While the Lincoln Riley experience at USC has certainly had some success, the program has seemed to regress a bit in his second season at the helm.
And the Trojans appeared to hit a new low Saturday following yet another loss, this one to rival UCLA 38-20 at the LA Coliseum. It's the Trojans' (7-5, 5-4 PAC 12) fifth loss in the last six weeks and their lone win came by one point in a 50-49 shootout against Cal.
Riley knows that he has missed the mark over the past few weeks as the program's CFP aspirations have been totally flushed.