The Times of Troy: What was Lincoln Riley thinking at the end of USC’s loss to Penn State?
LA TimesI’m Ryan Kartje, your USC beat writer at the L.A. Times, back again for another edition of the Times of Troy newsletter, in which we’re once again scratching our heads, wondering what Lincoln Riley was thinking at the end of a heartbreaking loss, his third in four weeks as USC’s coach. But with only 40 seconds left — and still at least one more play left to run clock — the decision said a lot about his confidence in USC’s defense at that moment. We’ll never know what would have happened if Penn State had let USC get that third-down snap off. 4 Penn State Woody Marks finally getting the chance to unleash his total skill set at USC Lincoln Riley says officials reversed late call without video evidence in loss to Minnesota What I’m Watching This Week I recently finished a full re-watch of “The Sopranos,” which, for my money, is the best show in the history of television.
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