His defiance gone, Lincoln Riley struggles to explain USC’s latest devastating loss
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His defiance gone, Lincoln Riley struggles to explain USC’s latest devastating loss
USC quarterback Miller Moss throws under pressure from Maryland linebacker Ruben Hyppolite II.
USC quarterback Miller Moss throws under pressure from Maryland linebacker Ruben Hyppolite II during the second half of the Trojans’ 29-28 loss Saturday night. (Alyssa Howell / Associated Press)
Ryan Kartje.
By Ryan Kartje
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Oct. 19, 2024 Updated 8:24 PM PT
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. — In another far-flung college town, at the end of a nightmarish month spent crisscrossing the country finding new ways to unravel, Lincoln Riley sat behind a plastic folding table with his arms crossed, searching for a new explanation to the same familiar questions.
His defiance had since dissolved, lost in the wake of a fourth loss in five weeks. His confidence, never wavering through an uneven six weeks, had given way to confusion after USC fell 29-28 to Maryland, its most inexplicable
defeat to date.
