One year before USC moves to the Big Ten, Lincoln Riley should feel confident

#USC is one year away from competing in the #B1G. See how Lincoln Riley matches up vs Big Ten defensive coordinators.

If you listened to our Riley Files podcast series one year ago, you know we began to explore the Big Ten in one of the 12 episodes we created with producer Ian Hest.

Oklahoma analyst Kegan Reneau, our featured guest for The Riley Files, discussed various Big Ten defenses and defensive coordinators and gave us a taste of not only what to expect when USC enters the Big Ten, but how to look at the matchups between Riley, the USC play-caller and de facto offensive coordinator, and opposing Big Ten defensive coordinators.

We know that USC has one more year of Pac-12 football to worry about, but it’s definitely time for Trojan fans to get to know the Big Ten a lot more.

Let The Riley Files help you, as we collect insights from episode 10 in the 12-part series. Though the interview was conducted in May of 2022, plenty of what Reneau said is still germane to the current landscape in college football, heading into the 2023 season.