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J. Brady McCollough: In Year 2 under Lincoln Riley, USC will make its first College Football Playoff

LAS VEGAS — Only days away from the start of USC’s second training camp under Lincoln Riley, valid questions remain. Will this be the year he has a defense that can complement his juggernaut offense week in and week out? Did the Trojans add enough quality depth in their second raid of the transfer portal so that they don’t lay down their swords quite so easily late in the season against a ...
USC head football coach Lincoln Riley, right, with defensive lineman Devan Thompkins at spring football practice at Howard Jones/ Brian Kennedy Fields on the USC campus on March 28, 2023, in Los Angeles.

LAS VEGAS — Only days away from the start of USC’s second training camp under Lincoln Riley, valid questions remain.

Will this be the year he has a defense that can complement his juggernaut offense week in and week out?

Did the Trojans add enough quality depth in their second raid of the transfer portal so that they don’t lay down their swords quite so easily late in the season against a hard-nosed outfit like Utah?

Should Riley have been as loyal to the men who hopped that private jet from Norman, Okla., to Los Angeles without blinking … and not moved on from Alex Grinch as defensive coordinator?

Riley’s critics still have fodder for

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