Walking into this weekend, Lincoln Riley and the USC Trojans might be in a mindset to seek revenge. After all, last season, under the new head coach Sherrone Moore , Riley’s boys suffered a 27-24 defeat. The Trojans’ biggest drawback? It was their offense that struggled for long stretches. This season, ESPN’s Football Power Index gives the Trojans a 68.5 percent chance to knock off the visiting Wolverines. Is that the reason for Riley’s mindset before the game?

On the October 11th episode of the USC Athletics podcast, Riley was invited as a guest. He took up questions from different journalists on the call. That’s when an interesting question dropped in. “There’s so much history between USC and Michigan. And I’m just kind of wondering, like what kind of a stamp do you want to make

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