Keyshawn Johnson rips USC, Lincoln Riley for ending Notre Dame rivalry games, accuses Trojans of being 'scared'

A USC legend is blaming the Trojans for the end of their longstanding rivalry series with Notre Dame.

Keyshawn Johnson, a two-time All-American with the Trojans,

“I just heard that we’re not playing Notre Dame. The series is getting ready to end in the next year or so,” Johnson said in a social media video. “I don’t know what the F is going on with our athletic department. We’ve got people in there that are not Trojans, that don’t know anything about being a Trojan, running our athletic department. We’ve got a head coach that knows nothing about being a Trojan. Why don’t we just not play football? How about that?

“If I can remember correctly, I had Lincoln Riley talking about, ‘Well, I don’t know if I want to play them in the future.’ You ain’t gonna be here in the future! Especially if you keep missing the playoffs! … We running from teams now? We running from Notre Dame? Why don’t we run from Oregon and Michigan and Ohio State and Wisconsin? Why don’t we just not be in the conference?”

Johnson concluded by essentially arguing that the Trojans were abandoning the rivalry because they are scared of Notre Dame.

“Why would we cancel our biggest rivalry? Because we can’t beat them? It makes zero sense,” Johnson concluded. “It’s really hard to support this program when we keep on doing this type of stuff.”