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USC coach Lincoln Riley declined to provide an update on Lane or Paige on Tuesday and instead referred reporters to the Big Ten’s availability report, which is released two hours before kickoff every Saturday.

She and other students are feeling the absence of Hispanic Heritage Month events, chatter about the LGBTQ+ center’s rainbow run and the now-closed Multicultural Center’s annual kickoff that would have otherwise happened.

There were two such kickoffs in the Big Ten last season, and only one that included a team hopping three time zones to the west.

For afternoon kickoffs, a soft pretzel tray with mustard or cinnamon dip goes a long way.

The Trojans instead were left lying around the tiny visiting locker room at Ross-Ade Stadium for hours before kickoff, doing whatever they could to stay loose.