Daniel Fienberg
@dfienberg.bsky.social
Same as over at The Other Place: This is the porcine alter ego of @TheFienPrint — mostly for politics and sports.
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USC just isn't as good as Oregon.
And USC's defense remains a problem. D'Anton Lynn's job shouldn't be in jeopardy, but if he gets other options, he should jump. The statute of limitations on "Better than Alex Grinch" being acceptable enough lasts a maximum of two seasons. #FightOn
And USC's defense remains a problem. D'Anton Lynn's job shouldn't be in jeopardy, but if he gets other options, he should jump. The statute of limitations on "Better than Alex Grinch" being acceptable enough lasts a maximum of two seasons. #FightOn
November 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
USC just isn't as good as Oregon.
And USC's defense remains a problem. D'Anton Lynn's job shouldn't be in jeopardy, but if he gets other options, he should jump. The statute of limitations on "Better than Alex Grinch" being acceptable enough lasts a maximum of two seasons. #FightOn
And USC's defense remains a problem. D'Anton Lynn's job shouldn't be in jeopardy, but if he gets other options, he should jump. The statute of limitations on "Better than Alex Grinch" being acceptable enough lasts a maximum of two seasons. #FightOn
I love Makai Lemon, but running him left and then right on consecutive plays was STUPID and kinda baffling playcalling by Lincoln Riley, leading to a DOINK.
That's it, I'm afraid. #FightOn
That's it, I'm afraid. #FightOn
November 22, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I love Makai Lemon, but running him left and then right on consecutive plays was STUPID and kinda baffling playcalling by Lincoln Riley, leading to a DOINK.
That's it, I'm afraid. #FightOn
That's it, I'm afraid. #FightOn
USC's got 1:52 to score a TD before the half or this game is over, since Oregon starts the 2nd half with the ball and USC can NOT stop Oregon on defense. #FightOn
November 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM
USC's got 1:52 to score a TD before the half or this game is over, since Oregon starts the 2nd half with the ball and USC can NOT stop Oregon on defense. #FightOn
<"Arrested Development" narrator voice>
They could not.
They could not.
Encouraging start for the Trojans, but this game hinges on the defense stopping Oregon, not the other way around... #FightOn
November 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
<"Arrested Development" narrator voice>
They could not.
They could not.
Lots of the enthusiasm for USC next season was under the assumption Maiava would stick around as a Heisman frontrunner and the two top receivers would go pro, but I just saw my first mock draft with Maiava in the first two rounds, which would presumably be enough to get him to leave.
November 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Lots of the enthusiasm for USC next season was under the assumption Maiava would stick around as a Heisman frontrunner and the two top receivers would go pro, but I just saw my first mock draft with Maiava in the first two rounds, which would presumably be enough to get him to leave.
This feels like the biggest game of the Lincoln Riley administration.
Beat Oregon and I promise no #FireLincoln posts until next fall. (Unless they win today and somehow lose to UCLA, in which case #FireLincoln.)
Beat Oregon and I promise no #FireLincoln posts until next fall. (Unless they win today and somehow lose to UCLA, in which case #FireLincoln.)
November 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This feels like the biggest game of the Lincoln Riley administration.
Beat Oregon and I promise no #FireLincoln posts until next fall. (Unless they win today and somehow lose to UCLA, in which case #FireLincoln.)
Beat Oregon and I promise no #FireLincoln posts until next fall. (Unless they win today and somehow lose to UCLA, in which case #FireLincoln.)
Huh. NEVER seen Lincoln Riley that pumped. No clue where THAT came from.
Good win for USC and definitely not the sort of win they would have gotten last year. Both offensive and defensive adjustments and... it worked.
VERY curious to see what happens with several of this week's injuries. #FightOn
Good win for USC and definitely not the sort of win they would have gotten last year. Both offensive and defensive adjustments and... it worked.
VERY curious to see what happens with several of this week's injuries. #FightOn
November 15, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Huh. NEVER seen Lincoln Riley that pumped. No clue where THAT came from.
Good win for USC and definitely not the sort of win they would have gotten last year. Both offensive and defensive adjustments and... it worked.
VERY curious to see what happens with several of this week's injuries. #FightOn
Good win for USC and definitely not the sort of win they would have gotten last year. Both offensive and defensive adjustments and... it worked.
VERY curious to see what happens with several of this week's injuries. #FightOn
Everybody who wrote a "USC controls its own destiny for the Playoff" story in the past two weeks is going to deserve what I fear is about to happen to USC.
Hope I'm wrong, but Iowa teams are always well-coached and Lincoln Riley teams reliably lose to well-coached teams.
Hope I'm wrong, but Iowa teams are always well-coached and Lincoln Riley teams reliably lose to well-coached teams.
November 15, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Everybody who wrote a "USC controls its own destiny for the Playoff" story in the past two weeks is going to deserve what I fear is about to happen to USC.
Hope I'm wrong, but Iowa teams are always well-coached and Lincoln Riley teams reliably lose to well-coached teams.
Hope I'm wrong, but Iowa teams are always well-coached and Lincoln Riley teams reliably lose to well-coached teams.
This game may be the best that Lincoln Riley's offense has looked in... Years? Or at least the best it has looked against a *semi*-legitimate team in years?
November 8, 2025 at 4:53 AM
This game may be the best that Lincoln Riley's offense has looked in... Years? Or at least the best it has looked against a *semi*-legitimate team in years?
That was as stupid and pointless a run of end-of-half play calls as I've ever seen. Well done, Northwestern.
November 8, 2025 at 3:41 AM
That was as stupid and pointless a run of end-of-half play calls as I've ever seen. Well done, Northwestern.
Somehow, switching over from the World Series, I feel like I caught almost every important play in the USC game.
Not a great win, especially barely holding off a team playing with an unimpressive second-string QB, but a good in-conference road win.
#FightOn
Not a great win, especially barely holding off a team playing with an unimpressive second-string QB, but a good in-conference road win.
#FightOn
November 2, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Somehow, switching over from the World Series, I feel like I caught almost every important play in the USC game.
Not a great win, especially barely holding off a team playing with an unimpressive second-string QB, but a good in-conference road win.
#FightOn
Not a great win, especially barely holding off a team playing with an unimpressive second-string QB, but a good in-conference road win.
#FightOn
How many college coaches who have been fired in the past month would I rather have coaching USC than Lincoln Riley? Several!
November 1, 2025 at 11:41 PM
How many college coaches who have been fired in the past month would I rather have coaching USC than Lincoln Riley? Several!
The best part of the World Series going to Game 7: I'll mostly watch baseball instead of the USC game.
But might as well enjoy the first quarter...
#FightOn #GoDodgers
But might as well enjoy the first quarter...
#FightOn #GoDodgers
November 1, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The best part of the World Series going to Game 7: I'll mostly watch baseball instead of the USC game.
But might as well enjoy the first quarter...
#FightOn #GoDodgers
But might as well enjoy the first quarter...
#FightOn #GoDodgers
Horrible offensive playcalling.
Weak, unfocused offensive execution.
Dismal defensive game plan.
Inconsistent defensive execution.
Easy recipe for a loss for USC
#FightOn
Weak, unfocused offensive execution.
Dismal defensive game plan.
Inconsistent defensive execution.
Easy recipe for a loss for USC
#FightOn
October 19, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Horrible offensive playcalling.
Weak, unfocused offensive execution.
Dismal defensive game plan.
Inconsistent defensive execution.
Easy recipe for a loss for USC
#FightOn
Weak, unfocused offensive execution.
Dismal defensive game plan.
Inconsistent defensive execution.
Easy recipe for a loss for USC
#FightOn
Is... nobody in the booth gonna tell the announcer to STOP calling Ja'Kobi Lane, "Ja'Kobi Dean"?
October 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Is... nobody in the booth gonna tell the announcer to STOP calling Ja'Kobi Lane, "Ja'Kobi Dean"?
I know the refs sometimes make a benefit-of-the-doubt call with the reassurance that it can be hastily overturned, but the officials on-field calling that an interception are morons.
And the fact that it's taking more than three seconds to overturn the call is even more moronic.
#FightOn
And the fact that it's taking more than three seconds to overturn the call is even more moronic.
#FightOn
October 19, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I know the refs sometimes make a benefit-of-the-doubt call with the reassurance that it can be hastily overturned, but the officials on-field calling that an interception are morons.
And the fact that it's taking more than three seconds to overturn the call is even more moronic.
#FightOn
And the fact that it's taking more than three seconds to overturn the call is even more moronic.
#FightOn
Woooooow. Astonishingly dumb interception by Carr. Of course, Maiava made the identical interception last week and he's a junior. #FightOn
October 19, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Woooooow. Astonishingly dumb interception by Carr. Of course, Maiava made the identical interception last week and he's a junior. #FightOn
Intriguing that USC's defense appears to have watched no tape on the Notre Dame offense. They seem not to have ever seen Jeremiah Love before, which is peculiar. #FightOn
October 19, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Intriguing that USC's defense appears to have watched no tape on the Notre Dame offense. They seem not to have ever seen Jeremiah Love before, which is peculiar. #FightOn
A good, solid win for USC, if only because of how reliably they've choked away games like this over the past two years.
The defense was especially stout in the second half.
#FightOn
The defense was especially stout in the second half.
#FightOn
October 12, 2025 at 2:52 AM
A good, solid win for USC, if only because of how reliably they've choked away games like this over the past two years.
The defense was especially stout in the second half.
#FightOn
The defense was especially stout in the second half.
#FightOn