Lincoln Riley of USC provides a frank assessment of the Trojans’ failure.
Lincoln Riley, the football coach of USC, is aware that he hasn’t done enough to win this year. Riley is holding himself responsible for the team’s demise.
“I’ve got to be better,” Riley said when reflecting on USC’s collapse over the final six games of the season, per The Athletic. “There’s no way to look at this and say I did any kind of a good job and we got the result we did in the second half of the season. I’ve got to be better in every single way possible.”
USC is 7-5 on the year and the future looks uncertain for the Trojans with quarterback Caleb Williams possibly moving on. Williams has been frustrated throughout the year with the team’s losses, and discussed it openly. USC’s defense hasn’t been able to hold up during the last six games of the year, giving up loads of points to teams including 49 to California in a game USC barely won despite being heavily favored.