Lincoln Riley talks rivalries, recruiting & the Trojans future | Always College Football

Always College Football with Greg McElroy

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Football, Sports

4.3 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Lincoln Riley joins the show to talk about USC getting back on top, what he learned in his first season in the BIG 10, the recruiting surge that the Trojans have been on and the changes that come with the evolution of college football. Plus, conference expansion has already cost us more rivalries than football fans care to admit. McElroy talks about how the Notre Dame USC rivalry can continue but how we have to accept that college football will continue to change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's a new era. There are some changes that we've all just got to accept because it's just part of it right now.
0:07.0	Obviously that continues to move and we'll see how it evolves.
0:11.0	But I think any door that closes, well, there's also a new really exciting door that's getting open.
0:19.0	Hello and welcome. door that's getting open that's getting open.
0:25.8	Hello and welcome to Always College Football.
0:28.0	Today is Thursday, May 22nd.
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0:55.6	We have a great show for you today.
0:57.1	We're going to visit with Lincoln Riley, the head coach of the USC Trojans.
1:00.5	Talk to them a little bit about the changing landscape in college football.
1:04.8	Talk to them about the recruiting class that they have coming in this upcoming season
1:08.6	and some of the great moments from last year and just how close
1:12.9	they were to a really special season in 2024 and how they might be able to maybe flip
1:19.2	some of those unfortunate results into victories by closing and finishing maybe just a little bit
1:24.7	better. And then we will talk a little bit about rivalries.
1:28.4	It's been a hot topic of debate, USC and Notre Dame, and them not playing each other forever.
1:36.5	We don't know what's going to happen with that rivalry just yet, but all signs point to it,
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