Lincoln Riley Snapped At Reporter And Shut Down Any Questions About Controversial Touchdown
Lincoln Riley did not allow a reporter to ask his player about the controversial ending to Saturday’s college football game in Minnesota. Not only did he shut him down, the 41-year-old head coach of USC criticized the decision to pose the question in the first place.
It was a tense postgame exchange after a disappointing loss for the Trojans.
The Golden Gophers had 4th-and-goal from the one-yard-line with 59 seconds left in a tie game. A touchdown likely gave them the win. A defensive stop likely forced overtime.
At first, it was the latter. However, a lengthy review ultimately flipped the result to the former.
Minnesota ran a quarterback sneak that was stuffed at the line of scrimmage. Max Brosmer did not get into the end zone so USC took over on downs with less than one minute remaining.
But only for a moment!
Even though the initial ruling was in favor of the visitors, the booth disagreed. Officials changed the call to a touchdown for the home side.
Gophers take over late
— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) October 6, 2024
After a scoring play, @GopherFootball leads No. 11 USC 24-17.#B1GFootball on @BigTenNetworkpic.twitter.com/TqpJrqANny
It is unclear as to how the Big Ten came to its decision despite a lack of indisputable evidence to overturn the call on the field. At no point did it look like the ball crossed the goal line from any angle.
USC stops Minnesota on fourth and goal from inside the one yard line to get the ball back with less than a minute left. On further review, it was ruled a Minnesota touchdown and Minnesota wins 24-17. pic.twitter.com/1SdYZyT0NU
— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) October 6, 2024
Nevertheless, the Golden Gophers were awarded six points and went on to win 24-17.
Trojans defensive end Jamil Muhammad was asked for his thoughts on the controversy during his postgame press conference. More specifically, he was asked if he thought his defense kept Brosmer out of the end zone.
We never got the answer because Lincoln Riley snapped at the reporter for what he deemed an irresponsible question.
A reporter asked USC’s Jamil Muhammad postgame if he thought Minnesota got into the end zone on their final TD.
— Luca Evans (@bylucaevans) October 6, 2024
Lincoln Riley interjected. “Nah, don’t ask him that.”
“Who cares what he says on that? Like what, player’s opinion? Let’s ask a more professional question.” pic.twitter.com/6lLaGioDfT
Unless there is additional context to the exchange that we have not seen, the inquiry seemed well within bounds. USC lost because of the controversial decision to give Minnesota a touchdown.
To ask a defensive player whether or not he agreed with a game-changing call on a play in which he was directly involved did not warrant such a visceral reaction. There was no need for Riley to jump down the reporter’s throat in such a manner.
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