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The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/dantheman4248 on 2023-08-03 06:17:15.
Lincoln Riley doesn’t just leave somewhere. He leaves the conference shaken to its core. It’s actually quite astonishing when you look at the timeline. His last season spells impending doom and uncertainty wherever he leaves.
2009 was his last year in Lubbock after playing and then coaching for the Red Raiders.
Off-season 2010 was when the B12 looked on the verge of collapse. Colorado went to the PAC10. TOOT was one of many proposals to get Texsa to the PAC10. The future looked bleak as it was seen as a matter of time before the SEC / PAC / B10 raided the conference.
Lincoln then spent his next 5 years away from the true pirate coaching for a school of pirates. He saw them make a jump from the C-USA to the Big East while there. Leaving the CUSA to scramble as Memphis, Houston, UCF, SMU, Tulsa, and Tulane all left within the same year as he did. And his final year in 2014 saw the new conference he joined go through utter turmoil. Louisville and Rutgers left. The name split as the catholic schools took the Big East name. The AQ was lost. Power 6 became Power 5 as this conference was left behind.
Lincoln then set his sights on OU and coming back to finish what he started to the B12. We all know how left for dead the B12 was when he ran in the night to USC. Everyone here was wondering how they’d be carved up. Astonishing really.
And now here we are, USC is in their last year in the PAC. And what’s happening? Everyone is dividing up the conference and leaving it for dead. Lincoln Riley is the conference boogeyman.