"Both teams gotta deal with it," coach Lincoln Riley said. "We gotta handle it well, our crowd needs to handle it well. At the end of the day, it's a game, it's being played, it's being played in the Coliseum, and we expect to win and we expect to have a really good crowd behind us. We're not going to make excuses about it."
"Of course, geographic sense only matters so much in college football when there's millions to be made from broadcast rights. Fox had the third choice this week among the networks and chose the best available game. That's why USC and Michigan State will kick off at 8 p.m. Saturday. Which means, in East Lansing, Mich., the game should wrap somewhere around 2:30-3 a.m."
USC's move to the Big Ten brings late kickoff challenges driven by broadcast rights, producing an 8 p.m. start that will end around 2:30-3 a.m. in East Lansing. Michigan State arrived in Los Angeles early to acclimate, and coach Jonathan Smith understands the demands of such timing. USC will face another time-zone test next week with a 9 a.m. PDT kickoff at Illinois. Lincoln Riley emphasized that both teams and the crowd must handle the timing and that his team expects to win without making excuses. Jayden Maiava has started the season with exceptional passing efficiency.
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