Lincoln Riley had a lot to say on Monday. He has a lot to think about in terms of how he handles USC football heading into the start of November. Chief among Riley’s concerns: managing the workload for less-than-fully-healthy players these next two weeks.
Riley needs to strike a balance between giving Eric Gentry, Jordan Addison, Andrew Vorhees, and other players at least some work heading into the UCLA game, and — on the other hand — resting them to make sure they’re 100 percent for the Bruins. Riley doesn’t want them to fully sit before UCLA. They need to remain sharp. However, they also don’t need to be overextended and pushed too hard.
There’s a lot more to get to, so let’s share Riley’s remarks plus some other USC notes, including a #Pac12Refs error you might have missed from the Arizona game: