USC’s playoff hopes died a familiar death Saturday night in Eugene, Oregon. The No. 15 Trojans fell 42-27 to the No. 7 Ducks in a game that encapsulated everything wrong with Lincoln Riley’s tenure in Los Angeles. USC finished 8-3 overall and 6-2 in Big Ten play, firmly out of everything except a bowl game nobody will care about. And Paul Finebaum, who’s been Riley’s harshest critic for years, had a message for the $110 million coach.

Speaking with Matt Barrie on ESPN’s The Matt Barrie Show, Finebaum didn’t pull punches when asked if the “Lincoln Riley thing” had phased out at USC. “Yeah, I mean, as you know, I’ve been a critic, but that would maybe include me with about 50 college coaches. But I’ve been particularly hard on him,” Finebaum said. “I felt like he’s done a good job this ye

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