By Joseph Salvador The coach denied the narrative that he went to the Pac-12 to avoid competing in the SEC. View the original article to see embedded media. USC coach Lincoln Riley’s departure from Oklahoma rocked the college football landscape this offseason and some have speculated he bolted for the Pac-12 because of his former team’s move to the toughest conference in college football . Riley denied that idea and said Oklahoma’s move from the Big 12 to the SEC had nothing to do with his decision to join the Trojans. “I heard the whole SEC narrative,” Riley told CBS Sports. “To me, the SEC h…