USC’s 42-27 loss to the Oregon Ducks was indeed a bitter moment for Lincoln Riley. Although the Trojans had a fun air game with Jayden Maiava hitting 306 and three TDs, and Makai Lemon went off and even tossed a trick-play score. The mistakes were mostly due to a lack of ground attack and protection issues, as well as the punt return touchdown and penalty on the missed field goal, which flipped the momentum for good. But no one could’ve guessed what Lincoln Riley said about the real reason for the loss.

The USC head coach openly blamed the Trojans’ injury setbacks during the post-game press conference. “J’Onre Reed went in there and gutted it out for us. He wasn’t very healthy,” Riley said. “Killian going down was a factor. I mean, there’s no question about that. Obviously, not ha

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