USC community and college football world react to Lincoln Riley’s hiring

USC’s reported hiring of Oklahoma’s Lincoln Riley arsenic its adjacent caput manager lit the assemblage shot satellite connected occurrence connected Sunday. Here’s a sampling of the absorption to the quality of the Trojans’ bombshell hiring.

Current USC players

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— Dråkë (@DrakeLondon_) November 28, 2021

MOOOODD✌🏾✌🏾✌🏾 combat connected babe ! pic.twitter.com/r4nrKnWoCT

— Jaylin Smith (@jayliinn_1k) November 28, 2021

…👀

— Kyle Ford (@Ford_Kyle6) November 28, 2021

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— Mo Hasan (@Mo_Hasan10) November 28, 2021

Former USC players

ITS A GREAT DAY TO BE A TROJAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

— Matt Leinart (@MattLeinartQB) November 28, 2021

I can’t halt smiling.

— Matt Leinart (@MattLeinartQB) November 28, 2021

👀✌🏾😏

— Amon-Ra (@amonra_stbrown) November 28, 2021

Welcome to the Trojan Family, @LincolnRiley ✌🏼 #FightOn

— Matt Barkley (@MattBarkley) November 28, 2021

If Lincoln Riley tin support Donte connected unit the recruiting volition beryllium crazy! USC yet has a manager again that tin locomotion into immoderate recruits location and get them. Keep Donte and we’re rolling ✌🏾✌🏾✌🏾

— Marc Tyler (@M_Tyler26) November 28, 2021

Lincoln Riley volition triumph @JaxsonDart a Heisman. Feel escaped to bring this tweet up successful a twelvemonth oregon two

— Jake Olson (@JakeOlson61) November 28, 2021

National reaction

CONGRATULATIONS to @uscfootball connected hiring LINCOLN RILEY!!!
WOWWWWW!!!!!!
Mike Bohn with a STATEMENT retired west.
Congratulations Trojans!

— Kirk Herbstreit (@KirkHerbstreit) November 28, 2021

Lincoln Riley to USC is precisely what College Football needs. He is simply a apical 5 CFB coach.

Lincoln volition onshore immoderate apical QB enlistee by reminding them of Baker & Kyler’s Heisman. The PAC 12 is wide unfastened and Lincoln volition enactment USC backmost connected the map.

USC, it’s bully to person you back.

— Emmanuel Acho (@EmmanuelAcho) November 28, 2021

If #USC finalizes the Lincoln Riley deal, the interaction volition beryllium contiguous for the full #Pac12. This affects CFP, recruiting, media rights, aboriginal realignment issues – everything.

It is, successful immoderate ways, a vaccine for the conference.

— Jon Wilner (@wilnerhotline) November 28, 2021

Oklahoma moving backmost perpetrate Raleek Brown told maine Lincoln Riley going to USC changes everything for him.

News isn't authoritative from USC yet, but seems apt that Brown volition travel Riley to USC. Brown besides said helium thinks this volition marque a large interaction connected astir different Cali prospects.

— Tom VanHaaren (@TomVH) November 28, 2021

Still sitting present successful borderline daze that thing bully happened to USC football.

— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) November 28, 2021