Finebaum is a joke; let him keep ɓroadcasting the Mediocre SeC; LSU struggled big time last season with a poor defense & has lost alot of Key players offensively & defensively; Alabama not what they once were & are rebuilding with Saban Gone....Georgia is the only consistant & good team....
This take is Clickbait from Finebaum, who is a blow hard and lacks the insight/connections into SC to have inside information. SC fans are frustrated but he is not on the hot seat at this point. Given his new D staff, which is stellar, there is a good chance of progress on that side of the ball (especially on the back end. They are thin on the Dline, but not discussed as much is being thin/inexperienced on the Oline (RT) which could have a more significant impact on the season. They win 9 games and fans will still be frustrated but it will calm down. They do need to get their NIL fixed or all the fantastic recruiting coaches have been doing will continue to be undermined.
I also trust our Pres and AD. It takes many individuals. Pete took yrs to get there in a more stable environment. Give Riley some room, we’re USC. Fight On✌🏻
@@Ryguy-lg2xz yeah Sark would be a stretch but he is from California and has publicly expressed his feelings for SC will never change. But yeah he has a good gig with UT right now. And we are sticking behind Coach Riley until that time comes
OU fans know all too well the pain of watching Lincoln flop. Especially in that playoff where LSU humiliated us. Riley is good as OC but not cut out for head. USC fans got sold a bill of goods on Licoln, I'm glad OU upgraded to Venables.
The man had a defense ranked 116th, below LA Tech and Western KY, and he's back for another season. And that's down from 106th the year before. He's in no danger.
Diehard OU fan here. I heard from LR every single year that he was rebuilding the D. “We are so close” or “We are just one or two players away”. He still says all of the same stuff at SC. Get used to it. It won’t change. He’s an offensive genius. Should be the best OC in the country, not a head coach. And he IS afraid of the SEC. Of that, there is no question. To believe otherwise is just from being a biased fan.
Riley's magic was wearing thin at OU. He's a play caller and not a program leader. His days are numbered but he may kast another couple years. He needs to attend Saban's career resurrection program. Wait, that's gone now.
Hottest seat in the nation. Football mecca? More like football meh-eh. We all said the same stuff you are all saying aboot TBOW when he was at OU, then he slid outta sight in the middle of the night (literally). Keep on petting the snake, he'll eventually bite you. I hope USC gets back on track but it WONT happen under Riley in the B10 SEC SEC SEC SEC SEC SEC SEC
Fools...All off season, fools have talked so negatively about Lincoln Riley. But these same fools said that he should have won a National Championship in his 2nd year at USC. So how is it a coach who has Championship expectations also the same coach, who essentially can't coach? 🤔
He actually atleast should have won that game against Georgia with Mayfield. His decision making in the bottom of the fourth was blueprint of his headcoaching in the future.. but they didn't feel he should win championship in second yr... did u hear that from like one fan .. or sports analysis that speaks for all fans or somethin ? 🤷🏿♂️
@@christophernash1846 Its also the standard at ND...BUT it's a different game now. Its took Dabo 6/7 years to win one...then another. Freeman has to win this year, but if ND goes 10-2...we won't fire him. Its juts means he has a lower ceiling than we thought. But I see what you mean.
@@sydIRISH Wrong, we’re SC! Too much talent and higher standards . Notre Dame tries for standards academically. USC didn’t pay Riley millions for 8-5 and 10-3 seasons !
After watching him decline year after year at Oklahoma Even though he was literally handed the keys to a Ferrari and now watching him do the same thing at USC and he's not on the hot seat? Lincoln Riley is 0-3 when it comes to bowl games with his Heisman winner. Those are just bowl games we all saw how bad he got murdered in the playoffs every single time. He's a weak man with a weak man's mentality and it shows in every area of his teams. It's why his team when he got from Bob Stoops was his closest to ever winning a playoff game and then got beat down once he got his own players and strength and conditioning coaches in
Thanks for your thoughtful insights into this Craig. The one thing that has changed dramatically is USC's Defensive Coaching staff. Compared to what we have had in recent years, this is a Dream Team of defensive coaching talent. If we are able to field at least a competent defensive team, then we should be able to compete without embarrassing ourselves as in previous years! Thanks for what you do. And I look forward to our upcoming inaugural BIG 2024 season! "GO BIG OR GO HOME"
SC went all in on him, they're kinda married for a while. He said he plans to retire young, and he just has to win enough to avoid getting fired to play out that plan. If he really flops hard, yeah, then the seat is red hot. But I doubt that will happen. The BIG 10 is a tougher league for sure, but they'll also have to adapt to his offense and that will be new to the league as well. I don't expect a spectacular crash and burn. More like a slow decline like he had going at OU after he inherited the program from Stoops. As an OU fan it sucked when he left at midnight, strip mining the program on his way out. But I think most OU fans are happy now that we were spared the long ugly divorce over several years. If you think about it from his stated career goal, he made the big $ move young while his reputation was high to a blue blood program sorta desperate for revival. Close observers of OU coulda told SC the prom queen might have a creeping STD, but SC wasn't in the mood to listen and scoffed at all the red flags
Comical, didn’t finebaum say that harbaugh was done a couple years ago, then a Harbaugh went on to win multiple Big 10 titles and a Natty? Finebaum is hoping USC doesn’t return to competing for titles. ✌🏽
Guarantee they didn’t address their defensive weaknesses. They are in trouble playing in the B1G, I’m sure they’ll win some games but they won’t win more than 9
Riley will have a 70 million buy at the end of the season and then get another high dollar coach . And don’t the 20 million the players are getting. Riley’s fault was keeping the GRINCH . Riley will be around for a while
Let the Haters Hate; Coach Riley has done a tremendous job this Spring making the D Fensive changes neccessary for USC to be successful @USC the Futures Bright.... Fight On & Go Blue Always!! ❤️💛💙💛💯. Parents were Alumni of both Michigan & USC. Both Prestigious Academic Universities with Great Football Traditions......Great Podcast✌️
You 🤡... Riley didn't make the changes.. the athletic director hired a coach without Riley and then that new DC hired his own staff without Riley.... Riley is an idiot and the AD now knows it and he took the steps needed... Sadly Riley won't change his offense forcing the defense to remain somewhat the same... Defense never works well with the Mike Leach offense... No rest ever.
There is a difference between the rational argument you make about whether LR should be on the hot seat, versus how fans respond. SC is thirsty for a return to the glory days, and shelling out $110M+ for a coach, even though it's not "their" money, makes fans demand results - NOW! If SC loses 5 games this season I believe you will hear talk of a buyout of his contract.
Umm I wonder why so many people outside of SC is worried about what’s happening at SC. Never hear so much about other schools. Okie’s got there butt hurt and just can’t seem to get over it? Finally the the big 10 is slow, boring and ugly SC not scared of them😮
PSA for you: college football has long been a sport people enjoy following, not just their favorite team. If you don't like other people commenting on your team, find a different spott.
@charlesdowell4505 this is a good year for USC to enter the B1G, because most of the teams are starting new QBs. It helps a defense that was ranked 116th in the nation. They should do well.
Two things: USC can’t do better and Riley can’t get better. Out recruited by his former team for the second straight year, Riley faces an LSU squad he tried to avoid. An opening loss would be an inaugural salvo for his throne given that an entire season of land mines lurk ahead.
PAC-12 was pretty darn tough last year, which was a problem for USC. I anticipate USC having about the same record this year -- somewhat better D from better coaching (still don't have the beef up front), but a somewhat worse O. USC's single biggest problem going forward is ... Oregon. There's a reason they were absolutely opposed to Oregon coming to the B1G; Oregon takes too many quality guys from California, and is going to continue to beat USC out for key portal guys (e.g., USC _really_ needed guys ike Jamaree Caldwell and Derrick Harmon).
This is a great show, I think USC won’t be that good in the B10 until they go back to basics and strengthen the point of attack on both sides of the ball, you can have all the skilled 5 star players but it means nothing in football unless you have a full complement of beef. The PAC-12 was the strongest conference last year and SC was average, Oregon above average UCLA was a better team than USC and then there is my team Washington, should have won a national championship but Debore was to concerned about Alabama since November, was was presented with a contract he refused to sign and the Alabama offer was a couple of hundred dollars more. Washington will be a sneaky good in the B18 and Oregon over hyped.
First of all F Finebaum. He is an arse. However USC could find themselves this year 7-5. Do not sleep on Wisconsin and @ Minny could be tough as well. So yeah I believe the seat will get very warm, very quickly for LR. He better figure out how to get his D and O lines fortified in order to play in the big ten. It will be must watch football.
How does one get to run up points and Not get blamed for running up the score ?? Have a weak defensive scheme ?? So needing to Outscore teams ?? Sounds like a deliberate plan !! SC needs to replace their S&C coach next ???
If USC has a good season (not a championship one), then we can stick a fork in Finebaum cause he is done. Did people forget that it took Harbaugh 9 seasons of Michigan paychecks for a National Title (and that after good years at Stanford AND a Super Bowl game while coaching the 49ers).
This is funny to me He lied to OKLAHOMA He lost 2 in a row to KST never happen in the history of OKLAHOMA Football He lost to Iowa St 2 times In the history of OKLAHOMA Football they lost 7 times to Iowa State Do the math on that Great coach but losing doesn't bother him
Your comments on Lincoln are spot on. The USC President and AD are Locked in with Lincoln. He and his staff are headed in the right direction. SC is finally in a conference that pursues excellence not equity. Fight On.
You must not have watched what he did at Oklahoma. He's a cancer and im very sorry that you have him..Oklahoma..I repeat. .OKLAHOMA players are the only reason you played well. Now ypu have the problem child to deal with. Good luck to you and your team. I wish you well.
Not all but some of you Sooner fans remind me of the guy that just can’t get over losing his girlfriend to someone that had more to offer them. You aren’t even in the B10, you should be worried about your team and the SEC
Trying to pay attention here. Nice video. I happen to agree with you on this one. Hey. Idea. With all those banners…you should do like the Cubs and organize them by top to bottom with viewer top left being no 1. It just seems like an obvious thing to do.
I think USC survives off of hopes and wishes for the next 2 years, then boots Riley after he has dug them a hole so deep, it’ll take years for them to get back to where they are now. 8-5
B S. Lincoln Riley, He's Not Going Anywhere , Don't Give These High School Kids Shite, They Can Kick Rocks 🪨, We're Fine At SC, Paul Dumbbaum Is Colossal Disgrace
Reality is Coach Riley has more to lose than USC if he can’t turn things around soon. His reputation and coaching career depends on it. USC will continue to be a blue blood school even after Riley. No different like for Michigan, Ohio St etc. ✌️
USC might do better than people think. I dont think they will contend but i can see them winning 8 games they're going upset teams you wouldnt consider as an upset when they were great but i think we see it
Nope, they could of, should of had Coach O. They tried Kiffin and Cuttysark with horrible results, that ship has sailed though both those guys seem to be much better than when they were at SC.
@@tyrellsmith8618 no, not even close. I've visited both states and I can assure you Oklahoma would be a third world country if it didn't have federal money constantly being pumped into it's economy
That's in their favor. The big ten is not that good with lot of the teams . Other than Michigan Penn state Ohio state outside those three I say they can beat the rest . But they will have deal with their own kind too that are entering from old pac 12 but the history does alarm me on their success in big ten in non con games
LR has done great things this off-seaso,n putting together a top 5 defensive coaching staff and I'm looking forward to seeing what they do with the players they've got. Win and recruiting will take care of itself. The Trojans should be in every game, and blowing out many of the B1G on their schedule this season.
Lincoln Riley has like an 80mill Buyout he ain't going no where and if they did je would be hired again immediately.. We good with LR.. Yall worry about us whoop that Big10 azz ✌🏽
Karma coming around to bite the Muleshoe wonder in the backside. What a snake in the grass. Thanks for doing us the favor though, and enjoy the beach. Also, enjoy watching elite talent in your own back yard go to that place you left because you couldn't recruit elite talent there.
First of all CLR inherited a dumpster fire left by Helton, the man goes 8-5 suddenly can't coach. CLR has a top defensive staff and the that they will playing some of the worst offenses in CFB I like our chances in the Big10.
Lincoln is toasted. Coach Prime raised the Bar for College football Head Coaches. Young players love the attention that surrounds Colorado. Every knock is a boost.
After we go 7-5, miss the CFP yet AGAIN, remain irrelevant for the 15th straight year, and lose the First Responders Bowl, THAT'S when the bonfires will be sky high.
Yes, he was gifted Baker. He didn’t “coach” Baker or Kyler up. They were already going to be great QB’s and turned out to be great QB’s. Jalen was a good QB when he walked onto OU turf. Look what he did at Bama. Rattler was the first recruit that Riley brought in. The first. He ended up being ok but not great. Riley made him dump his personal QB coach after the first year and Spencer ended up getting pulled 4 games later. Caleb was already a great talent. What I’m saying is TBOW is NOT a “QB whisper.” His QB’s are only gonna be as good as what they are when they walk on campus. Sorry USC but if TBOW doesn’t have a star quarterback he is not going to do well. Write that down.
