LOS ANGELES — Big plays might help solve Southern California’s Big Ten road woes.

The Trojans have piled up explosive gains through two comfortable wins against overmatched opponents to start the season, and will now look to keep the trend going when they open conference play at Purdue (2-0) on Saturday.

"Teams that win the explosive play battles typically win games, so it’s good,” coach Lincoln Riley said after a 59-20 win over Georgia Southern on Saturday . “I mean, we’re making some big plays on all sides, which is great. It doesn’t mean it will always be like that, so we’re also looking to play clean and very efficient as well. But, yeah, seeing some explosive plays, obviously, it takes some of the pressure of just the play-to-play execution.”

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