mediocrity

It’s possible Lincoln Riley could turn a corner and make USC a College Football Playoff contender this season, but Saturday’s win also might just mask mediocrity.

Was scheduling cannon fodder such as Missouri State a necessary step to reach the College Football Playoff or a cynical effort to conceal USC’s mediocrity?

Fans keep showing up, hoping for change, while Moreno cashes the checks and delivers mediocrity.

A lucky few will actually lift dinner, and your week, out of mediocrity.

For most of the Padres’ first half-century, the club was mired in perpetual mediocrity.