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USC Notes: Lincoln Riley Figuring Out How To Be Successful

USC apparently suffered multiple injuries in training camp that are just coming to light.

The depth chart was already missing several key players: WR Terrell Anderson, DE Braylan Shelby and OT Elijah Vaikona.

Today, Lincoln Riley said backup safeties Marquis Gallegos and Kendarius Reddick are out for the San Jose State game. It’s the reason true freshman Madden Riordan is backing up both safety spots on Saturday.

And wide receiver Tanook Hines will be a game-time decision on whether he plays.

Now this doesn’t really matter if it a one-game injury or even three-games given the schedule. The question is who else is hurt? We don’t know because Riley doesn’t say.

  • Riley on how he improved as a coach:

“Probably my overall understanding of how USC works and then with that the longer I’ve been here you get a stronger feel for what it takes to be successful here.”

He is in his fifth season at USC and just now getting a feel for what it takes to be successful?

He is at USC!!!

What needs to be figured out? What if he were at Oregon State? Would he need 20 years to figure things out? The guy makes excuses like no one else.

I bet he didn’t mention this during his job interview with Mike Bohn.

54 thoughts on “USC Notes: Lincoln Riley Figuring Out How To Be Successful”

  1. KAM: UCLA is proceeding as though it landed a massive gift this week, with 2025 Sun Belt Player of the Year Trent Hendrick joining the Bruins for practices Monday and Tuesday.

    Hendrick is among 16 players who sought a Louisiana temporary restraining order allowing them to return to college after entering the NFL draft pool, arguing they would not have left had they know NCAA rules would change granting them an extra year of eligibility.

    The temporary restraining order was granted last week, but the Big Ten voted on Tuesday to pass a new rule that prohibited football players who have signed a professional contract, were on a professional roster at any point or declared for the NFL draft as an underclassman without withdrawing, from maintaining eligibility for athletic competition.

    DON: Hendrick, however, did not sign a contract, never earned a spot on a roster and didn’t declare for the draft as an underclassman.

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      1. KAM: Ummm you realize USC plays your Bruins every year, Cowardly Gabby the UCLA Fan? And the return of a player from the NFL was banned by the Big Ten 2 days ago?

        DON: Surely you can’t be that stupid.

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      2. The title of the thread is “Lincoln Riley Figuring Out How To Be Successful”. Nothing about ucla

        Surely you can’t be that stupid.

        (I guess so)

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  2. Wolf needs a one-on-one with Riley. Perhaps some of the repeated questions he asks will get answered.

    That will never happen…Wolf has burned too many bridges

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    1. KAM: Cowardly Gabby needs a chocolate swirlie to clear her drug-addled brain.

      DON: BWAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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      1. KAM: Funny how you have returned to your original fake s * c k puppet handle you used 26 years ago when you were TrojanFan1, TrojanFan2 and TrojanFan3, Cowardly Gabby.

        DON: You were kicked off the blog repeatedly for your childish antics 26 years ago and have made it your life’s work to plague this blog with your insanity..

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    1. GEORGE —SO FUNNY YOU MENTIONED IN IT! I’M THINKING OF FIGHTING ALL OF MY IN-LAWS THERE. 3 ROUNDS PER IN-LAW! 5 IN ALL. 15 ROUNDS OF GOOD, CLEAN IN-LAW FIGHTING…

      #3 KNOCKDOWN RULE HAS BEEN WAIVED

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  8. KAM: SC already has a handful of injuries, maybe 2, and its only practice

    DON: “Only practice?” Some of these good teams say practice is more difficult than the game. If you aren’t football-tough than don’t apply

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    1. KAM: Only USC Insiders are allowed to know the real number and extent of USC injuries.

      DON: That allows them to make more successful bets on the games.

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      3. KAM: But Insiders to the program have no such restrictions.

        DON: What an advantage to know who is not going to be able to play for the Trojans each week.

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  9. DON: Did you see my ratings of the presidents yesterday?

    KAM: I did like your No. 2 and No. 3 choices, Lincoln and Washington, but the others we’ll have to debate

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  11. KAM: I get a kick out of the football announcers saying about any injury, “He got dinged up.”

    DON: Which translates to ‘He just got half-killed’

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  12. KAM: You think Scott Wolf and Wiley are drinking buddies?

    DON: No, Scott doesn’t believe all he writes, and he picks on Wiley because it works for him

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    1. KAM: Are you going to make your legacy defending the last 17 years of incompetent hired help from Kiffin, Drunk Sark, Hugs…

      DON: And now Riley Coyote?

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  14. KAM: Do I have this wrong, but didn’t SC and Notre Dame drop their game and SC replaced it with San Jose St.?

    DON: This season SC would have been an underdog to ND and are now favored by more than 5-touchdowns over State. Those Trojans are always thinking

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    1. KAM: Riley Coyote is always thinking of ways to avoid tough teams.

      DON: That’s why they dropped the Ole Miss games scheduled for 2025 and 2026, two sure losses for Riley Coyote.

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    2. The most respected college football publication, Phil Steele, ranks the Big Ten the toughest conference….and rates USC’s schedule the 13th toughest in the country….

      #NotreDame’sScheduleIsRanked32nd

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      1. Thanks for sharing this information MG. Great to know that someone is a research journalist on this site. Enjoy the magic of your island. Tomorrow will demonstrate what kind of team we have. Fight on, Dan, Class of 1962

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      2. KAM: It would be tougher if Riley Coyote hadn’t weaseled out of playing ND for the next 4 years.

        DON: Or would have it been rated easier?

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      3. It would be tougher….probably THE toughest in country…..BUT….we don’t want it THAT tough….

        #Playoffs

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  15. KAM: SC is favored by about 38 points. If it is late in the game and SC is ahead 45-10 say, do I want to be exhorting SC to get still another insulting touchdown so I win my bet?

    DON: As they now say in college football, ‘Money changes everything

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  17. KAM: Starting in 2030 the season will kick off with an SC-Notre Dame contest, not some lackluster San Jose St game

    DON: 2030, huh? If only I live so long

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  18. DON: You ever wonder what the San Jose St coach says to his players before they take the field against SC as 38-point underdogs?– ‘I see where you men compared to these SC city boys are 38-point ‘dogs. Well let’s go out and show them that these ‘dogs have some bite to them

    KAM: I guess, “Win or lose, I’m proud of you’ wouldn’t have the same effect

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    1. i wonder if SJSU’s players feel like sheep to the slaughter, knowing they are being served up for a $1.5 mil payday. they signed up to play Fresno and Cal Poly, not the Big10’s toughest team! maybe if the dough was paid out to the players as NIL bonuses or such, but how can they not feel exploited otherwise?

      #LedOntoFieldByJudas Goat

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      1. I just realized that UCLA has to travel to Michigan to play Whittingham’s VERY physical team right before the USC game…. [whereas USC will play bottom feeder Maryland at home]….

        #I’mStartingToFeelBetterAboutNovember28th

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      3. [make that “below” —I’m not in charge of the architecture of the page…I’m not sure anyone is today]…

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    2. I want something even lamer —something along the lines of…”We’re gonna shock the world & win this game, boys….. or….I’ll know the reason why!!”

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  19. DON: I hate to degrade San Jose St but there are some high school teams that could handle them

    KAM: I’m not sure of the value to SC to be having a glorified scrimmage except there’ll be a lot of touchdowns to pass around

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  20. DON: We got censored recently for merely declaring how good the freshmen wideouts are

    KAM: Like God, the Censor moves in mysterious ways

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