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Is No. 5 USC as strong as its record? Three good and three bad trends for the Trojans.

There was no way Lincoln Riley would bite, even if the stats gave him a perfect reason to indulge. "Do you think this team has the chance to be the best team you've ever coached?" a reporter asked this week. Riley recoiled. "This team has a chance to be a very good team," said Riley, who is in second year leading USC and took three teams to the College Football Playoff in his first six seasons ...
USC head coach Lincoln Riley looks on during the second quarter against Nevada at United Airlines Field at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Sept. 2, 2023, in Los Angeles.

There was no way Lincoln Riley would bite, even if the stats gave him a perfect reason to indulge.

"Do you think this team has the chance to be the best team you've ever coached?" a reporter asked this week.

Riley recoiled.

"This team has a chance to be a very good team," said Riley, who is in second year leading USC and took three teams to the College Football Playoff in his first six seasons as a coach. "But we're three games in. We're one conference game in with a lot of things we haven't done yet that we're getting opportunities to do so. We'll get our chance, just like we have every year.

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