If you wanted to get snarky, you could call USC football the University of Second Choices. Or Second Chances.
Perhaps that’s why the Trojan Family is so at odds with itself when it comes to Clay Helton and his now-completed staff after the hiring of Kenechi Udeze was officially announced on Tuesday.
On the one hand, it is the living embodiment of the Trojan Family as an ideal — USC people hired by USC people to be one big happy USC family.
On the other hand, the staff is a representation of a concern which has seeped into the minds of many a Trojan — Can USC be a heavy hitter if it doesn’t act like a heavy hitter?