USC Trojans Head Coach Lincoln Riley discusses what it would mean for USC if their running back won the heisman

USC Trojans head coach Lincoln Riley discusses what it would mean for USC if their running back won the heisman

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00:00So, you were talking about the running game, and you're a quarterback whispered.

00:05You've got three Heisman quarterback winners.

00:07What would it mean to you to see a running back at USU win the Heisman to a team coach?

00:12Would that change the way you look at, you know, is one, I guess the best way to ask,

00:18every Heisman is special, but what would it mean to you to actually do that here,

00:23tailback you, have a running back win Heisman?

00:25I'd take it. I would definitely take it.

00:28It would be phenomenal.

00:32You know, we were close.

00:33A lot of – Baker might not appreciate me saying this, but honestly, you know,

00:37the year that Baker won it, and he was phenomenal.

00:39But, I mean, we had a back at OU, Rodney Anderson, that if he had been healthy the first half of the season,

00:44it might have been a 1-2 race.

00:46I mean, Rodney, this whole second half of the year was incredible.

00:49And, I mean, the really great teams have that ability to run it

00:53and have that ability to dominate people.

00:56In this league, the schedule we play, doing it at this place, I think it would –

01:00I mean, one, it's amazing any time, you know, a player could be honored with something like that.

01:04Obviously, it's an historic award.

01:06But, to me, it's even bigger because that award is also representative of team success.

01:10And if you're doing that and you're able to be that dominant on the O-line

01:15running the football with that type of guy, then that means we probably want a bunch of ballgames.

01:19So, it would be incredibly special.

01:21Any time USC's had a running back from the Heisman, if they want him out of the championship?

01:25See, there we go.

01:25Beautiful.

01:26Beautiful.

01:27I'm in.

01:27Let's do it.

01:28Yeah.

01:28Yeah, great question.