During his appearance at Big Ten Media Days, USC head coach Lincoln Riley addressed the possibility of ending the annual rivalry game with Notre Dame football. As has been the case every other time he's discsused the matter, Riley said a whole lot of nothing.
Unfortunately, if there was meaning to take away from his comments, -including those that tied the life of the rivalry to the Big 10 getting more automatic qualifiers into the College Football playoffs - it doesn't appear he's interested in fighting very hard to keep the game alive.
Lincoln Riley ties USC-Notre Dame rivalry future to Big Ten playoff qualification talks
"I mean, do I want to play the game?