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LOS ANGELES — For about 20 minutes of Saturday afternoon, Lincoln Riley’s USC squad was giddy. Smiles and high-fives across the Trojans’ sideline. Defender celebration in the end zone percolating near-brawl vibes. A pretty disgusting way to spend a medical delay while an opposing player lies unconscious on your field.
Oregon coach Dan Lanning was in the mix for crowd control and understandably livid, emphatically directing traffic to protect his players from the heat of the moment. Meanwhile, USC’s high-dollar fraud Lincoln Riley was off somewhere out of frame, out of the picture and a complete non-factor.
USC had a slim first-half lead and knocked visiting Ducks’ QB Dante Moore into an ambulance.
Oregon’s season flashed before our eyes. Lanning didn’t blink; reserve QB Dylan Raiola didn’t blink.
Lanning’s QB-in-waiting model delivered a scalding dose of instant karma washed down with a can of whup-ass at USC on Saturday: Oregon 41, USC 27.
Equal parts validation for Lanning’s QB depth, and scathing indictment of USC’s attempt to spackle cash over Riley’s lack of character, leadership, and substance.
Here’s everything Duck Nation is processing in this bye week before Oregon-UCLA, plus the good and bad ahead with Raiola 2.0 at the wheel of Lanning’s offense:
