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Report: Steve Sarkisian showed up 'not sober' to team meeting

The latest report about Steve Sarkisian says the USC Trojans coach showed up in a bad condition for a meeting with his players.

According to the LA Daily News’ Scott Wolf, players noticed Sarkisian was not sober at a special teams meeting Sunday morning.

BREAKING: Players noticed Steve Sarkisian not sober at special teams meeting this morning #USC

— InsideUSC (@InsideUSC) October 11, 2015

Sarkisian was not at the team’s practice later in the day. A separate report said he showed up “in no condition to work” Sunday.

Athletic director Pat Haden forced the troubled coach to take an indefinite leave of absence and installed Clay Helton as the interim head coach.