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USC and Lincoln Riley wasted Caleb Williams’ final season more than anyone could have imagined

The worst thing about this very bad USC football season is the Trojans and Lincoln Riley wasted Caleb Williams’ brilliance.

Williams was the only thing propping up this team for most of the season. MarShawn Lloyd had some great games at running back, but most of USC’s wins were the product of one player: Caleb Williams. He scrambled. He improvised. He made highlight-reel plays and scored more than 40 points in a bunch of games. Even in the games USC didn’t score at least 30 points, Williams was there to turn nothing into something. He was horrible against Notre Dame and average against Arizona and Utah.

Against UCLA, he simply had no chance. The Bruins were all over him, forcing him to run for his life with USC trailing on the scoreboard and needing to pass on most downs.

USC wasted Williams, but it’s actually worse than that: The Trojans didn’t waste him by going 9-3 or 8-4. They wasted him by going 7-5. They wasted him far more than anyone could have imagined.

USC fans, as you can see below, are furious, and rightly so. This wasn’t how Williams’ USC career was supposed to end:

HE DIDN'T WASTE THOSE OTHER QBs, BUT HE DID WASTE CALEB

SO TRUE

YES IT DID

YIKES!

SIGH

WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN

REMEMBER THIS SO USC CAN LEARN FROM IT

DISASTER

WRECKAGE

SAD STORY

FASCINATING QUESTION

BLUNT TRUTH

LAMENTATIONS

IT HURTS

PIT IN THE STOMACH

VERY MUCH SO

HE DIDN'T WASTE KYLER OR BAKER

THERE HAVE BEEN BIGGER WASTES OF TALENT, BUT THIS IS STILL BAD

AMEN

HE NEEDS A STAFF OVERHAUL

Story originally appeared on Trojans Wire