Lincoln Riley is not pleased with USC's 2025 football schedule as a member of the Big Ten. After beating Michigan State at home in Week 4, the Trojans travel back to the Midwest to face Illinois in Week 5, a challenge that the fourth-year coach is not looking forward to dealing with.

For the fourth consecutive game, USC will have to travel across the country from where it played the previous week. As upset as Riley is with that setup, he is more concerned with the team's contrasting start times .

“Going from the absolute latest kick in the country to the absolute earliest kick in the country has its challenges,” Riley said, via Ryan Kartje of the Los Angeles Times. “But the challenges, like, it is what it is. We don't make the schedule, clearly. We've had to adapt in the way that we

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