In 2008 Riley's Beavers knocked off #1-ranked USC 27–21 at Reser Stadium.
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In Riley's second stint at OSU, the Beavers have produced three current NFL quarterbacks, Sean Canfield, Matt Moore, and Derek Anderson.
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He had family connections to the state and school: his father was born and raised in Guin and his uncle, Hayden Riley, was Alabama's head baseball coach (1970–79) and the former head basketball coach (1960–68).
Paulescu’s special teams coach at Fullerton was Jim Wren, who was USC’s punter in 1996 when Mike Riley was the offensive coordinator.
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Manchester City were awarded a dubious penalty given by Mike Riley, and Elano converted it in the 79 minute.
At an average of 5.33 cards per game, he was placed sixth on the cards per game table, behind Lucílio Batista (10), Urs Meier (7), and Manuel Gonzalez, Valentin Ivanov and Mike Riley (5.5).
On 30 March 2006, Batkov caused controversy when in the post-match interview following Levski Sofia's 1-3 home defeat against German side FC Schalke 04, he said that English people referee Mike Riley was a "British homosexual who broke the game!" (Bulgarian: "Този британски педераст развали мача!"), referring to the red card Riley gave to Sofia midfielder Cédric Bardon.
Beaver Coach Mike Riley, still trying to determine a starting quarterback, also brought in quarterback Lyle Moevao to start the second quarter, though his first pass was intercepted.
Since the layoff of the news department in November 2006, Metro Networks has provided traffic reports, still styled "Skyway Patrol," with reporters Malcolm Alter, Bruce Adams, Joe Stapleton, Steve Hartman, Scott Pike, Mike Riley and Lisa Jackson.