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USC Saturday Buzz: Lincoln Riley Vs. Kenny Dillingham

Look at the difference between Lincoln Riley and Kenny Dillingham.

Riley has talked a lot about the importance of NIL and how USC needed to increase its budget to compete.

Dillingham, on the other hand, shows how to survive/thrive without a huge NIL budget.

“Nobody comes here cause they get paid more money. So, if you’re a recruit, I’m sorry. You come here because you see the opportunity and see that kids are not leaving our program. Our best players on our team want to be here, and if that’s not gonna show you that we treat our own players the right way, then the sales pitch is useless because our own players have made the decision to be here.”

Arizona State had a player turn down an offer of several million dollars from Texas in the offseason, by the way.

Would a Riley-coached player do that?

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49 thoughts on “USC Saturday Buzz: Lincoln Riley Vs. Kenny Dillingham”

  1. “Nobody comes here because they get paid more money.”

    No, they go to Ohio State, Oregon, and Texas. And these programs went a combined 45-5, won a national championship, and finished in the top three of the national polls. The team with the most talented roster generally wins and money attracts talent.

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    1. You are correct Plow. But what is also correct is, there are a lot of teams in category of those three schools and just below, that weren’t in the playoffs or anywhere close to the playoffs that spend a hell of a lot of money. When it comes down to it, You still need to develop kids, connect with kids, have a system in place, manage situations, manage clock, create and manage culture. The guy and place who do that best, all things being equal is going to win and retain and often times enough to counter act the money. Now give him the money or at least get it close, then he will always have a better program. It’s just a algebraic equation with many variables. But the most important ones are the ones I stated. It is true that if you load the money variable enough you can tip the scale. But also notice the three programs you mentioned. Lanning, Daily and even Sark are also pretty good at the other aspects too. They create culture, develope, have correct systems in place. You don’t see them bungling clock and game situations. I feel very comfortable in saying (could be wrong) but i can see it. Riley will never win a big 10 or national title , and even close, Franklin won’t either. Lincoln has almost none of the important skill and pieces in place, and James has proven his game a clock skills are atrocious. The SC penn state game was painful to watch from both sides. Never seen a worse coached game on any level from both sides.

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  3. DON: I just signed an Executive Order dismantling Joe Biden’s gun control actions.

    KAM: You mean you are going to repeal Senile Joe Biden’s unconstitutional gun control Executive Orders? Criminals hardest hit!

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    1. DON: The American people spent $27M on gift bags for illegal aliens.

      KAM: Those aren’t illegal aliens, they are Undocumented Democrats.

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      2. Seek help Cowardly Gabby:

        Gabby

        8h ago

        you’re the only limp-d&^% who gives a s$#@ what I said 8 months back … ….. I F*&^ING LIED…..I F*&^ING LIED…….AND NO ONE GIVES A F&^% BUT A FREAK LIKE YOU….. GO F#$@ YOURSELF WHILE A DECIDE WHAT HORSE S&^% VIDEO TO POST

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  6. –Always nice to see another Wolf poster throwing dirt on Wiley despite the fact Wiles could be at SC for many more years. Not sure how such constant negativity helps the SC football cause

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      1. Why have you devoted 2 decades of your life to spamming this site and doxxing the posters here, Cowardly Gabby?

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      2. Pretty obvious. Because she’s a loser and has no life.

        The pathetic excuses and lies she uses for doing it only confirm it.

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      3. you took the bait AGAIN…..dumb-a s s

        trump as blood on his hands as people continue to die all over the world on his watch

        millions regret voting for him

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      4. You need institutionalization at Atascadero State Mental Hospital for the rest of your waste of life, Cowardly Gabby.

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  7. DON: I misspoke. When I said I could end the war in 24-hours I was talking about the Israel-Palestine War, not the other one

    KAM: Gotcha

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    1. DON: As the World Awaits the US-Russia Peace Talks, the Kremlin Asks for Patience and To Give the Trump Administration Time – Talks Between the Departments Are Reportedly Intensifying.

      KAM: Now That Senile Joe And Hunter Can’t Make Any More Billions In Their Biden Crime Family Money Laundering Schemes, We Democrats Demand You End The War Yesterday.

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  9. Governor Mimbo tells Pacific Palisades property owners: “You can’t rebuild the same. We have to rebuild with science. We have to build with climate reality in mind.”

    DON: You can’t work with these Democrat Global Warmist Fanatics.

    KAM: It’s a great opportunity for Democrat leaders to allow their wealthy donors to steal the property and build ready made slums for the Undocumented Democrats.

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  10. –So you don’t like Wiley, well, there is a long line in front of you. But thing is he’s here Now and may be at SC for years. So what do we do with the guy?– The only 2 possibilities are either Support him or Dig a deeper hole for him–Most people, especially kids, don’t do as well when overly criticized. Makes sense

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      1. How to manage Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka Charlie Bucket the Bruin Fan The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young’s trolling of the blog….

        Although research in this area is still in its infancy, a few psychological studies have attempted to answer these questions. There are three important lessons learned.

        First, trolls are more likely to display noxious personality characteristics, that is, traits that impair one’s ability to build relations and function in a civilized or pro-social way. In a comprehensive examination of their psychological profile, trolls were found to be more Machiavellian (impulsive and charming manipulators), psychopathic (cold, fearless and antisocial), and especially sadist than the overall population. Trolls enjoy harming and intimidating others, so much so that the authors of this study concluded that trolls are “prototypical everyday sadists”, and that trolling should be regarded as online sadism. This is in line with the view of trolling as a form of cyberbullying.

        Second, trolling – like other forms of computer-mediated communication – unleashes people’s impulses by providing anonymity and temporary identity loss. This phenomenon, called deindividuation, is well known to psychologists and has been found to emerge in several areas of interpersonal relations, such as gaming, role-playing and crowd behaviors, particularly hooliganism. Thus, even when we are not naturally sadistic, trolling may bring out the worst side in us, by lifting the moral constrains and social etiquette that regulates our behavior in normal situations, and by fueling dissent and triggering abrasive reactions.

        Third, trolling is a status-enhancing activity: by attracting readers’ attention, upsetting people, sparking heated debates, and even gaining approval from others, trolls can feel important, perhaps much more than they are in their real lives. Thus, trolling is yet another internet activity that promotes narcissistic motives, since trolls may be expected to be far less successful in attracting people’s attention in the physical world. The only effective antidote to their tactics is to ignore them, but even then, trolls won’t suffer a public humiliation because nobody knows who they are. This is what makes trolling so ubiquitous – it requires no skills other than the ability to be obnoxious

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  11. DON: Money be ‘darn’d, Wiley’s already got all he “needs.” No, it is about Wiles’ legacy; he doesn’t want ‘go out this way. But he may be 2-3 years away from his vision materializing, the Trojans are way behind

    KAM: -legacy, pregnancy, whatever

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      1. Trump has often falsely claimed that the tariffs are paid directly by foreign nations to the U.S., not by the American companies that purchase foreign goods. He comically claimed during his first term in office that China was writing tariff checks directly to the U.S. Treasury.

        wait for it….3…2…1…..

        more stupidity from the sock—–puppet fake gabby

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      2. Cowardly Gabby, you claimed Monday that Canada and Mexico tariffs would increase prices 25% and then they both caved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BWWWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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      1. According to DNC insider Lindy Li, following Biden’s disastrous debate drubbing, Hunter Biden the coke fiend pervert essentially took over White House operations. Speaking with podcaster Shawn Ryan, she painted a picture of dysfunction at the highest levels of government: “After the [CNN] debate, Hunter basically commandeered the White House. He sat in on all of the White House top-level meetings. We had a former cocaine addict sitting in on the most sensitive meetings of the most consequential and most important government in world history. Does that sit right with you?”   And you supported this, Cowardly Gabby!

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  16. – And at ‘Wolf’s among the posters, it seems ‘politics gets the most ink, then comes ‘cussing each other out, followed by a trickle of sports

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  17. Oh yeah, for those wondering how the new wonder-boy ‘Bow-down’ would get along with Wiley, ‘Bow spent 10-days at Wiles’ home and said the steaks were the best he ever ate

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  18. Speaking of Arizona St’s Cinderella season helping to keep the team intact, SC and Celeb had a Cinderella season in 2022.

    At the time It looked as if the damage done to SC football had been alleviated, but it was primarily the ‘good’ Celeb carrying that ’22 team

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      1. Trumps deportation sham is turning into a big failure. Just another one of his campaign lies

        Millions regret voting for him….WW3 will be his major failure

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    2. GABBY EBRUARY 25, 2024 AT 1:10 AM

      I USE S$#K PUPPETS……BIG F%^&$ING DEAL……ONLY A T$#@L LIKE YOU WOULD WORRY ABOUT SOMETHING SO TRIVIAL

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  21. If you watch the whole clip, he also says later in the interview that “we reward our own players” which, to me, means that ASU just uses its NIL to keep players it has rather than use it for the portal or HS kids. So they do have an NIL budget; just choose to use it differently.

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  22. Since this is Super Bowl day and you regularly talk about Los Angeles High School in your blog, you should do a short comment on Dr. Norm Schacter, principal of LA High during the first Super Bowl in 1967 where he was the referee.

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