Moss spoke with some bite after USC’s practice on Monday night, calling for those who looked for negativity around the Trojans to “keep that same energy going forward.”

At some point Saturday night, Lincoln Riley had to be wondering what he was doing in College Park, Maryland. A few years removed from being the belle of college football, there he sat, behind a plastic folding table with microphones taped atop it,

We knew there were a lot of unknown variables that would determine where USC was headed. But Lincoln Riley has been the biggest variable.