Lincoln Riley’s Culture and Game Management at USC Are Unacceptable

My Trojans Wire colleague Adam Bradford went in on Lincoln Riley’s USC football team after the loss to Illinois.

Bradford wrote, “USC football’s loss on Saturday was a brutal one. The Trojans played terrible defense, turned the ball over multiple times, committed too many penalties, and had poor clock management, ultimately leading to them falling to a less talented opponent.

“You may have noticed that I did not specify which USC loss I was talking about. While in this instance, I was referring to the Trojans’ 34-32 defeat at Illinois, there are seemingly countless games that the program has played under head coach Lincoln Riley that have met those exact same criteria.”

That really does get to the heart of the matter. The loss to Illinois was bad enough, but the worst part is how numbin