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Riley's Fifth Year, the Sunday Cut, and Makar's $20 Million Line
College football is live, and Lincoln Riley's fifth season at USC starts this afternoon against San Jose State. Host Jim Rand explains why a forty-point favorite is not the story. The story is a 35-18 ledger that matches Clay Helton, zero College Football Playoff trips, and a September slate that will not accept another nine-win ceiling. The NFL plays its last two preseason games today, then every club must post a 53-man roster by 6 p.m. Eastern Sunday, the first Sunday cut deadline in twenty-two years. Las Vegas still will not name Kirk Cousins or Fernando Mendoza. Indianapolis starts…
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