Missouri State (0-0) at USC (0-0)

When: 4:30 p.m. Saturday

Where: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

TV/radio: Big Ten Network/710 AM

Line: USC by 35½ points

NOTABLE INJURIES

USC: OUT: CB Prophet Brown (lower body), K Caden Chittenden (undisclosed); QUESTIONABLE: DL Jahkeem Stewart (lower body)

Missouri State: OUT: TE Gary Clinton (leg); QUESTIONABLE: WR James BlackStrain (thumb)

What’s at stake? USC has to make a statement from beginning to end in this first game if it wants to be taken seriously for the rest of the season. The Trojans need to flaunt all-around depth and score in a variety of ways to prove that Jayden Maiava is a quarterback with enough poise to lead this team through a precarious season of high expectations. Missouri State has nothing to lose and will play like

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