In June of 2018, Reign of Troy published a piece titled, “USC football’s Top 10 recruiting class of 2016 has fallen flat.”
The article included an overview of the contributions of players in the class of 2016, with an emphasis on the number of departures and players who had yet to live up to expectations. And it resulted in quite a bit of push back from both current and former players who took offense to the conclusions drawn.
Despite the criticism, I felt the analysis was fair because it was backed up by evidence. The class of 2016 had not produced at a level the Trojans might have hoped.