Clay Helton said on Wednesday that USC would have a “corners coach soon” and then a special teams coordinator and defensive line coach. But he already knew USC was hiring Sean Snyder as special teams coach. So why didn’t he just announce him first? And when will he leak the cornerbacks coach hiring to one of the national media? It’s just not his way to … Continue reading Wasn’t USC Hiring A “Corners Coach” Before Special Teams?

This did not seem possible a month ago, but it’s become even harder to listen to Clay Helton. I’m glad Mike Bohn forced him to fire John Baxter and Clancy Pendergast. But the fact Helton is regularly butchering facts about a major-college football program after he fired 13 assistant coaches makes him even more insufferable. I don’t know how anyone on campus respects Helton after … Continue reading If It’s Friday, It’s Time For A USC Notes Column

USC’s recruiting class actually dropped one on 247Sports and is now No. 55. But it did rise to No. 65 on Rivals. It is still the worst class in the Pac-12 on Rivals. The truth is even the player USC signed Wednesday — Jack Yary — is a three-star tight end. In normal years, he would be someone who filled out a class. It would … Continue reading USC Recruiting Rankings Move

I had a conversation with a friend this morning, where I said the big fear should be that Clay Helton wins enough games next season to save his job. Or retain the support of Carol Folt, which is the same thing. The problem is it will set up a potentially rocky 2021 because that is when these indifferent recruiting classes start catching up with USC. … Continue reading USC Setting Itself Up For Rocky 2021

I will chalk this up to the fact Clay Helton was probably driving in South Bay traffic Wednesday night and got distracted. Helton recalled facing new USC defensive coordinator Todd Orlando during “Trojans Live” and said facing him once at Utah State and twice at Texas were “three of the most frustrating days I’ve ever had in my life.” “When he was the defensive coordinator … Continue reading Don’t Rely On Clay Helton For Facts Either

When Clay Helton doesn’t care about the fans enough to do more than a cell-phone interview with the in-house USC radio show on Signing Day, it says something. Worse, Helton didn’t even make sense during the interview. Helton said he was thrilled he had the chance to hire defensive coordinator Todd Orlando after he was fired at Texas. “I was like, `Wow, there’s one of … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Clay Helton’s Fuzzy Logic Returns