That take is pure hater fuel from a rival fan who can't handle the truth. USC's offense is a weapon of mass destruction, and Lincoln Riley is the best offensive mind in the game, period. Saying it's "just a system" is a lazy excuse for when other teams can't stop it. You put elite talent in that system and you get video game numbers. What's the alternative? A boring, three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust offense that nobody wants to watch? The goal is to score points and win games, and Riley's system does that better than anyone. Look at the track record. The quarterbacks he develops become Heisman winners and first-round picsk. That doesn't happen by accident. It happens because the scheme is brilliant and puts players in position to succeed every single snap. Other coaches wish they could install an offense half this explosive. Calling it a gimmick is just sour grapes from programs that get lit up by it every year. They try to dismiss it because they can't defend it. The proof is in the results, and the results speak for themselves.