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Analysis: Another Epic Failure For Lincoln Riley

Lincoln Riley finds new ways to lose and embarrass USC.

How does he blow a 10-point lead to TCU and its backup QB in the final five minutes?

How does USC let a third-and-20 in overtime turn into a 35-yard game-winning touchdown pass?
Do you still think this season showed progress? Do you trust Riley to lead USC to success?

What amazes me is people are worried about Notre Dame keeping USC out of the College Football Playoff. Do these people watch the games? USC has shown nothing to suggest it is ready to challenge Ohio State, Oregon or Indiana next year.

Lincoln Riley has lost 15 games in the past 3 years at USC but the diehard fanboys still say he’s making progress.

The truth is USC still needs to improve its tackling and blocking, the basics of football. After four years, USC is still not a physical football team.

Riley said after the game it has been four “fun but challenging years” to open USC’s window but the window is open now. Is he serious? Maybe he should jump of the window.

It’s astounding that some fans want to entrust the program to this buffoon while letting him destroy the USC-Notre Dame rivalry.

The diehards already had their excuses ready last night, complaining that the Trojans fielded a young bowl team. But how hard was it for three guys (who all played quite a bit during the season) to simply knock a tailback out of bounds on the final play?

D’Anton Lynn wasn’t there but the Dawg Work-led defense looked suspiciously familiar as it fell apart in the fourth quarter and overtime.

Don’t let the offense off the hook either. Jayden Maiava was off most of the night and USC could do anything with first-and-goal at the 2-yard line in OT.

Did you know Tanook Hines, who had 163 yards receiving, wasn’t even on the field for third-and-goal at the 5-yard line in OT?

Where does this choke job rank for Riley? How does it compare to the Tulane loss his first season? Or the losses to Michigan, Minnesota, Penn State and Maryland last year?

No wonder he has done everything possible to avoid Notre Dame. He can’t even beat short-handed TCU.

5 thoughts on “Analysis: Another Epic Failure For Lincoln Riley”

  1. I stayed up to see this analysis —knowing it would be spot on. For the umpteenth time Lincoln rates Scott’s wrath. Relatives have already called to laugh at the way USC collapsed on the final play [“It was better than we could hope for”].

    What makes it even worse was Lincoln couldn’t even accept responsibility for the softness his team showed. He actually threw the players under the bus at his presser [“We put them in position, they just didn’t execute”]….

    #HeDoesn’tGetIt…

    #OnceAgainHe’sMadeMyBruinLovingIn-LawsVeryHappy

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    1. I have this funny feeling new UCLA Bruin HC Bob Chesney is going to make things more challenging/worse for Lincoln Riley.

      #BobChesney>LincolnRiley

      #CrosstownShowdown

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  3. KAM: With 2:00 left in the first half down 14-10, USC has the ball on the 17 yard line and is easily moving the ball. Yet instead of having their experienced QB Maiava pick apart the TCU defense with short passes in the classic Two Minute Drill, Riley Coyote the play caller runs the ball twice , has the offense huddle twice in no apparent hurry as 70 seconds run off the clock. Then, with 24 seconds left, with the ball on the 11 yard line, instead of going for the first down, he has Maiava throw a lob deep in the end zone that is batted away and settles for a field goal and SC goes into the half losing 14-13 to depleted TCU. He had TCU’s defense on the ropes and let up. He has done this over and over the last 4 years.

    DON: Charles Barkley would call that turrible clock management. Absolutely infuriating!

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