When Clay Helton took the USC job, the Trojans were a program in disarray. Then two coaches removed from a legendary, nation championship winning coach, Helton had never been a head coach before in his career, he was a career offensive coordinator. Sound familiar? His first year in LA he stormed out to a nine win season regular season on the arm of his quarterback, that left Mel Kiper’s mouth agape... It’s starting to get eerie right?
His second round at the Trojans, once again, won a number of games...however the cracks began to show. A blowout lose at their rival Notre Dame, 49-14, showed them as a paper tiger and the curb stomping at the hand of the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Cotton Bowl cemented that fact.