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Lincoln Riley Talks Tough To Notre Dame

This is an amazing example of gall from Lincoln Riley.

He had the nerve this morning at the Alamo Bowl press conference to play the tough guy regarding to Notre Dame.

“Had Notre Dame lived up to their word and played us anytime, anywhere we’d be playing them the next two years.”

This is like a loudmouth at the bar who wants to fight someone after they left.

Riley spent the past two years saying he wanted to end the rivalry and now talks tough after the series has been cancelled.

Here is the kicker: If Riley is so tough, why will USC end up scheduling a cupcake to replace Notre Dame?

20 thoughts on “Lincoln Riley Talks Tough To Notre Dame”

    1. At one point Marcus Freeman said that ND would play USC the first week of the season. But Freeman doesn’t make that decision and ND doesn’t have problems finding early season match-ups with top teams. They have problems filling out the rest of the schedule when other teams are in the throes of their conference play. I suspect that ND changed their position, if they had one, when they got a guarantee that they would play in the CFP if they finished in the top 12. This gave them more leverage to say no to USC in week zero.

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    2. I know why, 67: They were afraid to compete.

      [Seriously, even though Scott is right about this being the toughest anybody has ever heard Riley talk, nothing he said was untrue]……

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      3. Not a fan of Riley but he is far from their worst coach. Would you rather have Clay Helton? How about Ted Tollner. We will have a very good team in the next two to three years.

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    3. KAM: Because they knew Riley Coyote is a coward and didn’t want to lose to Notre Dame any more so they started this phony media campaign to destroy the tradition by moving it to August or playing in Mexico City..

      DON: …knowing the rah rahs and Fake News would back any ridiculous proposal.

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      1. True —but Notre Dame could have [and should have] called their bluff….

        #They Still Could…

        #Which Would Be Hilarious

        #Riley: “Uh, My Words Were Taken Out Of Context”

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    4. In order to play a Week 0 game you either have to (a) play Hawaii or (b) play it outside the US. ND didn’t want to jump through all those hoops after SC had already reached a verbal agreement on two setups for the next two years and then backed out of both of them. The bottom line is Riley didn’t want this game but didn’t want to look like a wuss for dropping it. Unfortunately, you can’t have your cake and eat it too.

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    5. Week 0 isn’t even an option under current NCAA rules unless you’re playing in Hawaii or playing overseas. ND and USC don’t qualify. Riley saying he wanted to play ND is a flat out lie.

      Love to see him in the playoffs…December…South Bend..lake effect weather….and Freeman’s Irish will kerb stomp Riley’s Trojans.

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    1. Does anyone know why it is Barstow?

      When I was a kid, the family car broke down in August in Barstow. It was 105 or something like that. No Barstow again for Trojan67. Hopefully A/C came to that town…

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      1. 67: It was a failed attempt by Cowardly Gabby to save face. I challenged him to a boxing match, not an illegal street fight, in a gym in Pasadena. Gabby said this was too much of an advantage – my home gym in my neighborhood. People on the board mock him for this contrived excuse. He then posted under the alias of Frank Young that we should split the distance between Pasadena and Las Vegas and meet in Barstow. When asked where, Cowardly Gabby said the McDonald’s parking lot off Highway 15. No boxing gym, an illegal street fight. Obviously, he had no intention of meeting me for a boxing match.

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    1. Yes. Stanford is now a cupcake. So is Cal. These institutions no longer value a quality football program. No competitive NIL or sold out stadiums. This is why the BIG passed on them but accepted Washington.

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