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.

The former All-American and staple of USC football amid the program's iconic run in the early 2000s' revealed in a social media post that he thinks Riley should bench quarterback Miller Moss in favor of UNLV transfer Jayden Maiava.