USC HC Lincoln Riley's poor response to Oregon loss is on brand for rudderless Trojans

USC Trojans head coach Lincoln Riley would like to remind everyone that it could be a lot worse.

His Trojans are coming off a demoralizing 41-27 home loss to the Oregon Ducks. 

USC was the home favorite in this game, coming into the Coliseum ranked No. 12, while Dan Lanning's Ducks were ranked No. 20. Oregon also got beaten earlier this year by the Oregon State Cowboys, so this is far from a superpower Oregon team.

Let's also not forget the fact that the Ducks were on their backup quarterback, Dylan Raiola, by 9:45 to go in the second quarter. Oregon's starting quarterback, Dante Moore, was knocked out by USC's Desman Stephens II on an awful targeting play. 

He was celebrating like he had just won the Super Bowl, despite the fact that Moore had to leave on a cart.

But hey, at least USC didn't get blown out. Here's how Riley explained the loss when he recently talked to the media.

“We didn’t get run out of the stadium. There’s a lot of good on that tape. You don’t have a chance to win a game like that if you don’t do some things pretty well," he said.