USC’s Jalen Hurts? Why Lincoln Riley is comparing Shane Lee to an old favorite
2 years, 9 months ago

USC’s Jalen Hurts? Why Lincoln Riley is comparing Shane Lee to an old favorite

LA Times  

Former Alabama linebacker Shane Lee has made a quick impression among his new teammates and coaches at USC. He’s built quite a reputation to start.” Alabama linebacker Shane Lee stops Southern Mississippi running back Kevin Perkins during a game in September 2019. I’m ready to embrace it all.” Lee steps into the middle of an otherwise dire situation at linebacker, one that Odom openly admitted this week needs a lot of work. “We’ve got to get so much better here over the next few months.” Senior linebacker Ralen Goforth returns with 105 career tackles but was a starter in the middle of USC’s struggling defense last season. Sophomore Raesjon Davis, a former top-50 prospect who was seen as a major recruiting coup in USC’s 2021 class, offers another intriguing option alongside Lee.

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Lincoln Riley attributes departures to USC’s pro-style formula dictating NIL offers
3 weeks ago

Lincoln Riley attributes departures to USC’s pro-style formula dictating NIL offers

LA Times  

After nine days of chaos and uncertainty, during which 19 of his players left USC for the transfer portal, Lincoln Riley found himself longing Wednesday for a time, not so long ago, when the process of building a college football team was less opaque, teams were equally allotted 85 scholarships, relationships were forged in living rooms and decisions were made …

Lincoln Riley still thinks USC can be ‘a really good team’ despite loss to Minnesota
3 months ago

Lincoln Riley still thinks USC can be ‘a really good team’ despite loss to Minnesota

LA Times  

An unseasonably warm breeze blew through Huntington Bank Stadium. But nothing about Saturday night’s 24-17 loss to Minnesota would leave USC feeling comfortable with its new place in its new conference. “We’ve got the makings of a really good team,” said Lincoln Riley, who has lost seven of his last 12 as the Trojans coach. “We gave up a couple …

USC linebacker Raesjon Davis to redshirt this season
3 months, 1 week ago

USC linebacker Raesjon Davis to redshirt this season

LA Times  

When Raesjon Davis arrived in 2021, during the last gasps of the Clay Helton era at USC, the four-star linebacker from Santa Ana Mater Dei looked like he could make an immediate impact at a position where USC desperately needed it. “Play as much as you want or play as little as you want, and the only way you get …

USC transfers look for ways to contribute during spring football
9 months, 2 weeks ago

USC transfers look for ways to contribute during spring football

LA Times  

USC transfer quarterback Jayden Maiava sets up to pass while playing for UNLV last season. With promising prospects from last year’s recruiting class — Riley’s first full group at USC — the Trojans signed only three transfers for spring on offense. Now with Richardson, running back Woody Marks and quarterback Jayden Maiava, the Trojans will try to mix veteran transfer …

What went wrong for Lincoln Riley and USC in 2023? ‘Something’s really off there’
1 year ago

What went wrong for Lincoln Riley and USC in 2023? ‘Something’s really off there’

New York Times  

In USC’s dream scenario, it would be spending the next two weeks preparing for the program’s first-ever trip to the College Football Playoff. This was one of the worst defenses we’ve faced.” Said another Pac-12 head coach: “They have some talented guys on defense, but they miss a ton of tackles. Where’s the defensive lineman no one can block?” asked …

Lincoln Riley’s past taught him to be patient while rebuilding USC football program
1 year, 1 month ago

Lincoln Riley’s past taught him to be patient while rebuilding USC football program

LA Times  

The toughest year of Lincoln Riley’s otherwise charmed coaching life felt, in a lot of ways, painfully similar to this one. I know we’re going to get there.” Effectively eliminated from the Pac-12 title race, USC won’t be going anywhere this season outside of a second-rate bowl game. “It’s just one day at a time right now, put your right …

Letters to Sports: Lincoln Riley and USC continue to disappoint
1 year, 2 months ago

Letters to Sports: Lincoln Riley and USC continue to disappoint

LA Times  

If the Trojans were as defensive on the field as Lincoln Riley is in the press room we’d be undefeated. Rob Raban Huntington Beach :: With USC’s deep pockets buying the head coach and quarterback from Oklahoma, they should dip back into these same deep pockets and send them back. Mike Aguilar Costa Mesa :: Lincoln Riley’s game plan probably …

Commentary: USC fans better get ready for a lengthy Lincoln Riley rebuilding project
1 year, 2 months ago

Commentary: USC fans better get ready for a lengthy Lincoln Riley rebuilding project

LA Times  

It’s going to take a long time — especially when calculated in USC years. No time is soon enough.” USC coach Lincoln Riley bows his head and walks to the bench during the first half of his team’s loss at Notre Dame on Saturday. The way Riley talked that dreamy day, he must have felt confident Caleb Williams was going …

USC coach Lincoln Riley: ‘We’re excited about where we’re headed defensively’
1 year, 10 months ago

USC coach Lincoln Riley: ‘We’re excited about where we’re headed defensively’

LA Times  

USC quarterback Caleb Williams and coach Lincoln Riley look on during the first half of the Cotton Bowl game against Tulane on Jan. 2 in Arlington, Texas. I think there’s certainly a lot less new, but at the same time, we’ve pushed the guys to understand that what was acceptable 12 months ago is not necessarily acceptable now.” Nowhere is …

What Jalen Hurts has shown for years that sets him apart from his peers
1 year, 11 months ago

What Jalen Hurts has shown for years that sets him apart from his peers

New York Times  

To most college football fans, Jalen Hurts’ defining moment didn’t actually come in a game, but rather immediately after one. “The biggest thing he did for us was he brought validity to this is what you’ve got to do to prepare to get there,” said former OU wide receivers coach Dennis Simmons. “He’s got good arm strength and he’s really …

Lincoln Riley says his first USC team should be his weakest
2 years ago

Lincoln Riley says his first USC team should be his weakest

LA Times  

USC coach Lincoln Riley gestures during the second half against UCLA on Nov. 19 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. “I’ll be disappointed if this isn’t the worst team that we have in our entire tenure here,” Riley said. “You better jump on,” he said, “or watch us go by.” Little wonder the likes of Nelson, Branch and receiver Makai …

How Lincoln Riley is revitalizing the USC receiving corps
2 years, 9 months ago

How Lincoln Riley is revitalizing the USC receiving corps

LA Times  

Brenden Rice runs with the ball against California in October. Rice didn’t have to wait long to hear from USC coach Lincoln Riley after he entered the transfer portal. “I a couple of other calls, but as soon as I heard Lincoln call, you know you have to go.” The speed of the new coach’s outreach to Rice wasn’t necessarily …

Domani Jackson picks USC over Alabama, giving Lincoln Riley a major recruiting coup
3 years ago

Domani Jackson picks USC over Alabama, giving Lincoln Riley a major recruiting coup

LA Times  

Mater Dei’s Domani Jackson had once leaned toward Alabama but decided to stay home when Lincoln Riley kept Donte Williams. Santa Ana Mater Dei cornerback Domani Jackson announced he would be signing with USC on Friday, choosing the Trojans over Alabama. But among that small group is a Mater Dei teammate of Jackson’s, five-star running back Raleek Brown, while another …

Lincoln Riley effect: Five players and one coach announce they’re leaving USC
3 years, 1 month ago

Lincoln Riley effect: Five players and one coach announce they’re leaving USC

LA Times  

USC defensive tackle Jacob Lichtenstein wraps up Oregon State running back B.J. Edge rushers Hunter Echols and Juliano Falaniko, defensive tackle Jake Lichtenstein and kicker Alex Stadthaus all entered the NCAA transfer portal on Monday, while offensive tackle Jalen McKenzie announced he would forgo an extra season of eligibility to enter the NFL draft. Defensive line coach Vic So’oto also …

Lincoln Riley jetted for USC, and Oklahoma is left to furiously wonder why
3 years, 1 month ago

Lincoln Riley jetted for USC, and Oklahoma is left to furiously wonder why

LA Times  

The price of oil was showing strength at over $100 per barrel, which created a hopeful mood as the University of Oklahoma board of regents met in June 2014. “The word ‘snake’ is being used a lot right now to describe Lincoln Riley,” McComas says. He was handed an opportunity that few others in college football history have gotten.” “He …

Tracking Lincoln Riley’s USC recruits: Mater Dei’s Raleek Brown commits to Trojans
3 years, 1 month ago

Tracking Lincoln Riley’s USC recruits: Mater Dei’s Raleek Brown commits to Trojans

LA Times  

A few hours after he was first introduced as USC’s next head coach, Lincoln Riley was in Raleek Brown’s living room. A few days after that, the five-star Santa Ana Mater Dei running back decided to follow Riley to USC. Brown is the first commitment for Riley in USC’s 2022 class and was clearly a priority for the new coach, …

USC hires coach Lincoln Riley away from Oklahoma
3 years, 1 month ago

USC hires coach Lincoln Riley away from Oklahoma

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! USC hired Oklahoma’s Lincoln Riley on Sunday in a stunning and rare move of one traditional college football powerhouse swiping another’s highly accomplished coach. Riley went 55-10 in five seasons leading the Sooners, winning four Big 12 titles and making three College Football Playoff appearances in …

Roundtable: Why USC fans should feel great Lincoln Riley was hired despite a few flaws
3 years, 1 month ago

Roundtable: Why USC fans should feel great Lincoln Riley was hired despite a few flaws

LA Times  

USC wrapped up a quiet coaching search with a shocking hire, reeling in Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley to turn around the football program. Kartje: If two losses are the worst it gets under Riley, I think USC fans should be plenty happy, considering what they’ve gone through the past four seasons. Kartje: We know, thanks to an early-rising crew of …

Commentary: Matt Leinart, USC revel in the Lincoln Riley hire: ‘This is the happiest I’ve been’
3 years, 1 month ago

Commentary: Matt Leinart, USC revel in the Lincoln Riley hire: ‘This is the happiest I’ve been’

LA Times  

Mike Bohn had just delivered a rousing salvo to kick off a news conference he knew he was going to win, and the reverberations were still ringing from ramparts of the Coliseum as Matt Leinart slipped quietly into the first row of seats with his wife, Josie, and teenage son, Cole. The last few years, as much as it hurt …

Five things USC fans should know about new football coach Lincoln Riley
3 years, 1 month ago

Five things USC fans should know about new football coach Lincoln Riley

LA Times  

Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley, center, talks with quarterback Caleb Williams and quarterback Spencer Rattler before a game against Iowa State on Nov. 20. If you did — they all hail from the Southland — then Lincoln Riley probably did, too As soon as Bob Stoops handpicked Riley to coach the quarterbacks and run the offense at Oklahoma in 2015, Riley …

Lincoln Riley’s hiring at USC already impacting Trojans recruiting, Malachi Nelson
3 years, 1 month ago

Lincoln Riley’s hiring at USC already impacting Trojans recruiting, Malachi Nelson

LA Times  

Junior quarterback Malachi Nelson of Los Alamitos committed to Oklahoma, but with Lincoln Riley coming to USC, he decommitted from the Sooners on Sunday night. 👀 — RALEEK BROWN November 28, 2021 The Riley-to-USC effect is already impacting Oklahoma’s Southern California recruiting pipeline. Los Alamitos quarterback Malachi Nelson, the best junior signal-caller in the state, decommitted from Oklahoma hours after …

Oklahoma’s Lincoln Riley is the nation’s preeminent quarterback guru
5 years, 3 months ago

Oklahoma’s Lincoln Riley is the nation’s preeminent quarterback guru

LA Times  

Oklahoma quarterback Jalen Hurts warms up under the watch of coach Lincoln Riley before the game against Houston on Sept. 1, 2019. Riley was only 20 years old when a 19-year-old Harrell walked through the door as a freshman in the summer of 2004, looking for someone who could teach him the Red Raiders’ “Air Raid” offense. “Really Lincoln was …

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