What makes Lincoln Riley’s USC Offense so lethal?

This season USC is averaging over 50 points a game. They’ve topped 500 yards of offense in every contest. They’ve gone from dark horse Pac-12 championship contenders to legitimate college football playoff contenders, jumping up to #7 in the latest AP Poll. They’ve done all of this despite a defense that has underwhelmed despite generating a plethora of huge turnovers in their first three games. So what makes Lincoln Riley’s system so effective and explosive? Is USC’s offense truly one of the best in college football?

Lincoln Riley has a history of engineering prolific offenses with Oklahoma. Recently ESPN’s Paolo Uggetti wrote about USC’s offense calling it one of the best in college…