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Column: USC’s loss to Michigan a reminder that Lincoln Riley falters under pressure

ANN ARBOR, Mich. —

USC played a team that passed for 32 yards.

Not on one play.

In the entire game.

Coach Lincoln Riley described the 27-24 loss to Michigan on Saturday as a game his team could have won, saying, “We came up one play short.”

In truth, this was a game the Trojans should have won.

This was a game in which the defending national champion Wolverines were booed in their own stadium. This was a game in which USC had the ball and a four-point lead in the last five minutes against an opponent that hadn’t scored in any of its last six drives.