We must have same source cause I heard exact same thing.

Lincoln Riley assistant may have broken NCAA rules amid transition from Oklahoma to USC, per report
Lincoln Riley may have an assistant caught in NCAA hot water.

We must have same source cause I heard exact same thing.
Yea while watching the presser in real time you could tell Bob was pissed when answering that question. I don’t imagine Bob was congratulating him on his new job. Bob stuck his kneck out handing Riley the keys to Oklahoma. What a way to repay him huh?I don't for one minute believe Bob knew no way no how.
He was called and Joe C told him after Lincoln told Joe. Bob was playing golf.
Joe C and Bob both look hurt and pissed at the same time, Bob more pissed than hurt.
He wouldn't elaborate on what he said to Riley before the team meeting, he said that was between him and Riley. I bet it wasn't pretty either.
Fastforward to the 14 minute mark.
I am assuming he didn’t technically lie. I would assume he didn’t actually talk to anyone from USC until after the Bedlam game. But, I would also assume his agent had been in contact with them and likely LSU beforehand working on details.Dean Blevins
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Truth dribbling out. The timing of USC contact w/Riley reps, a wasted, disorganized & seemingly rudderless underachieving season, w/now conflicting statements about USC timing, makes it clear: W/out a shadow of doubt, #Sooners could've begun head coach search early Sept.
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This! In watching Bedlam, I, too, made that comment...'This looks like the Same Team that took the field in the First Game...No Real Progress, or Improvement Alllll Year'! The little nagging voice in my head repeated that every week...SOMETHING is not right with this team...NOW, we know what that was! I believe it also exposes riley's reluctance to introduce Caleb into the line-up, and to acknowledge the improvement he brought to the offense. In his pressers, he gave little credit or encouragement, and his behavior toward Caleb was suspect all season...Almost as though he was disappointed at seeing him succeed...While Stoops is off recruiting....or re-recruiting....I believe Castiglione is aiming high in his search to enable OU to not only recover from Riley's escape from SEC competition, but to bring OU up to the SEC style of play. And OU will have at least a year or two to remove its "arena football" style of play.
The more I look back on OU's 2021 season, the more I detect a team that never got better as the season wore on (which to me is very "un-OU" like") and a team that wasn't well prepared in most games and won (barely) simply by way of a superior talent level.
I am convinced that while this time is a small step backward, it is also a huge leap forward.
Better days are ahead.
Riley represents a Pied Piper image and he won over so many people with his one dimensional (no defense) and what I consider an extreme reliance on passing. These two elements prevented OU from reaching a much higher level and the poor representation in the CFB playoffs reflect this.
Time to play power football....both ways....and move on from Riley's stain.
And through it all, whatever criticism I had of Bob Stoops is null and void as he is stepping up to help put out this fire at a time when no one else could have provided his level of calm and confident leadership.
Agree.....and maybe Riley was looking ANYWHERE to escape SEC competition....ANYWHERE.Riley’s interest in USC probably began shortly after September 13th, the day Clay Helton was dismissed from his head coaching position at USC. Certainly within weeks USC reached out to Riley’s agent or vice versa.
Riley’s ego was so butthurt that the fans booed his decision to continue to go with Rattler. That’s the very moment he knew things were changing for him with the fanbase and that the fanbase was questioning what he was doing. That along with the move to the SEC were something he wanted no part of.This! In watching Bedlam, I, too, made that comment...'This looks like the Same Team that took the field in the First Game...No Real Progress, or Improvement Alllll Year'! The little nagging voice in my head repeated that every week...SOMETHING is not right with this team...NOW, we know what that was! I believe it also exposes riley's reluctance to introduce Caleb into the line-up, and to acknowledge the improvement he brought to the offense. In his pressers, he gave little credit or encouragement, and his behavior toward Caleb was suspect all season...Almost as though he was disappointed at seeing him succeed...