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USC football head coach Lincoln Riley has made it official that his starting quarterback for the 2024 season will be Miller Moss. The news is not too surprising to Trojans fans who watched the incoming junior shred Louisville’s defense in the Holiday Bowl at the end of last season. Moss, after spending three years on […]

The USC football program is about to embark on its inaugural season in the Big Ten, with head coach Lincoln Riley looking to lead his team to the newly expanded 12-team College Football Playoff. Riley and USC do have at least one critic though as they look to undertake this mission. That critic? None other […]

College football fans know that in recent years commitments alone aren’t enough for recruits to stay in their chosen schools. Flipping recruits has become as common as them committing to specific schools, which adds to the burden of college programs. Now, they must double their efforts to ensure their recruits stay where they are. Just […]

This is a landmark year for USC football, as the former Pac-12 program prepares for its first season in the Big Ten Conference. But make no mistake, this is also a critically important campaign for Lincoln Riley. The Trojans head coach is under enormous pressure to definitively bring this team back to elite status. While […]

As the USC football program embarks on their inaugural season in the Big Ten conference, some analysts still believe that head coach Lincoln Riley might not be up to the task of reviving the Trojans football team. One pundit that thinks along those lines is ESPN’s Paul Finebaum, who discussed his take on Southern Cal’s […]

The USC football team has new life after moving to the Big Ten this offseason, and Coach Lincoln Riley’s team appears renewed and refreshed because of it. USC football coach Lincoln Riley may or may not be on the heat seat depending on who you ask, and now he is revealing his honest thoughts about […]

It’s no secret that USC football and head coach Lincoln Riley haven’t lived up to recent expectations, especially after a disappointing 2023 season that saw the Trojans finish with an 8-5 record despite starting the year ranked No. 6 in the country. However, things may be looking up in Southern California, especially after Riley’s recent […]

As a freshman at Carrollton High School, quarterback Julian Lewis had one of the greatest seasons in Georgia high school football history, leading Carrollton to the state championship game in 2022 while throwing for over 4,000 yards and 48 touchdowns. A year later, after losing in the state title game the year prior despite throwing […]

The USC Trojans joined the vaunted Big Ten Conference this winter, creating a powerhouse with a legitimate claim as the most competitive football conference in the nation. USC football is well positioned to compete every year, but can they actually win the Big Ten, home to other elite schools such as Ohio State and Michigan? […]

The college football offseason is almost over as we are halfway through July. The season will get going in about a month and a half, and college football fans everywhere are eager for the new beginning. College football fever is rampant across the country as we get closer to the season, but also because of […]

Big Ten Media Days are currently taking place at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. This season, there are some new schools involved with media days thanks to conference realignment, and USC football is one of them. Trojans head coach Lincoln Riley took the podium on Wednesday, and he had a lot to discuss. One thing […]

After a very positive first season, Lincoln Riley took a step backwards with USC football in 2023. Riley joined the Trojans before the 2022 season, and year one was promising. USC finished the regular season 11-1, and they would’ve been a College Football Playoff team if they had beaten Utah in the Pac-12 title game. […]

The college football season is right around the corner, and because of that, ESPN’s Paul Finebaum has been active as of late. The college football analyst has specifically been targeting USC football head coach Lincoln Riley lately. Riley hasn’t been with the Trojans for long as it has only been two years, and USC won 11 games […]

The USC football program needs a big boost after the departure of Caleb Williams from their system. An area where they could use more help in would be at the wide receiver position. While there are a lot of good pass catchers in the 2025 recruiting class, Kelshaun Johnson stands as one of the best. […]

The USC football team had a very promising start to the Lincoln Riley era as they were just one win away from winning the Pac-12 and going to the College Football Playoff in 2022. However, things took a turn for the worst last year as the Trojans went 7-5 despite having Caleb Williams, the best […]

USC football nabbed one of the best players in the 2025 recruiting class, in quarterback Julian Lewis. Lewis says it was USC football coach Lincoln Riley that motivated him to pick the Trojans. "I chose USC for Coach Riley… He's had a good run with all the Heisman trophies…" 5⭐️ USC commit Julian Lewis spoke […]

The world of college football is concerned about two things at the moment: getting their squads ready for the season and battling it out with one another for recruits. USC football is one of the few programs that have their own gravity in terms of finding star-studded players. The most recent top NFL Draft pick, […]

The college football season is slowly approaching as we are less than three months away from the first game of the season. There are going to be a lot of exciting matchups to start the year, and one of the biggest games will be between USC football and LSU football at Allegiant Stadium in Las […]

When it comes to USC football quarterbacks, superstar prospect Caleb Williams has been the talk of the football world recently. However, with Williams’ imminent departure to the NFL, redshirt junior Miller Moss has a chance to take the Trojans’ starting job and run with it. Moss spoke about head coach Lincoln Riley’s message to him […]

College football season is over four months away and many teams are in the midst of preparations. One of those is USC football, which didn’t have the most ideal campaign last year. The Trojans finished the 2023 regular season with a 7-5 record, taking a step back from their highly competitive run the year prior. […]

Both Ryan Day and Lincoln Riley enter 2024 under some intense pressure after what could be considered disappointing seasons for their teams in the Buckeyes and Trojans in 2023. With hopes of proving themselves as the rightful men to lead their teams for the foreseeable future, winning has become paramount for the 2024 season. They’re […]

Recruitment has been one of the most crucial ways by which the USC football program kept its edge over other competitors. The Trojans are entering a new era of competition by joining the Big Ten conference and have to adjust against the talents in the Midwest. Coach Lincoln Riley has been beating other programs in […]

Coach Lincoln Riley has been on a massive recruitment spree ever since the offseason started. He was not content with the results they had last season and hopes to change their fate while entering the Big Ten Conference. The USC football squad had their eyes set on particular players but one man who goes by […]

The college football recruiting game can be vicious, and Kirby Smart and the Georgia Bulldogs learned this the hard way. After being committed to the University of Georgia for well over a year, five-star defensive tackle Justus Terry flipped his commitment and will instead be heading west and joining the USC Trojans for the 2025 […]

The USC football program has had an exciting two-year stretch during Caleb Williams’ historical tenure. Now, the team is starting a new chapter as it enters the Big Ten conference. Moreover, Head Coach Lincoln Riley highlighted his primary offensive concern amid Williams’ departure for the NFL Draft. Riley is concerned with USC football’s offensive line […]

Recruitment and injury updates are usually news that involves college football coaches two months after the season has wrapped. For Trojans Coach Lincoln Riley, it may be different as his star Caleb Williams is about to hit the 2024 NFL Draft. But, that was also not why the USC football head honcho’s name was all […]

Every year, college football coaches come in facing questions, with the number one being how they can improve. If you’re someone like Ohio State football’s Ryan Day, it’s about getting back to the National Championship. But if you’re someone like Colorado football’s Deion Sanders, it’s about just getting to a bowl game. There are stark […]

The USC football team finished last season with an 8-5 record despite the presence of generational talent and former Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams on the team. Coach Lincoln Riley is hoping to overhaul the team’s roster now that they are a member of the Big Ten Conference, and the latest news on the recruiting […]

The USC football team has had the luxury of having the best quarterback in college football as their starter for the past two seasons. Caleb Williams won the Heisman during his first season with the Trojans, and he had another special year this past season. Now, Williams is headed to the NFL, and he is […]

Last year did no go as planned for Caleb Williams and USC football, to say the least. Legitimate College Playoff aspirations melted into despair as the program suffered extreme humiliation in its final season in the Pac-12. The 2022 Heisman Trophy winner was not even enough to push the Trojans into the top tier of […]

There was a recent report form Colin Cowherd that Caleb Williams would not want to be selected by and play for the Chicago Bears, before it was eventually walked back. Caleb Williams’ college coach, Lincoln Riley spoke about what Williams wants in his NFL team. “For him it’s less about location and more about just […]

Quarterback Jayden Maiava has committed to USC football, Greg Biggins of 247sports.com reports. The decision comes after Maiava had previously committed to Georgia, making this a surprising move. Maiava has displayed signs of potential in the past and should be able to find success with USC. He spent 2023 with UNLV football and threw for […]

Lincoln Riley just wrapped up his second year as the USC football coach with a victory in the Holiday Bowl over Louisville, and he made a promise that the program will reach new heights with him at the helm in the near future. “There’s been a lot of bright moments over the first two years, […]

USC football ended an up-and-down 2023 season with its first bowl victory since 2016 on Wednesday, topping Louisville 42-28 in the Holiday Bowl. The Trojans were led by redshirt sophomore quarterback Miller Moss who shined in his first college start in place of former Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams. Moss threw for a Holiday Bowl-record […]

Lincoln Riley did not have any problems with the USC football program during the Holiday Bowl. A lot of Trojans fans were worried that they would lose to Louisville because Caleb Williams was not playing. That was not at all the case when they suited up and started torching the opponents. It was all thanks […]

USC football is set to take on the Louisville Cardinals at the Holiday Bowl on Wednesday, December 27. It should be a fun contest despite the fact it’s not for the College Football Playoffs. With that in mind, it sounds like Lincoln Riley is keeping the Trojans focused on ending the season on a high […]

USC football was set to have a resurgence with head coach Lincoln Riley. While the former Oklahoma head coach had a solid first season with the Trojans, winning 11 games in 2022, a quick downfall occurred. USC capped off the 2023 regular season with a 7-5 record, despite having former Heisman winner Caleb Williams at […]

The exodus continues in Trojan nation, and by the looks of it, fans will see a massively different USC football team in 2024. Lincoln Riley has already seen a number of former top recruits enter the transfer portal in recent weeks, and that trend continued on Tuesday after defensive end Korey Foreman decided to leave […]

USC football head coach Lincoln Riley spoke on the departure of former five-star quarterback Malachi Nelson, who recently entered the transfer portal. Riley hasn’t been with the Trojans for too long, but he’s been able to make an immediate impact on the offense in both recruiting and on-field play. Nelson wasn’t able to crack the […]