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Trojans Wired podcast reacts to the firing of Alex Grinch at USC

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Alex Grinch easily could have been fired two weeks earlier than he actually was. The Utah game could have been cause for Lincoln Riley to act.

Remember this?

“However, just in case Lincoln Riley is unsure about all of this — just in case he wants to find a way to justify keeping Grinch on his staff — he and USC athletic director Jennifer Cohen might have been given enough evidence to admit they don’t have any other choice.

“Grinch might have fired himself. He might have made it easy for Riley and Cohen to finally act.”

What we were referring to in the Utah game was Grinch specifically saying he hadn’t seen Utah use a wheel route on film. The Utah-Cal game film from the week before directly showed that the Utes had, in fact, used a wheel route. Grinch basically failed to look at all of Utah’s game film from Cal. That was a fireable offense. Riley chose to wait two more weeks after USC gave up 52 points to Washington.

Finally, it happened. On our latest podcast, we react to the big news at USC. Ian Hest co-hosted and produced the show:

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Social media reaction to Alex Grinch being fired by USC and Lincoln Riley

People who vented now get to celebrate and express relief: Alex Grinch is out at USC.

So many people believed it would not happen. They would have to see it to believe it. Well, it has happened, and it has been seen. The headlines have appeared. The stories have been published. The announcement is official. There’s no going back.

Alex Grinch is gone at USC.

Lincoln Riley, Jennifer Cohen and USC are moving on. They knew it had to be done, and it was done. Alex Grinch was fired on Sunday afternoon after the latest capitulation from the USC defense, a 52-42 loss that brought Caleb Williams to tears and ruined what was left of the Trojans’ immensely disappointing 2023 season.

There will not be a Pac-12 Championship game appearance. There will not be a New Year’s Six bowl game. There will not be a 10-win regular season. This year is a complete failure.

Grinch, who was retained by Riley in the offseason when most fans hoped for a change at defensive coordinator, caused those failures. Riley did, too, because he essentially said it was fine to bring Grinch back.

You can imagine how social media reacted to this huge story.

Let’s see what people had to say:

ALEX GRINCH FIRED AS USC DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR

Done. Deal.

It has happened, and it has happened quickly. Alex Grinch, whose tenure as USC defensive coordinator brought the Trojans and their fan base nothing but headaches for nearly two full seasons, was fired on Sunday afternoon.

Defensive line coach Shaun Nua and inside linebacker coach Brian Odom will serve as interim co-coordinators for the remainder of the season.

A lot of people thought Lincoln Riley would never, ever fire Alex Grinch, as though the head coach and the defensive coordinator were married.

This isn’t a household. This is a college football program. This is big business. People who were skeptical that Alex Grinch would be fired lost awareness of how untenable this situation had become. There was simply no way out. There was no possible remaining justification for retention. Lincoln Riley ran out of leverage and excuses.

Let’s go through some of the details and immediate reactions to this big story, a story USC fans had been waiting to see: