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“USC is what they were before Riley arrived: talented and no better than they were when Clay Helton was their head coach.”

That’s what I wrote about USC after Notre Dame beat them at the end of last season. That’s pretty much been the story for Lincoln Riley in Los Angeles. A whole lot of money spent on his contract and very little return on investment.

In his first three years at Oklahoma he went 36-6, an .857 winning percentage. He’s 26-14 at USC, which is a .