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Message: [QUOTE="Rich, post: 5135183, member: 9018"] UCF has 'reportedly' reached out to Lincoln Riley to gauge his interest in their vacant head coaching position. If USC fired Riley today, it's rumored (USC doesn't report publicly) that his buyout is around 90MM.....however I don't for a second doubt that USC's new president and AD would [I]LOVE[/I] to get out from under his contract. I'd be curious how much UCF would have to pick up for them to pull the trigger.....maybe half? 60%? Riley has almost single handedly annihilated SC's local recruiting presence and so far has been unable to make good on his strategy of recruiting within the SEC/B10/ACC footprint. He's also done a terrible job coaching the team now that he doesn't have Williams and Addison to bail him out. Plus, I don't think he anticipated that he'd be competing in the Big 10 when he signed and is now quite frankly in way over his head. I'd think that if a settlement could be worked out he would not mind saying 'peace' and hopping on the next flight to Florida or wherever. SC has a ready made replacement on staff in their DC D'Anton Lynn who would probably at least do a better job recruiting as he is sui generis Southern California. [/QUOTE]