The USC football team stretched, ate and did whatever it had to do to calm down during the three-hour weather delay that kept the Trojans from taking the field against Purdue on Saturday in West Lafayette, Ind.

Elsewhere, the marching band engaged in a battle of the bands against the Boilermakers.

It was as unique a game day start as anyone had been through, but getting started wasn’t a feat to be feared. Ending the game was, and it’s a fear that USC (3-0 overall, 1-0 Big Ten) has seemingly put to bed.

“I did feel like we were in complete control of the game the entire time and we never gave that up,” USC head coach Lincoln Riley told reporters after the game, “which I think was a really good first step.”

The Trojans struggled to put together a consistently successful four quarters las

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