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Lincoln Riley rips USC’s back-to-back extreme kickoffs

Lincoln Riley rips USC’s back-to-back extreme kickoffs
sports9/25/2025

Lincoln Riley blasts USC’s schedule, calling the swing from an 11 p.m. ET game to a noon ET kickoff a real challenge for his team.

USC plays Illinois at noon Eastern time on Saturday, exactly one week after hosting Michigan State in an 11 p.m. ET kickoff. Lincoln Riley made it clear this week that the 23-hour scheduling swing creates real challenges for his program. “Going from ... [2032 chars]