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It became routine to see the USC Trojans picked as the preseason Pac-12 champion or at least land among the top two or three teams, and put at least a handful of players on the preseason All-Conference team. That isn’t the case this season as Lincoln Riley’s program heads toward its first season in the Big Ten Conference. None of the preseason media hype means anything once the games start, but the picture of just how the USC program is viewed by Big Ten media is clear. On Tuesday, the Big Ten Conference announced preseason honors for 12 players. None are Trojans. The list includes four from O…

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