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LOS ANGELES -- Two years ago, Lincoln Riley walked into a room at Heritage Hall -- the home of USC Athletics -- a few weeks into his tenure as the new head coach to talk about a high school recruiting class that had been put together in a flash. After a shocking departure from Oklahoma to Southern California, Riley's coaching staff was still in flux, the Trojans' future quarterback was still a question mark, and the process of, as he put it, "building a championship team," had just begun.
Riley walked into the same room last week and though he had spent more time building this year's recruiting class, there was a certain feeling of déjà vu in the air.