Close Losses Under Lincoln Riley Are Adding Up

[PasadenaTrojan]

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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[Daystalker]

I guess just count them as wins and then and declare another championship.

[SC Gator]

Add the Minnesota game to your 2024 list of blown 4th quarter leads and horrible game management.

[PasadenaTrojan]

Yes!! That was officially by 7 points so I left off but yes another BRUTAL loss

[SC Gator]

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.

 

[GTrojan2]

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.

[BigBalls]

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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