Well, we’ll see on Riley. True, he’s an offensive-minded HC in a offensive-minded game but OU’s defenses actually improved this season. OU-TX was a race to 50 points, but I think on average defenses improved as they hired better coaches. Look at today’s Big 12 CG. 21-16. The big, bad $EC is 38-24 at the moment.
I live in LA, and although I dislike U$C I expect in a few seasons they’ll dominate the PAC12 like the Carroll era. Pete lost conference games too, BTW. Multiple times to Jim Harbaugh and Stanford, multiple times to Mike Riley and Oregon State. To Cal.
Besides, Kiffin ain’t going to Oregon if Mario leaves.