Close Losses Under Lincoln Riley Are Adding Up

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- August 10, 2026 at 8:06 pm #15024
  PasadenaTrojan
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  55-10 at Okie and B12
  
  35-18 at USC in Pac and B”10”
  
  dude needs to learn how to win these close games. I count 8 losses of 3 points or less. 43-10 sounds a lot better doesnt it!
  
  2022
  
  11-3
  
  two one point losses. Tulane and reg season Utah
  
  brutal coaching at ending against Tulane
  
  2023
  
  8-5
  
  One two point loss. Reg season Utah
  
  2024
  
  7-6
  
  Two three point losses. Michigan & Penn state.
  One 1 point loss. Maryland
  One 5 point loss. Washington
  
  horrible game management at end against Michigan Penn State and Maryland.
  
  2025
  
  9-4
  
  One 2 point loss. Illinois
  
  one 3 point loss TCU. Bowl
  
  abs terrible game management at the end of these two losses
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- August 10, 2026 at 8:12 pm #15026
  
  Daystalker
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  I guess just count them as wins and then and declare another championship.
- August 10, 2026 at 11:06 pm #15040
  
  SC Gator
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  Add the Minnesota game to your 2024 list of blown 4th quarter leads and horrible game management.
  - August 11, 2026 at 12:17 am #15044
    
    PasadenaTrojan
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    Yes!! That was officially by 7 points so I left off but yes another BRUTAL loss
  - August 11, 2026 at 12:30 am #15045
    
    SC Gator
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    That one was especially painful for me. Even with its loss to Michigan, SC came into the game ranked # 11 or 12 and there was a lot of shakeup in the Top 10 that day. Had SC just hung on to win, it probably would have jumped to # 5 or 6.
    
    Would that have made a difference the next week against Penn State or the week after that against Maryland? Probably not but who knows. What we got were three bad losses in a row, after which the team played badly every week whether it won or lost.
- August 10, 2026 at 11:40 pm #15041
  
  GTrojan2
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  I don’t know the number, but Riley’s penchant to choose to go on offense if SC wins the coin flip probably is a major factor in those close 4th quarter losses, since by doing so the defense starts the second half and would more likely tire more in the 4th quarter than if the offense started the second half. That is quite a run on sentence but it does make my point.
- August 11, 2026 at 3:32 pm #15062
  
  BigBalls
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  Pete used to say that you can only win a game in the fourth quarter. FINISH was a mantra and on tshirts. Pete’s first season we lost a bunch of games in the last few minutes. Then the team and staff learned how to finish. Riley is still learning that.
  This is the season we FINISH.
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