Never been to any Sooner fans board then? Probably for the best. Things have been brutal for Riley for about 5 out of his 7 years. Even the threads that weren't deleted-with-op-banned went for the throat and definitely aren't before bedtime reading.

The problem is that we just had higher expectations at some point. And he was so very consistent in his results. Further I haven't seen any clue that that will change at USC. He's a good recruiter - he'll bring in some great talent. He will have some 11+ winning seasons, maybe even a nice pile of conference titles to go along with it. But his record will frustratingly be peppered with inexecusable losses to teams that the Trojans should out talent right across the board at every position. Far too often, those will be games where they had a decent lead, and let it slip away. They will likely get demolished if they manage a CFP bid. Maybe the expanded version will change that predictable trajectory a bit, but I wouldn't even count on that.

At first, Trojan fans will blame the 'defense'..., and so on.... A wash/repeat of OU's experience.

I actually like him. He is obviously very talented and capable. And I even hope he really can turn a few things around at a program that I think many feel should really be at or around the top of the game. But to say that we Sooners haven't been critical of him? After the blowouts? After the mind boggling losses to teams full of 3 *'s (at best)? After the far-too-many mysteriously close games where the opponent's backup quarterback manages to have a Heisman level performance that one special day? To that I say, just watch the USC boards over the next few years.

This post was edited on 2/1/22 at 4:31 am