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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Three long hours after his team evacuated the field for a lightning delay, Lincoln Riley finally emerged from the tunnel at Ross-Ade Stadium, knowing any hope of a seamless start to USC’s road slate washed away with the rain.

Nothing about USC’s first tour through Big Ten country had gone smoothly, as the Trojans bafflingly blew fourth-quarter leads in all four of their conference road tilts. So before this second foray into the conference, steps were taken to make this season’s slate of trips as seamless and comfortable as possible.

But Mother Nature had brushed aside those plans before USC’s first road game even began. The Trojans instead were left lying

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