Bloom Center shows USC’s investment in Lincoln Riley—now he must win

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Two weeks ago, USC officially opened the new Bloom Football Performance Center. As we detailed at the time, the building is absolutely magnificent, and contains everything that a college football program could possibly want in a facility.

Investing at an elite level

The Bloom Center is the centerpiece of USC’s $225 million Athletics West campaign. It represents a massive investment in the football program from the athletic department, something that the Trojans simply were not getting for several decades prior to the two most recent administrations.

The fact of the matter is, from facilities, to roster construction, to coaching staff, and beyond, USC has been investing in football at a championship level for the past few years. Now, all that is missing are championship results.

Good is not good enough

USC was a good team last season. The Trojans went 9-4 and finished the year ranked in the top 25. But when you are putting the resources into the program that USC is, being good simply is not good enough.

Lincoln Riley’s role

This brings us to head coach Lincoln Riley. Believe it or not, Riley is now entering his fifth season in Los Angeles—the same amount of time that he was the head coach at Oklahoma.

As the opening of the Bloom Center demonstrates, Riley is getting every possible resource from USC’s administration that he needs in order to be successful. Now, the onus is on Riley to go out and win.

Riley has the department’s full support

For many years, USC’s head coaches were handicapped by the Trojans’ athletic department not investing enough into the football program. As we have seen clearly over the past few years, however, that is no longer the case. In other words, if Riley is not able to build a winning program at USC after everything that he has gotten from the administration, he will have no one but himself to blame.

Of course, Riley himself would be the first to tell you this. In his speech at the grand opening of the Bloom Center, Riley talked about all of the support that he has gotten from USC’s administration, and how it is now up to him to go out and win championships. He also assured fans that he would do everything he possibly could to make that happen.

Ultimately, winning is what matters

The Trojans now have one of the best facilities in college football. Most programs could never dream of having a building on the level of the USC’s. But at the end of the day, no one really cares how nice your facility is if you are playing in the Holiday Bowl.

With the completion of the Bloom Center, USC’s administration has given Lincoln Riley everything that he needs in order to be successful. Now, it is time for Riley to go out and win.

The Trojan Family is counting on you, Coach. Don’t let this university down.

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