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Mario Cristobal Slams Reporter Asking Him About USC Rumors

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The Miami Hurricanes PR team is being accused of hiding something after an extremely weird request for the media prior to the Mario Cristobal presser

FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019 file photo, Oregon coach Mario Cristobal welcomes his team back to the sideline after a first-quarter score against Arizona in an NCAA college football game in Eugene, Ore. Oregon has won the past two Pac-12 championships and is poised to be in contention to win another. Coach Mario Cristobal has pulled in the conference's top recruiting class the past two seasons and the 2021 class was sixth nationally, including pro-style quarterback Ty Thompson, who will likely battle Anthony Brown for the starting spot. (AP Photo/Chris Pietsch, File)

Oregon Ducks head coach Mario Cristobal is coming off arguably the biggest win of his career when he took down Ohio State on the road last weekend.

So of course, the last thing Cristobal wants to hear right now is that he’s being linked to another coaching gig. But after USC fired Clay Helton, Cristobal was one of few coaches around college football who were linked to the job.

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On Wednesday, Mario Cristobal appeared on the Doug Gottlieb show, where he thought he’d be talking about Ducks football. But immediately, Gottlieb starting off by asking about the USC rumors.

Cristobal’s immediate response was a simple, “go Ducks”. But when Gottlieb persisted, Mario got annoyed.

It seems unlikely that Mario Cristobal would leave Oregon for another Pac-12 team, and it doesn’t even appear that he’s the first guy USC has showed interest in.

So far, Penn State’s James Franklin (who gave a roundabout answer when asked about rumors), Cincinnati’s Luke Fickell, and even Eric Bieniemy appear to be on USC’s list of guys to consider.

But the process of USC hiring their next head coach is expected to be diligent, and take some time. Perhaps they’ll make a run at Mario Cristobal after some of the dust settles.

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