Lincoln Riley hopes LSU test pays off for USC against Michigan

Lincoln Riley knows how hard USC had to work to beat LSU. That 60-minute battle could give USC the winning edge against Michigan.

USC faces Michigan this week. It should be a tough game. The fact that USC has already played LSU in a difficult environment could give the Trojans the experience and toughness they need to handle Michigan. Wolverines Wire has more from USC head coach Lincoln Riley:

I think it helps us having played the LSU game. I mean, that wasn’t a, obviously, that wasn’t a full road game, but at times, those neutral games can kind of feel like it a little bit. And so I think this team, having been in a big time atmosphere, is certainly helpful. Now it’s going to be, it’s different, right? When there’s not anybody cheering when you make a play, and so, or just a very few, there’ll be certainly, I know we’ll squeeze as many in there as we can, but so, yeah, that part’s different. I think it’s you got to have a lot of poise. You got to have an incredible amount of trust in your communication. I think always when you get in these environments, your communication, your operation, have got to be really, really good, because they’re going to challenge you on top of the crowd. I mean, just a really good football team with a lot of really good players on the other side.

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