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Social media reaction to Lincoln Riley and Alex Grinch failing big-time at USC

matt wadleigh
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USC has arrived at a point of no return.

We said this before the Utah game:

“USC is an ordinary, average team right now. No one can reasonably dispute that claim. We can change our view and adjust our evaluation if the Trojans start to play like a good team against Utah, and then again versus Washington and Oregon.

“They are still very much alive in the Pac-12 race. The problem is that Utah’s physicality might overwhelm the tissue-soft Trojans. The problem is that Washington and Oregon appear to be a lot better than USC — not slightly, but dramatically.

“The problem is that if USC doesn’t go 4-1 in its remaining five games, the Trojans will be in the Holiday or Alamo Bowl and will have completely failed this season. Anything short of 10-2 and a trip to the Pac-12 Championship Game is a total disaster for this team.

“That kind of failure was never acceptable during the Clay Helton years. It shouldn’t be acceptable under Lincoln Riley.”

Coaches needed to coach significantly better. They did not.

It’s time for change, and fans on social media know it.

Here’s just a small sampling of reactions to another ugly night for Lincoln Riley and USC football:

HE DIDN'T RUIN THOSE QBs, BUT HE ALSO DIDN'T WIN NATIONAL TITLES WITH THEM

THERE IS A POINT HERE, BUT FIRST THINGS FIRST

THE OFFENSE GAINED 11 YARDS

SOME PEOPLE -- NOT MOST -- THINK THIS WAY

THIS IS WHAT MOST PEOPLE THINK

LOSING GAMES AGAINST BRYSON BARNES

LET'S START WITH GRINCH

VENTING

YES

THIS YEAR WAS A DISASTER

WHICH IS WHY RILEY MUST FIRE GRINCH

2 FOR 1

KINGSBURY HASN'T BEEN A TRANSFORMATIVE FIGURE

FAIR

CAL NEXT WEEK

SHOULD BE!

NOVEMBER 19, MOST LIKELY

WE GET THE POINT

NOT WORSE THAN HELTON -- COME ON

Story originally appeared on Trojans Wire