'A Mastermind': Lincoln Riley Has USC Fans Believing Again
The Lead
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🗓️ 9 September 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
It's been a rough decade for USC football fans. Their beloved Trojans -- winners of nine national championships -- have missed every single college football playoff since 2014, and have finished in the top ten nationally just once in the past ten years. But now, with 39-year-old Lincoln Riley at the helm, there's a growing sense of optimism. The L.A. Times' Ryan Kartje takes us inside the mind of one of college football's most exciting and creative young coaches, and explains why Riley has inspired a new sense of belief among USC faithful. Plus, a bizarre standoff between USC and its own fans over NIL deals.
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| 0:40.8 | There's perhaps no group of college football fans who's been more frustrated over the past |
| 0:44.9 | decade or so than USC fans. |
| 0:48.7 | A national championship in 2004, and now almost another two decades of disappearing, the |
| 0:54.4 | oldest player on USC's roster had not entered kindergarten when they won their last national |
| 1:01.1 | championship. |
| 1:02.1 | Remember, this is a program that has won nine NCAA national championships, but lately, |
| 1:07.6 | fans have watched in frustration as the Trojans have missed every single college football |
| 1:11.3 | playoff since it was started and has finished in the top ten just once in the past decade. |
| 1:16.6 | But now, a lot of people feel like something has shifted. |
| 1:43.3 | Today, the LA Times Ryan Karkey takes us inside the Trojans program and explains why there's |
| 1:49.2 | suddenly new belief around the team and the man brought in to lead it, head coach Lincoln |
| 1:53.6 | Riley. |
| 1:55.1 | Just the stark shift between what USC's, you know, fan base in their tone was a year ago |
| 2:02.9 | versus now. |
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