Oklahoma fans reveling in Lincoln Riley’s latest defensive collapse at USC

Lincoln Riley shortly turned the USC Trojans into the most effective offensive groups in school soccer.

However his defensive acumen continues to be referred to as into query.

The Trojans’ woeful protection took middle stage Friday night time in entrance of a chief time nationwide tv viewers within the Pac-12 soccer championship sport. And it was ugly.

USC blew a 17-3 first-quarter lead, was outscored 44-10 over the ultimate three quarters and missed an astonishing 24 tackles in its 47-24 loss to Utah. 

The response throughout the sports activities media panorama has been constant in its criticism of Riley’s defensive struggles courting again to his tenure at Oklahoma. And Sooners followers are piling on.

The collapse was harking back to Riley’s Oklahoma groups in 2017, 2018 and 2019. The Sooners made the Faculty Soccer Playoff all three seasons, however gave up 54, 45 and 63 factors in blowout semifinal losses.

In 2017 the Sooners blew a 31-17 halftime result in Georgia within the CFP semifinal. In 2018, Riley’s Sooners fell behind 28-0 to Alabama within the CFP semifinal. And in 2019 they have been utterly uncovered by LSU, falling behind 49-14 at halftime earlier than shedding 63-28.

Here is a sampling of what the sports activities world is saying about Lincoln Riley and USC’s defensive collapse: