Oklahoma Total Offense under Riley: 2017: 579.6 2018: 570.3 2019: 537.6 2020: 494.7 2021: 441.6 Have teams figured out Lincoln Riley’s offense? Many people are asking
Not really Helton wasn’t great recruiter Sanctions, transfers and coaching changes killed their numbers Just look at recent nfl drafts , very uninspiring for USC Riley will change this very quickly, but he better get a good dcord
Class rankings under Helton: 2015: 2 2016: 10 2017: 4 2018: 4 2019: 20 2020: 64 2021: 7 One super outlier, otherwise pretty elite.
Was Helton that great at bringing talent in, I was always amazed when um would be recruting a cali kid heavy then greg biggins would come on a um board and say um may be leading but usc doesn’t really start recruting instate kids until December. Incredible how easy it is to recruit at usc.
I absolutely love this twitter profile. It and Freezing Cold Takes are just the best. There's some LSU posters claiming that Riley's contract is 10 years at 15 million a year lmaoooooo
Should also note that he was terrible at recruiting OL. Probably the biggest thing that’s held them back in recent years.
His classes were generally heavily weighted to certain position groups. Beyond that, The Athletic reported that his staff would actually request that their commits get ranked higher by the recruiting publications in return for access. So you had some really overrated classes that didn’t create complete rosters and a whole lot of busts.
This is incredible analysis. “Rival team enjoying dormant status of traditional power, upset by elite coaching hire” What else you got rattling upstairs?
Agree with most of this post, but have to point out, regarding the bold part, that Riley is not a top tier in-game coach either.
I somehow always forget how much joy this part of the season brings me. All these fucking psychos in one violent orgy of narcissism
wouldn't be surprised if most teams do that, tbh. maybe not as loudly as USC did but i'm sure they talk to some of those national analysts and pimp their commits.
The USC fans on this board seem great, but I despise their fan base in general. Them being all smug again is going to be tough.