For some, 2025 is a make-it-or-break-it year for coach Lincoln Riley at USC. While there may be questions as to if he is truly on the hot seat or not, this is certainly a season that will ask a lot out of the Trojans.
Over the past seasons, the product has not been good enough. Now, with other programs continuing to make strides, USC is in a position in which there needs to be something a little bit beyond simply potential to show that the Trojans too are on the right track.
Depending on who is asked, that could look any number of ways.