USC linebacker Cameron Smith will start season by sitting

LOS ANGELES — Cameron Smith had longed for Saturday.
Smith, USC’s junior linebacker, was selected last week as one of the team’s four captains for the first time.
“Man, it’s an honor,” he said. “It’s something I’ve dreamed of my whole life.”
The distinction means he would ordinarily step to midfield in the minutes prior to kickoff against Western Michigan. He would shake hands with the opposing players. Officials would conduct a coin to