On Saturday, ESPN College GameDay analyst Kirk Herbstreit lit the rumor pit, suggesting Florida might have its eyes on USC HC Lincoln Riley. It was speculative, but it sent the Trojans fans a wave of paranoia. Yet the only person whose voice mattered played an entirely different tune.

“Lincoln Riley is asked if he anticipates coaching at #USC next season, given the coaching carousel going on,” USC insider Chris Treviño wrote on X on November 25. “He said ‘100 percent.’ Excited about what they are building here at USC.”

“I’m right where I’m supposed to be,” Lincoln Riley told LA Times’ Ryan Kartje after Tuesday’s practice. “I think nothing other than what we’re building, literally, and I love being here. Yeah, that’s really the end of it.”

To be fair, Lincoln Riley has reasons

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