USC promoted tight ends coach Chad Savage to pass game coordinator.

These extra titles happen everywhere these days to give coaches an extra title even if they don’t necessarily mean more responsibility.

Does anyone think Lincoln Riley — who only really cares about his passing offense — is going to let someone else handle important facets of the passing game?

Savage also coaches the “interior receivers” so some people are crediting him with Makai Lemon winning the Biletnikoff Award. Simply . . . amazing.

Eric Henderson, who left for the Commanders, was “co-defensive coordinator” when D’Anton Lynn was at USC. If he really did that, wouldn’t it have been logical to promote him when Lynn left because he shared the responsibilities?

• USC won its first game at the new Dedeaux Field on Friday night, 3-1, over Pepperdine before an announced crowd of 1,598.