14. In years like this usually can still focus on beating fucla but starting to feel checked out even for that. The program is clearly cratering at light speed and there is no light at the end of the tunnel. It’s not like other big time programs haven’t had rough stretches, but they had the support and desire to succeed by the entire university. Does USC? Clearly not. The fact they brought in a feckless voiceless toad AD whose complete lack of accountability seems to be by design. Killing the spirit of Troy is their agenda and it’s working to perfection.

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  15. If USC had a little bit better than average defense, they win that game yesterday by 14 pts.

    What USC has is a fraud pretending to be a defensive coordinator. Honest to god, that fucking guy Alex Grinch has no fucking shame!

    And Lincoln Riley either, no fucking shame. Hiring this idiot because he’s a family friend, refusing to get rid of him because why? It can’t be because Lincoln Riley actually thinks Grinch can coach because if he honestly believes that, USC should fire Riley right now for being that fucking stupid.

    For Lincoln Riley to sit there week after week making excuses for Alex Grinch, knowing that guy wasn’t doing the players/team a damn bit of good, knowing full goddamn well this shit wasn’t going to end well with that idiot Grinch as defensive coordinator and Riley refused to do anything about it, has done nothing to correct his mistake.

    As far as Lincoln Riley is concerned Alex Grinch is untouchable. No one is going to convince him to fire Grinch, not even Jenn Cohen or Folt for that matter.

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      1. You have no fucking idea what PC was thinking….stop making shit up….go meet Gabby and stop being the keyboard pussy boy…..and wipe the chin, trump pulled out too quick

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      2. This, from the fool who has thousands of times acted as if he speaks for the entire blog, when he is the ONLY one who feels that way! Too funny!!!

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      3. SAYS THE FREAK WHO SPEAKS FOR THE ENTIRE BLOG BUT NO ONE EVER RESPONDS TO HIS POSTS….I AM SERIOUS, NO ONE EVER RESPONDS BUT HE WANTS TO CALL BALLS AND STRIKE….MG felt sorry for the dunce and often told Gabby to go easy on him…..little bitch keeps running from Gabby…

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      4. Lying and deflecting.

        Even if they’ve never hit the Reply button (BFD), MANY posters have echoed the sentiments I’ve expressed especially as they relate to you, the Village Idiot.

        LMAO! No one replies to you…says the loser who is still trying to live his junior high school glory days. No one else would make that remark. Most adults aren’t worried about popularity contests.

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      5. lying??????????? STFU!!!!!!!!!……. you’re trying to speak for the blog when NO ONE EVER GIVES YOU THE TIME-OF-DAY……Mr. Irrelevant……

        How about the lies you told us about getting ready to leave for the game(s), then you told the blog a few days ago you were “not” a season ticket holder for the past two seasons….. BAAAAMMM CROTCH KICK!!!!!!!!!!

        MG: Gabby can you please stop slapping so cal around…I feel sorry for the troll

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      6. And BTW, as Plow Horse stated, MG often defended the Village Idiot. Why is anyone’s guess. Being the real Michael Guarino or not, he was a very nice person and is still missed.

        So don’t go using MG to defend your childish behavior when you’re the jackass who ran him off. You’re a real piece of garbage to do so!!

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      7. RAN HIM OFF????????????????? the real MG was being impersonated by someone on this blog for many many years….that’s a fucking crime, you senile mental midget……still butt-hurt over a sock puppet no longer here to defend you…..HAHA!!!!!!!!

        MG respected my intelligence and the ability to defend and communicate my points. He may not have agreed with me, but he liked the arguments I presented….you on the other hand, couldn’t debate yourself out of a paper bag

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      10. like how you made up shit about going to the games and sitting in your season ticket seats……WHY THE BIG LIKE TO LOOK RELEVANT..SO RREK OF ACCETENCE AND DESPERATION….JUST A LONELY OLD MAN WHO’S MAD AT LIFE.

        At least non-alumni buy season tickets…..tight-ass

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      14. And SURE “MG” wrote that!! As if even ONE person on this blog believes that.

        You’ve hijacked more than one person’s name, including his. Nice try!

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      15. It’s called paraphrase, dipshit

        Paraphrase: express the meaning of (the writer or speaker or something written or spoken) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity.

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      16. Which is it, Board Coward, Zero Football IQ Charlie Bucket the UCLA Fan aka Cowardly Gabby/TebowObama? Is MG a criminal impersonator or your good friend?

        stmarseille14
        So Cal
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        RAN HIM OFF????????????????? the real MG was being impersonated by someone on this blog for many many years….that’s a fucking crime, you senile mental midget……still butt-hurt over a sock puppet no longer here to defend you…..HAHA!!!!!!!!

        MG respected my intelligence and the ability to defend and communicate my points. He may not have agreed with me, but he liked the arguments I presented….you on the other hand, couldn’t debate yourself out of a paper bag

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      17. The idiot doesn’t even know how to read. Also, stating that it was a crime to post under Michael Guarino?! They don’t come any stupider.

        Unless the person posting was reaping some sort of financial gain under false pretenses, there was no crime committed. Assuming it wasn’t MG, the “real MG” would have had to suffer some sort of damages. I’m not the only person to point this out. But the dumbest person on this blog will claim something right there in black & white says something else or ignore it altogether, if it points out what a fool she is. (Cover hers eyes and screams, “I can’t see it so it doesn’t exist! La-la-la-la-la!!”) LMAO

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      18. Nevada Revised Statute § 205.450 makes it a crime to falsely represent or impersonate someone else in a way that could potentially cause that person to suffer harm or incur liability. False impersonation is a category C felony punishable by 1 to 5 years in prison and up to $10,000.00 in fines.

        BAAAMMM CROTCH KICK!

        So the person who was doing the impersonating got caught and understood the potential consequences, or if it was the real MG, he would have continued posting knowing he was the real person, and defended himself. But you’re too fucking stupid to see the big picture.

        slo pa-troll is too easy….bitch gets slapped around daily……

        Why in the fuck would you want to meet up with Cabby with 1000s of people in the area, pussy boy? So you could cry wolf, got it

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      20. Michael Guarino still in a coma after some pineapplehead hit him in the head with a coconut.

        That’s the last I heard of that guy.

        Slo Cal was talking about it as if he were there when it happened

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      22. You doxxed him and ran him off the blog, Board Coward, Zero Football IQ Charlie Bucket the UCLA Fan aka Cowardly Gabby/TebowObama. Hope you can sleep at night,you fiend.

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      23. The penal code proves what I wrote and the Village Idiot is too stupid to realize it.

        How did “the real MG” suffer any damages or be put in a position where he would be liable for anything because of posts on a USC sports blog. The dumbass claims to have won right after she bitch slaps herself, the way many big brothers used to make their little brothers do! LMAO

        And still with the incredibly lame “crotch kick”!

        Could anyone be any stupider? I think not.

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      24. It’s a fucking crime and if you don’t comprehend the spirit of the law and why it’s
        dangerous from a physical harm aspect that’s a “you” problem. I would explain it to you but I am sure you wouldn’t comprehend. There’s fucking reason why you never use your real name in a chat room or blog….FIGURE IT OUT!!!!!

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  18. What CLR needs to realize is that these players only get one shot at playing football at a school like USC, where competing for a NC should be a given year in and year out. Like I’ve posted before, twenty-seven years ago as a Senior in high school the same thing happened to our football team, which should have competed for back to back CIF titles, but we had an absolute jackass of an OC that was a close family friend to our Head Coach. As players we had no respect for this clown because he was an arrogant, incompetent fool, who never coordinated the offense to our strengths. As our senior year we begged and pleaded with our HC to make a change but he wouldn’t do it. The end result being that we finished with a mediocre 7-3-1 record. The HC and the OC kept right n coaching, but for us players it was over, and we are all still bitter about it to this day. Multiply this by ten and that’s what the USC players are feeling this morning, with a more than likely bigger embarrassment coming at Oregon next Saturday. These players deserve a helluva lot better from the “adults in the room”.

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  19. We are probably a missed Cal Two Point Conversion from a) allowing more than 50 points in at least three straight games and b) ending the season with a 6-game losing streak.
    Chew on that for a while and then ask yourself: Considering we have a Heisman winner and legit #1 Draft Pick at QB, it this the lowest the program has EVER been?

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    1. While I agree that the results we are seeing are horrendous, the fixes are really pretty simple.

      Fire that idiot Alex Grinch, hire the best possible DC and give him full reign to fire all the defensive coaches and hire effective coaches on the d side of the line.

      Riley is a good OC, Simmons is a good receiver coach, Kiel is a great running back coach. Riley needs to determine if Henson is a good o-line coach (TBD).

      USC is a top scoring team, so this is 100% a defensive problem and the solution is simple. The new AD just needs to demand that Riley go full-bore in changes. Also, get rid of KK before he infects Riley’s mind with air raid stupidity. KK is a well-known LOSER.

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      1. Yes, getting rid of Grinch is simple, same for the OL, DL, DB & LB coach BUT, the players they recruited for Grinch’s speed defense will remain, it will take at least two years to get rid of them and recruit players who can actually take on a block and not get run over, cover WR’s et, it’s not going to be an overnight fix.

        Coach 162 is NEVER going to run the ball when the game calls for it, he’s going to pass, pass, pass, he needs to go and SC has enough rich alums to do it, the fish rots from the head and Coach 162 isn’t very good.

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  20. It was mentioned how ‘Celeb’s 2 main mistakes of fumbling and giving Wash 7-points and then being sacked out of field goal range costing a possible tying ‘3″ the game would probably have been won by SC

    I don’t know, that sounds a lot like ‘taking back’ a chess move and then the rest of the game plays out differently, unpredictably

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  21. That was pretty amazing how ‘Celeb’ had SC on his shoulders all the way countering Washington’s comprehensive offensive attack of run&gun with 6 touchdowns of his own until the losing end when he had nothing left in him but some sobs

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  22. Recent tweet: Grinch needs to go, but tweeted some unkind thoughts to @LincolnRiley last night. LR you’re still my guy and I know you’ll make the necessary changes after the season. #FightOn #USC ✌️

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    1. Good lord, you and Sparrow are the reason this shit is tolerated at USC, the guy cannot fucking coach, period. Shitty game management, shitty talent evaluator, shitty asst coach evaluator, shitty PR person, shitty recruiter, the faster he’s gone the faster USC can get better, until then, enjoy shitty coaching, shitty recruiting, shitty teams and shitty seasons.

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      2. Yet you continue to watch the shit… You fucking hypocrite…. Go fuck yourself… Use slo cals dildo

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      3. Here’s the hypocrite of all time:

        stmarseille14
        NOVEMBER 5, 2023 AT 5:56 PM
        RAN HIM OFF????????????????? the real MG was being impersonated by someone on this blog for many many years….that’s a fucking crime, you senile mental midget……still butt-hurt over a sock puppet no longer here to defend you…..HAHA!!!!!!!!

        MG respected my intelligence and the ability to defend and communicate my points. He may not have agreed with me, but he liked the arguments I presented….you on the other hand, couldn’t debate yourself out of a paper bag

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      4. I had respect for MG until he turned into a political hack and slapped the real victims of Maui in the face. At that point, the charade was over and exposure of the fraud was necessary…..

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    1. That’s what, one year’s Big Ten payout for jumping leagues?

      “Initial reports indicate the Big Ten’s new deal that starts in 2024 could be worth a whopping $1 billion a year. That was before UCLA and USC signed on and brought the second-largest media market in the country.

      Splitting $1 billion of annual TV revenue among 16 Big Ten schools yields an average of $62.5 million per school..”

      https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2022-07-03/how-much-money-waits-for-ucla-usc-in-the-big-ten

      So we can afford it.

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      1. For a while there they were throwing around $100-million figures at each Big-10 school but it never penciled out
        except if the Big-10 were really the Big-10

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      2. Not all teams get the same percentage of the BIG revenues. Michigan, Ohio State and USC get substantially more that Indiana, Maryland, and Oregon.

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  24. Part of Grinch’s problem is his name, it is associated with negativity as in “The Grinch who stole Christmas,” and it is a harsh sounding word that is similar in effect to one-word curses and lately has been used in that context.
    But Wiley and Grinch are best pals and they probably have few of those, so it would be hurtful to say ‘goodbye’ and perhaps that is why it hasn’t been done yet

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  25. First unofficial line is Oregon by 11.5 over SC
    After losing all 4 of my SC bets I went with Alabama over LSU
    despite my being no fan due to SC in the recent past having been bloodied by the Crimson Tide

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  26. We need to hear that Grinch has been fired tomorrow. There is no excuse for keeping Grinch a single day longer.

    It is like putting down a dog or horse that is in misery. Just pull the trigger.

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    2. There was no way to keep him. His defensive scheme for this game was a joke. He just copied what other teams have done to slow down Washington, without really considering whether his team could even execute that defensive scheme. And he never adjusted to stop the rush. I wonder if Greg Burns is the guy who steps in for the next games?

      At least they can start to tell players that there is going to be a new DC and spin a positive story for next year. I would be giving some younger players a bit of playing time even if they make freshman mistakes like Duce, at least it allows them to evaluate talent for the next year.

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    3. Who said that Riley fired Grinch?

      Did Riley say that he fired Alex Grinch or did USC put out a statement that Grinch had been fire?

      I doubt Riley fired Grinch, it was Jenn Cohen who fired him…’Ol Mule Shoe doesn’t have the balls to have done it.

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  28. This Washington defensive fiasco by SC was reminiscent of
    Ton-o-Hel’s Stanford game where it was the last straw!
    Allowing that average Wash running back to crack the Trojan line over and over was just too much to take

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  29. The Trojan defense was responsible for bringing Celeb to tears
    figuring he had done enough to win that game but for the ‘D,”
    and the loss ended chance of him winning a championship
    He has said many times, “I hate to lose,” and he proved it last nite

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  30. Had to happen now how is it much lr trying to salvage his career and how little is it anyone demanding it happen top down. One the Grinch who stole 2023 down, one inept Cohen to go.

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  31. And by the way, maybe this is the beginning of changing the narrative of SC’s defense having become a laughing stock with opposiing sports fans which began with the Tulane “circus” and carried through thru this Season prompting some Webfoots’ wag to brag, “Oregon just might put ‘100’ on that SC defense”

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  32. Oregon will likely put up 50 plus points after Grinch’s firing and easily defeat USC. But what if Nua starts a different d line and stops the late shifting and it works. And what if Odom starts a different linebacker group and plays Raesjon Davis with less blitzes and schemes and it works. What if USC holds Oregon to under 30 points and USC wins by two touchdowns and then does the same to UCLA. Forever on the fanbase will be thinking “if Reilly had only acted after the Colorado second half debacle we could have been National champions.”

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