What Lincoln Riley said following USC football's 2023 spring game

Riley was very excited following the Trojans' final session of spring camp

LOS ANGELES — USC football ended its annual spring camp with the program's spring game on Saturday inside the Coliseum. The defense beat the offense 42-34.

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Here's some of what head coach Lincoln Riley said following the game. Watch his full press conference above.  

Riley's overall thoughts on the game/the spring:

"Today was a fun day, a really, really fun day, a competitive day. I told the team after that was a very fitting end to our spring because I would say that is, in a lot of ways, kinda what our spring has looked like in terms of being competitive and down to the wire. Most days have been like that. A lot of my excitement comes from in the past, looking back on the better teams that I've had a chance to be a part of, that's what it was like the majority of the time."

On Solomon Tuliaupupu's play:

"Solo has really improved. He's definitely been one of the standouts of the spring. He obviously converted to the defensive line [from linebacker] and that was new last year...You're starting to see him become more refined as a player and with that, he's able to win in different ways and he's impacting the game more right now."

On Christian Pierce's interception:

"We've seen Christian make those types of plays this spring. I don't think anyone on either sideline was surprised to see that."