After over a month of turmoil following Mike Bohn’s decision to retain Clay Helton as USC football coach, the “I told you so’s” were out in full force as the Iowa Hawkeyes mauled USC 49-24 in San Diego.
The embarrassing, yet foreseeable, result was just another day for USC Football under Helton.
Here are the takeaways from the Holiday Bowl.
One last bout of defense and special teams errors
You know how the old saying goes for Helton at USC: “If it’s broke, don’t fix it.”
That mantra was on full display Friday night in regards to Clancy Pendergast’s defense, as the Hawkeyes exposed the inability of the Trojan defense to resolve problems that have plagued the unit all season.