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This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom.One way or another, everything could come to a head Saturday night in Los Angeles for a USC team coming off an embarrassing loss to Wisconsin in Madison.This was supposed to be the year for Lincoln Riley to have his team in the college football playoff and compete for a national championship.The pieces appeared to be in place, with quarterback Jayden Maiava leading an offense expected to rank among the Big Ten’s best.MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS: ARCH MANNING LIKES THE DISRESPECT, BIG 12'S DISASTER AND A CFP RACE IN DISARRAYThrow in a defense led by Gary Patterson, and the recipe for success was being put together inside the Trojans' football complex.Unfortunately for the USC fans that were praying for some type of return on investment after showing up on a weekly basis, sometimes in the blistering California heat, we are once again on the brink of total implosion for Lincoln Riley.And, the head coach had the nerve to sit at the podium after losing to Wisconsin and discuss a win at Penn State just two weeks prior."You have to own it, this is the same team that played a way different brand of football at Penn State two weeks ago and we're very capable of doing that again in the coming weeks," Lincoln Riley said after the Wisconsin loss."But we gotta do it, and it's gonna take all of coaches and players to do it, and that's what we're gonna do."Head coach Lincoln Riley of the USC Trojans argues a call in the first half against the Wisconsin Badgers at Camp Randall Stadium on Oct.
24, 2026, in Madison, Wis.(Getty Images)Sorry, that isn’t going to make Trojan fans feel any better that you went on the road and beat a Big Ten team earlier in the month, then to turn around and lose to a Wisconsin team that was not on the...