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It wasn’t the most imaginative play call, Foster saying it was his decision — and not offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy’s — to run a quarterback sneak.

They didn’t commit their first turnover until there was nine minutes and 22 seconds left in the second quarter, and that was on an offensive foul called against center Mo Bamba.

His son, Noah, just completed his senior season while starting on the offensive line, so he said it was a good time to step down and focus on being the school’s athletic director.

Lincoln Riley has struggled through his USC tenure, but pro football executives see a path for him to be an NFL head coach or offensive coordinator.

“The bottom line is, he’s a wonderful offensive mind,” Neuheisel said.