Lincoln Riley (Image Credits: Imagn) Lincoln Riley celebrated college football ‘s new financial reality on FS1’s “The Herd” on Monday, framing NIL as the great equalizer that finally broke one region’s stranglehold on talent. The USC head coach talked about parity and opportunity as if the sport had just discovered fairness. Graham Coffey heard something else entirely. The analyst torched Riley and coaches like him on Wednesday on X, calling out what he sees as revisionist history mixed with active hypocrisy. Riley’s comments focused on how money was spread across the sport rather than concentrated in the South. “Now there’s not just one part of the country paying players,” he told Colin Cowherd. “Everybody’s able to do it and it’s a great thing because I think it’s been able to create a more level playing field.” He didn’t name the SEC, but the target was obvious. The Big Ten has won three straight national titles, while the SEC hasn’t reached a championship game in that span. ...