Our 12-part podcast collection, The Riley Information, affirmed a variety of factors about Lincoln Riley. Certainly one of them is that he defied straightforward categorization as an offensive strategist. As an alternative of being a pass-happy riverboat gambler or a smashmouth fanatic, Riley is greatest seen as somebody who will take the items on his roster and use them throughout the context of his bigger scenario.
Oklahoma insider Kegan Reneau, who’s taking you thru this journey on The Riley Information, defined.
“I feel if you take a look at what followers mentioned instantly, when he was employed (in 2015), he could have been third, fourth, fifth on the pecking order to the fan base,” Reneau mentioned. “So it’s humorous if you look again on it, individuals thought that he was gonna are available and throw the soccer 50 or 60 occasions a recreation, which is what Josh Heupel (OU’s former offensive coordinator) was doing earlier than they switched offenses. There was an thought again in 2015 that this was a (Mike) Leach man, it’s gonna be the Air Raid, but it surely turned rapidly: run the ball, Lincoln!
“Each fan base has that run the ball (mentality), simply run the ball, set up the run. It’s so attention-grabbing as a result of it occurred so rapidly.
“You could have Joe Mixon, you might have Samaje Perine in his first season at Oklahoma. He completely acquired essentially the most out of these guys. That’s simply not a place group that, underneath the (Mike) Leach tree, has been recognized to have these sorts of gamers in it and have these sorts of successes. We came upon early on that Lincoln Riley was gonna maximize no matter his offensive roster was gonna be. If you take a look at when he was employed, I don’t suppose individuals thought that. That speaks to how good Lincoln Riley’s offensive and total soccer prowess is.”
Pay attention to every new episode of The Riley Information. Our first three exhibits on this 12-part collection at the moment are obtainable.