A DEEP DIVE into USC Football | Is it time for Lincoln Riley and the Trojans to succeed NOW?
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- The USC Trojans are entering year 3 of the Lincoln Riley era in Southern California, and expectations are set pretty high as the trojans enter the Big Ten conference. In this segment, Andy breaks down some of Lincoln Riley's quotes at Big Ten Media Days, and evaluates where things stand for the Trojans and Lincoln Riley
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If you knew anything about USC football,Clay Helton was the worst coach in the history of the program. LR was Hired in December with a month to recruit. He Inherited the lowest rated recruiting class in USC history ranked in the 60s. So yes USC is still building in year 3. This will only be LR 2nd full recruiting class for 2025.
LSU had 32 scholarship players when bk got there they didn’t have a quarterback for the bowl game had to play a wideout at quarterback
@@megabukkz4127 Ok And?? This is about USC not Bryan Kelly. Oh and FYI Brian Kelly lost to Clay Helton when he was Notre Dame 😆.. LR almost took an average USC roster to the Playoffs if Caleb Williams didn't tear his hamstring in the Pac 12 championship
Lincoln Riley spent Oklahoma's 2021 recruiting budget getting commits from several of the top players in California to join him at USC. Riley gutted OU to give himself a head start at USC.
USC fan. Paul Hackett was the worst coach. Helton is second. Riley was hired late November 2021.
@drwinstonOboogi Gutted them so bad by taking the former backup QB, the average wr, and the below average depth corner. Then saved yall by taking the highly overrated QB commit, the already peaked RB, and the yet to make a significant impact WR. GUTTED.
The Lincoln Riley hate is Real its hilarious. He did inherit shit and has turned us around. Im very excited for this year. 9-3
Dude is a fraud bruh, litterally ran out the door as soon as he heard that OU was heading to the SEC lol.
@@tyronpouncey5985the fact that you believe that is sad. Cope fucking harder
7-5
He was handed a Ferrari at OU and left it a Ford Pinto.
@@flatheadcatfish-d5o what’d he inherit at usc before going 11-3?
The rebuild was severely delayed and disrupted by this guy's decision to retain Grinch. He needs to show some accountability and stop making excuses for everything. Be an adult.
the man makes $10 mil/year, and has produced 3 Heisman winners and a runner-up, and saved Jalen Hurts from oblivion so now he has a QB1 contract w/ the Eagles for 5 years at $250 mil ... that right there is a grown man type of accomplishments ... now that he has D'Anton as his DC along w/ Wentz and Henderson, USC is serving notice to all these 3 yards and a cloud of dust teams in the Big 10 that there is a new kid in town ... you watch!
USC bought the #1 portal class in 2022 with NIL
How can you get the Heisman winning QB and the Blletnikoff winning WR, plus 18 other players, then blame USC for not doing enough with NIL for you to be successful!? 🤔
😂😂😂
USC was always a 3-5 year rebuild. Not sure why the media is on LR's nutz like this. This place was a complete mess after Clay Helton. Let LR build his team! ✌🏾✌🏾
He also brought a heisman 5 star quarterback not many get that kind of talent at the very beginning.
I also forgot jordan addison an all american wide receiver
3-5 years? Pete turned the program around in Year 2, and the cupboard was just as bare when Hackett left as when Helton left. If you know how to build a complete program and that includes recruiting, S&C program, approach to practice, and the quality of your coaching staff a program like USC can bounce back quickly. In fact, it's easier today due to the transfer portal. If you're a head coach and your entire emphasis is on one facet of football (passing offense) it's not going to work. Riley has to change ihs approach to almost everything. Shedding Grinch and bringing in a new defensive staff is a start, but let's see if he can become a complete head football coach.
@@kevinfessler6831 3-4 is actually a more realistic timeframe on average.
@@David_USC If a program isn't going in the right direction in year 3 it's probably not going to happen. I'm sure someone can show me examples to the contrary, but in year 3 the program is playing with mostly players the current HC and staff have brought in. Culture and processes have been established. That said, given Riley's contract he probably gets two, if not three more seasons. I didn't love the Riley hire, but the university is completed invested and I want to see it work.
His answer to the behind question is very telling. He might as well say he thinks they’re gonna suck this year
USC was 5-7, 5-1, 4-8 before Riley. Recruiting was not even top 50. Straight Up clown takes from On3
He was born on third base from what Stoops left him. LOL
USC will correct his defense I promise. Fight on Trojans ✌️.
Riley fired within 6 weeks
FIGHT ON!!!!! GO TROJANS!!!!!
You haven't seen a practice because they are closed, No reporter has seen a practice so what are you talking about?
The scheduling is an easy fix by making the P4 top teams schedule each other, the middle teams schedule each other and the lower teams schedule each other…. Then, all of them get one game against a lower division team based on records…
The tackling is directly tied to his philosophy. At OU he had the same problem. The players are FATIGUE due to his stupid air raid scheme not taking into account time of possession + he played vs high powered offense. You will EVERY former Pac12 team dominate their new conference. You'll see that pac12 has been the toughest conference top to bottom just always cannabilized each other
Mmmm ...does oregon and oklahoma have this same issue?!? Oh wait, they dont and their offenses are faster. Stop blaming his offense.
The USC Hate Is Real We Absolutely Love It, Fight On ✌️💯
Year one compared to year two was the Oline was a readymade not in a talent level but with a ton of experience and chemistry with working with each other mostly with upper class men
We going to ignore all the defensive coaches he’s hired?
How does Riley use defense? He's got a whole new staff and you can't possibly know what the defense is. But I'm glad you guys are stuck in last year, it makes the job so much easier when people are stuck in the past.
Most usc fans know the issues we had since the Carrol era and the NCAA punishment
My goodness look at that schedule, LSU, Michigan, Wisconsin, Penn State, Notre Dame and much improved programs such as Nebraska, Washington and Rutgers. If Coach Link and his Trojans get through that with 10 wins i definitely see them in the title game with a playoff berth. There's no SEC with a schedule like this, Michigan's schedule is just as hardcore. One thing for sure the BIG conference isn't scared. The SEC should grow a pair and stop scheduling three fcs schools a year. The BIG conference owned the SEC last year, booted both their teams from the playoffs 😂
It's the USC way!!! No coward scheduling like the SEC has done for last 20 years
This is sooners SEC schedule. texass, ole miss, bama, LSU, mizzou tn, auburn and cocks. horns, rebels, tide and mizzou in every top 10 that has come out. LSU and vols top in every top 15.
Florida schedule is even tougher. They play noles and canes out of conference. Plus a murderer's row in SEC play.
@@knothyselfknotruth Exactly!! LSU scheduled trojans and bruins this year.
@@user-xp6qd4sk1j One thing that you have to give SC credit for is that they might be the only program to have never played an FCS School, and they always have to play ND and normally another P5 team. LSU and ND as your non conference is insane. Scheduling the bruins is not something to brag about
OU’s schedule would melt usc.
Riley famously does not let media stay for practice beyond glorified warmups. This guy has no idea how they have been practicing
The team had no problem tackling in the bowl game and Lynn fielded the No.2 rushing defense in the nation in his first season. They will tackle just fine. You totally don’t acknowledge the $7 million in defensive coaching overhaul etc. They will be better on defense. Just be better than the rest of the B1G shill media asking dumb questions like “do you know what state Purdue is from” and the stupid questions about the physical play despite USC historically dominating the entirety of the B1G the last 50+ years. Oh no, cold weather games! What a joke. I can’t wait till the season starts to shut up all these asinine assumptions about USC and the west coast additions. I’m sure they will be sad when Oregon whips OSUs booty in Eugene and all that.
It is hard to overstate how much Grinch and Donte sucked. Taylor Mays spent 4 weeks with the secondary, teaching them to tackle and look how much better they played. More quality transfers came in and another high school class and the defense will be fine. The offense with Miller Moss will be tons more consistent than Caleb.
Does sc return NINE defense starters like his bruin defense did in '23? That might have something to do with big improvement.
UCLA’s d-line last year was WAY better than USC’s this year. The fact y’all think the DC gonna wave a magic wand and improve your defense is hilarious.
@@QuickSilva91 We are sc. He just has to. That's their rationale.
@@QuickSilva91 USC has Bear Alexander, who can be great, Anthony Lucas was a 5 star that just needs more time to get great, edge has Braylon Shelby and Kamryn Fountain, who is going to be incredible. They are transformed physically and skill set is much improved. D-line is fine, but the linebackers and secondary are the strength. No magic wand, lots of hard work.
I love how Lincoln Riley is 90% of the content on any OU fan's feeds. They're obsessive beyond reason with a guy they apparently never liked...Maybe it's because Riley took over a rock-bottom program and is already 19-8 at USC with a Holiday Bowl, Heisman, conference title berth, and 11 draft picks while facing 13 teams that finished top-25. Burnt Vegetables took over a CFP level program and is 16-10 with no bowl wins, no Heismans, no conference title berths, and only 8 draft picks while facing 8 teams that finished top-25. Andy Staples should be talking about the pressure OU is facing going into that SEC gauntlet they think they're ready for. It's going to be ROUGH in Norman after this year. Their QB looked awful in the bowl game and has to learn an entirely new system going into that mess of a schedule.
Does always talking about OU help USC fans to cope with USC spending $40,000,000 in 2022 on Riley and his #1 portal class just to play Tulane close?
@@drwinstonOboogi Lol, we never even think about that hick program. Go to any OU video or article or piece of media out there and then do the same for USC. You know exactly what you’d find buddy. Countless OU fans salty about their ex every USC related post. And at least we went to a Cotton Bowl. Better to lose by one point there by some crazy fluke than to go to the Alamo just to get hammered by an Arizona team that Lincoln Riley beat that very season. Nice try.
@@makilicious Those fans are not salty, there just saying "I told you so!" Riley's already making excuses and deflecting blame for his shortcoming just like he did at OU.
LR - "We're playing catch-up with facilities, we're playing catch-up with NIL"
OMG that's hilarious! Caleb Williams NIL deal was worth $5M a year. Jordan Addison and several others got million dollar NIL contracts to play for USC. USC had the #1 portal class in 2022.
Sounds like Riley is saying it's not his fault. USC is too broke and pedestrian for him to build them into a winner like he's capable of. 🤷♀
@@drwinstonOboogi You take it as an excuse because you’re jealous and salty, but he’s been candid with USC fans about what needs to be done to restore the program. We are playing catch up. We’ve been kicking and screaming for better NIL leadership for years, and better facilities for over a decade. Riley’s been pushing to get us those things and is getting it done. Riley continuously defends the progress we’ve made on NIL, so how could he be using it as an excuse? He literally defends how much better our NIL is in that same exact interview you pulled that quote from. Kind of crazy that OU fans still don’t know how to read in 2024.
@@drwinstonOboogiBetter to play Tulane in the Cotton and lose by one point by some crazy fluke than to go to the Alamo and get hammered by an Arizona team Riley beat that same season. That’s pretty pathetic. You got worked by a lower tier Pac-12 team when you supposedly were playoff worthy.
And what USC fans do you see talking about OU? We don’t think about your hick program at all. You all are the ones that infest every USC related post on the internet, not the other way around lol. Why are you here? Look in the mirror.
Usc has no excuse to not be good in the NIL era.
Hes losing the recruiting battle in LA
Yep. I think Texas A&M and Alabama have more commits from top 10 in California than Lincoln does.
2:12 could have not said it better 👏
I see 4 Ls off the rip, (LSU, PENN, Washington and Notre Dame) and depending on how good Mich is a 5th L.
Don't put any money on the Tigers. When they come west they get spanked
@@knothyselfknotruth Remember them winning at arizona, az state, washington and sc. LSU beat trojans by 3 scores when they went out west. The bruins are the only one I can remember getting the best of LSU. It will be like a home game for the tigers in the season opener.
You're 100% correct about that USC vs LSU game.
He's right, Nick Saban always custom made his schedule & he was never given a hard time about it.
Boxers face tough competition & then a couple light weights then a tough one again.
Too many tough ones will ding a team up in a bad way.
Oregon has put more players in the NFL at WHAT position?
Outside of Herbert, Sewell, and Javon holland (all Cristobal recruits he developed) Oregon barely has any notable players.
I didn't get that statement either
Maybe you should do some research on USC record vs the so called big dogs that you say they are gonna play against. USC has winning record vs all of the BIG.
Riley will be gone mid season.
They reward some teams & not other teams for tough losses vs high end opponents.
They punish some teams for mediocre competition & others don't get punished for the same acts.
It's a highly prejudiced system
In 2015 Alabama under Saban played Middle Tennessee State, Louisiana-Monroe and Charleston Southern all home games.
The voters do not look at strength of schedule. A loss against a top ten team hurts you where if you go undefeated against smaller schools that are weaker, well you are undefeated so that helps you. The system encourages you not to play anybody who is any good because you might lose that game and get banged up with injuries.
I like to come in every once in a while just to see what the SEC-friendly and anti-USC channel, ala On3, has to spew out in terms of filth and garbage ... and it did not disappoint me again, cuz haters must hate, no!
I can’t believe this is a real page considering the embarrassing amount of bias and shots being taken at coach LR 😂
Lincoln Riley scared of the SEC
His suspect play calling lost us that Georgia gam3
Heisman QB and he decided to take his foot off the gas in the third quarter while only up by 14. He robbed Baker of a Championship.
This is why californai shouldnt listen to on3 -- how was this program not even a rebuild for like 6 years after clay helton. Should be washing lincons blls for being a game away from the playoff and getting a heisman winner in L.A. and revamping a staff
NIL need to be better, Oregon, Texas, Georgia have great NL deals for players we don’t
It was reported that Caleb Williams received $5,000,000 per year to come to USC but sure...
He actually dose recruit well you do also have to remember that because it’s USC he can’t recruit any 5 🌟 because academics play a major part to get in and that comes even before football. Lincoln is making the right moves and I think in the next 2 years we are talking about USC as one of the top 3 Football programs in all of college football
Harder than notre dame?
He doesn't not recruit USC well enough since he been there. Academics don't play that much because majority of HS in the state do A-G requirements. They lost California and the type of families that would trust them in the past don't today. Best OL and DL in the state choose Georgia and Alabama types over USC. Which would have been unheard of. In the past.
@@deytonb17 in the past before he was there this was already the case he is building a great program. Cry later ✌️✌🏾✌️✌🏾✌️✌🏾
@@EverythingAerial I'm talking currently though that he hasn't made the right connection to get the right players in. No crying here just stating what actually happening. He needs to own as much of the state as possible when it comes to recruiting 2 out of the 25 for 24 class is unacceptable. Same with 25 class. I'm around the program go to the games they are missing still some California football cultural things. Hopefully they get it fixed.
Gotta lock up Cali first . Then go outta state
You ain’t been to new practice 😂
Umm Riley was left a Ferrari at Oklahoma, and depressed year after year,
Umm multiple Heismans college playoff appearance you people amaze me with your stupidity
And now Burnt Vegetables is winning less with more than Riley has had at USC
@@makilicious nah you aint gon do bv like that , tbow tried to destroy our program, bv has recruited better and ,and the guys more physically and mentally tougher, he's building men, unlike tbow...
@@clintongreenwood997 those heismans where more because of the athletes , what qbs did he have before ou? none , recievers? none, it was because he was at ou , and what stoops left him, period.
Catching up
Just to be clear , Riley left Oklahoma talent wise in shambles, he put every resource into offense and zero into defense or special teams ! I feel sorry for USC fans, this clown will set your program back for a decade!!
He inherited a Natty caliber program at OU and drove it off a cliff. He fired Mike Stoops as DC. but then screwed that up by hiring Grinch. He ran away from the SEC just to end up in the Big-10. He is soft and his teams are soft. He still has Bennie Wiley as S&C. The rope skipping palates instructor. Maybe as a QB coach or play collar he is ok. As a OC or an HC, forget it
And by driving off the cliff you mean going to the playoffs multiple times and having a 55-10 record?
You’re nuts dude. He’s so bad he turned a 4-8 team around in a single year and gave SC its 8th Heisman year one. His only sin is not leaving Grinch in Norman. I can’t wait till this season starts so all of you USC haters and media casuals eat some crow.
@@therealjulian22 ha ha ha ha ha ha 55-10 that’s a damn good record he showed up against some great teams and the national title game
Lincoln Riley just does this he will make very calculated statements because if everybody just buys in for 1 more year its worth at least 20 million Dollars to him lol Lincoln Riley will dictate to each coach which players they can Recruit and which ones that they cant he made Grinch the scapegoat lol At Oklahoma 3 years after lincoln Riley left we have replaced most of his players and everyone of them were terrible inept players ! his players said that the strength coach was like Jazzersize compared to what they have now lol And he insist on very light no contact practices you are on the right track ! No i publicly called for Lincoln to Resign a year before he did because i could see his rediculous speal.....Mark My word USC Will Drop 6 games this year