This week I asked a prominent Trojans booster how a loss to UCLA would be viewed if it ensures that Clay Helton is fired immediately afterward.
For any self-respecting USC fan to even hint that they could stomach losing to UCLA if it meant ridding the program of Helton, they really, really, really don’t like Helton.
But I’m hearing this everywhere, feeling it from virtually every corner of Trojan Nation, a pervading disgust with the program that I haven’t seen during USC-UCLA week in nearly 20 years.
The last time folks were this upset, it was 2000, the coach was Paul Hackett, and those fans eventually got their wish.