USC Trojans discuss the message to the team after game

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USC Trojans Coach Lincoln Riley discusses the message to the team after the game. Riley emphasized how big a rivalry game is and with the new era of the CFB playoffs, he seemed optimistic.

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00:00There's no margin for error left for the playoff.

00:02What's the message just generally when you're talking to the team,

00:04knowing that you're now in that state?

00:06Yeah, I mean, I told them, I mean, it's your team that, again,

00:09team that won this trophy set there, and they were actually in their home stadium,

00:13I think, but after a rivalry game, really disappointed,

00:15probably thinking they didn't play their best game, and look what happened.

00:18So in this kind of new age, new playoff era of college football,

00:21with all the parity right now, I mean, anything's possible.

00:25Anything's possible.

00:26I mean, we've only really seen, you know, one year of this thing.

00:29So, I mean, like it's – there's more possible and probably even than we even think.

00:33And with the record we have in the Big Ten right now

00:36and as strong as the league is right now

00:37and the opportunities that we have upcoming,

00:39we ain't got no time to hold our heads.

00:41Like, we got a good team in there.

00:43I know we have a good team in there.

00:45So I'm excited to get back to work with these guys here,

00:48with the guys in that locker room.

00:50I feel like, you know, we didn't play our best game on all three sides tonight

00:54and still had a golden opportunity to win the football game.

00:56So we control what we can control, which is all our sides playing better,

00:59us coaching better.

01:00We'll be pretty tough to beat her down the stretch.

01:03What was your focus going on in the bye week?

01:05Last time you went back to the basics.

01:07Yeah, you know, we want to spend some time with the staff

01:09and obviously kind of, again, look at it from a whole.

01:12It's not ever just about one game.

01:14And so, yeah, I mean, this is our last bye week.

01:16We're obviously, you know, we got a handful of guys

01:18that we definitely need to get healthy and freshened up.

01:20It's been a, you know, been a heavy stretch right now.

01:24And then obviously there'll be plenty of things to attack

01:26to get better at for the Big Ten run.

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